Date of Death between 1928-01-01 and 1928-12-31 (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)

1. Thomas Hardy

Writer | Far from the Madding Crowd

Thomas Hardy was born on June 2, 1840 in Upper Bockhampton, Dorset, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Far from the Madding Crowd (2015), Tess (1979) and Maiden No More. He was previously married to Florence Emily Dugdale and Emma Lavinia Gifford. He died on January 11, 1928 in Dorchester, ...

2. Larry Semon

Director | The Wizard of Oz

Slapstick comedian known for his charming, white-painted face and clownish smile, mugged his way to being a very highly paid and popular actor. His career was marred by personal problems, and his fortune was lost to high spending. By the time he died, he'd already been hospitalized for a nervous ...

3. Mauritz Stiller

Director | Erotikon

Moshe "Mauritz" Stiller, born July 17, 1883, in Helsinki, Finland, was a director, writer and actor. He began his artistic activity in the theatre, as an actor at 16. Mauritz Stiller portrayed 87 roles from 1899-1916 and directed 16 productions 1911-28. Together with Viktor Sjöström ( director, ...

4. Ralph Sipperly

Actor | Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

Ralph Sipperly was born in 1890. He was an actor, known for Sunrise (1927), Six Cylinder Love (1923) and The Blue Eagle (1926). He was previously married to Gladys ?. He died on January 9, 1928 in Bangor, Maine, USA.

5. George Siegmann

Actor | Should She Obey?

George Siegmann was born on February 8, 1882 in New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Should She Obey? (1917), The Three Musketeers (1921) and The Man Who Laughs (1928). He was previously married to Maude Darby. He died on June 22, 1928 in Hollywood, California, USA.

6. Theodore Roberts

Actor | Arizona

The son of a sea captain, Theodore Roberts was a veteran stage actor, making his first appearance in 1880. Often referred to as the "Grand Duke of Hollywood," Roberts was a regular on the Cecil B. DeMille team and appeared in 23 of DeMille's films. He is best remembered for his role as Moses in ...

7. Gertrude Claire

Actress | The Little Irish Girl

Gertrude Claire was born on July 16, 1852 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for The Little Irish Girl (1926), Oliver Twist (1922) and The Female of the Species (1916). She died on April 28, 1928 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

8. Eddie Foy

Actor | A Favorite Fool

American stage actor, musical comedy star, and vaudevillian who was a legendary figure of his time and who fathered a family of performers who went on to notable careers in motion pictures. Born Edward Fitzgerald at 23 8th Avenue in New York City, March 9, 1856, to an Irish-immigrant tailor, ...

9. Hermann Sudermann

Writer | Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

German playwright and novelist Hermann Sudermann was born into a poor family in Matziken, East Prussia, in 1857. His father was a brewer and descended from a line of very strict fundamentalist Mennonite Christians; one of his ancestors, Daniel Sudermann, was a Protestant clergyman who played a ...

10. Anita Berber

Actress | Die Reise um die Erde in 80 Tagen

Anita Berber was born on June 10, 1899 in Dresden, Germany. She was an actress, known for Around the World in 80 Days (1919), The Story of Dida Ibsen (1918) and Eerie Tales (1919). She was previously married to Henri Châtin Hofmann, Sebastian Droste and Eberhard von Nathusius. She died on November ...

11. Fred Thomson

Actor | Hands Across the Border

All but forgotten today, Fred Thomson was a silent movie westerner who at one time rivaled 1920s heroes Tom Mix and Hoot Gibson in popularity. Unlike the early, myth-inducing demise of a Rudolph Valentino or Jean Harlow, Fred's untimely death of tetanus prevented the actor, who was at one time ...

12. Werner Pittschau

Actor | Mária növér

Werner Pittschau was born on March 24, 1902 in Germany. He was an actor, known for Mária növér (1929), Ehekonflikte (1927) and Die letzte Droschke von Berlin (1926). He died on November 28, 1928 in Spandau, Berlin, Germany.

13. Ward Crane

Actor | Sherlock Jr.

American actor of silent films. A native of Albany, New York, the son of a railroad engineer, he began a career in government, serving as confidential stenographer and then secretary to Governor William Sulzer of New York. Sulzer's impeachment and removal from office left Crane without a job, and ...

14. Ellen Terry

Actress | Pillars of Society

Legendary British stage actress who made a few silent film appearances. The daughter of strolling players, she was born in Coventry into an almost exclusively theatrical family. Her grandparents were actors, as were all six of her siblings. But only her son, Edward Gordon Craig, would in any way ...

15. Frank Currier

Actor | Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ

Frank Currier was born in Norwich, Connecticut on 4 September 1857 and died on 22 April 1928 in Hollywood, California (blood poisoning).He was once anointed "the dean of cinema actors" by Photoplay magazine. He was an American actor and director of the silent era. He appeared in 133 films between ...

16. Joseph J. Dowling

Actor | The Yankee Way

Joseph J. Dowling was born on September 4, 1850 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for The Yankee Way (1917), Sink or Swim (1920) and The Christian (1923). He was previously married to Sarah J. Hassen and Myra Davis. He died on July 8, 1928 in Hollywood, California, USA.

17. Walt Whitman

Actor | The Three Musketeers

Walt Whitman was born on April 25, 1859 in Lyon, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Three Musketeers (1921), The Mark of Zorro (1920) and The Three Musketeers (1916). He was previously married to Miriam Shelby. He died on March 27, 1928 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

18. Sidney Smith

Actor | The Ne'er Do Well

Sidney Smith was born on February 28, 1893 in Faribault, Minnesota, USA. He was an actor and director, known for The Ne'er Do Well (1915), The Ne'er-Do-Well (1923) and A Safe Risk (1916). He was previously married to Ruth Beckman. He died on July 4, 1928 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

19. Edward Connelly

Actor | The Devil

American character actor of silent films, Edward Connelly, a native New Yorker, was a newspaperman before he became an actor, being a reporter for the New York Sunl. At 25 he joined a theatrical stock company in Kansas City and appeared subsequently on Broadway in such plays as "Shore Acres," "The ...

20. Nils Aréhn

Actor | Körkarlen

Nils Aréhn was born on December 30, 1877 in Sundsvall, Västernorrlands län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for The Phantom Carriage (1921), Lady of the Camellias (1925) and Thomas Graals myndling (1923). He died on April 1, 1928 in Stockholm, Sweden.

21. Earl Mohan

Actor | Two Wagons: Both Covered

Earl Mohan was born on November 12, 1889 in Pueblo, Colorado, USA. He was an actor, known for Two Wagons: Both Covered (1924), The Buccaneers (1924) and Love Makes 'Em Wild (1927). He died on October 15, 1928 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

22. Paul Doucet

Actor | The Fair Pretender

Paul Doucet was born on September 26, 1885 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for The Fair Pretender (1918), America (1924) and The Knife (1918). He was previously married to Catherine Doucet. He died on October 10, 1928 in New York City, New York, USA.

23. H.H. Asquith

Self | Pathé News, No. 37

H.H. Asquith, considered the founder of the British welfare state, was the prime minister of the United Kingdom who led the British Empire into the monumental debacle that was World War I.

The son of a cloth merchant, Henry Herbert Asquith was born in Morley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England and ...

24. William A. Carroll

Actor | The Blue Bonnet

William A. Carroll was born on January 9, 1875 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Blue Bonnet (1919), Bill Henry (1919) and Danger Within (1918). He died on January 26, 1928 in Glendale, California, USA.

25. Loie Fuller

Director | Le lys de la vie

Loie Fuller was born on January 15, 1862 in Hinsdale, Illinois, USA. She was an actress and director, known for Le lys de la vie (1920), Danse serpentine (1897) and Programme Nadar (1896). She died on January 1, 1928 in Paris, France.

26. Poppy Wyndham

Actress | The Tidal Wave

The Honorable Elsie Mackay was born August 21, 1893 in Simla-Calcutta, West Bengal, India, to James Lyle Mackay, 1st Earl of Inchcape of Strathnaver, a British colonial administrator in India who became chairman of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company and Jean Paterson Shanks. Her ...

27. Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

Writer | Sangre y arena

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez was born on January 29, 1867 in Valencia, Spain. He was a writer and director, known for Sangre y arena (1917), Torrent (1926) and Blood and Sand (1922). He was previously married to Elena Ortuzar and Maria Blasco. He died on January 28, 1928 in Menton, France.

28. Robert Reinert

Writer | Der Herr der Welt

Born near Vienna in 1872, Reinert's early life is shrouded in mystery. He apparently became a successful novelist, publishing "Der Weg zur Sonne" (1906) and "Krieg" (1907). After 1900 he moved to Munich, where he joined Frank Wedekind's cabaret, "Die Elf Scharfrichter". His first film script was ...

29. Helen Wright

Actress | A Stranger from Somewhere

Helen Wright was born in November 1868 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. She was an actress, known for A Stranger from Somewhere (1916), A Doll's House (1917) and The Black Box (1915). She died on March 24, 1928 in California, USA.

30. Nora Bayes

Soundtrack | BioShock Infinite

Nora Bayes was born on October 3, 1880 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was previously married to Benjamin L Friedland, Arthur Gordini, Harry Clark, Jack Norworth and Otto Anselm Gressing. She died on March 19, 1928 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.

31. Leos Janácek

Music Department | The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Leos Janácek was born on July 3, 1854 in Hukvaldy/Hochwald, Moravia, Austrian Empire [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer and composer, known for The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), Cunning Little Vixen and NET Opera Theater (1967). He was previously married to Zdenka Schulzova. He died on ...

32. Valentina Zimina

Actress | La Bohème

Valentina Zimina was born on January 1, 1899 in Moscow, Russia. She was the daughter of a famous opera singer and claimed she was a countess. Valentina started performing on the stage when she was a child. Tragically her entire family was killed in 1917 during the Russian revolution. She married ...

33. María Guerrero

Actress | Un solo corazón o Los muertos viven

María Guerrero was born on April 17, 1867 in Madrid, Spain. She was an actress, known for Un solo corazón o Los muertos viven (1914) and El caballero Casarroja (1914). She was previously married to Fernando Díaz de Mendoza. She died on January 23, 1928 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain.

34. Arnold Kent

Actor | Il processo Clémenceau

Italian actor who was brought to America as a young leading man, but died before living up to his promise. Born Lido Manetti, he studied civil engineering in his native Italy, but entered the theatre and then films subsequent to his schooling. After a number of Italian films, he was noticed by a ...

35. Jack Boyle

Writer | Boomerang Bill

Jack Boyle was born on October 19, 1881 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was a writer, known for Boomerang Bill (1922), Boston Blackie's Little Pal (1918) and The Poppy Girl's Husband (1919). He died on October 16, 1928 in Portland, Oregon, USA.

36. Emmeline Pankhurst

Self | What 80 Million Women Want

Emmeline Pankhurst was born on July 15, 1858 in Moss Side, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK. She was previously married to Richard Pankhurst. She died on June 14, 1928 in Hampstead, London, England, UK.

37. Thomas A. Wise

Actor | A Gentleman from Mississippi

English-born American stage actor who appeared in a few films. Wise began acting with a stock company in Dixon, California, and spent the next 45 years onstage. In 1875, he joined the William Gillette company and toured for twelve years, having a resounding success particularly in "The Private ...

38. Arnold Rothstein

Self | American Justice: Target - Mafia

Arnold Rothstein was born on January 17, 1882 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was previously married to Mrs. Arnold Robinson. He died on November 6, 1928 in New York City, New York, USA.

39. Clarence Hemingway

Clarence Hemingway was born on September 4, 1871 in Oak Park, Illinois, USA. He was previously married to Grace Hemingway. He died on December 6, 1928 in Oak Park, Illinois, USA.

40. Lidia Quaranta

Actress | Beffa di Satana

Lidia Quaranta was born on March 6, 1891 in Turin, Italy. She was an actress, known for Beffa di Satana (1915), Lo scrigno dei milioni (1914) and La corsa alla morte (1917). She died on March 5, 1928 in Turin, Italy.

41. Colin Campbell

Director | The World's a Stage

Colin Campbell was born on October 11, 1859 in Scotland, UK. He was a director and writer, known for The World's a Stage (1922), A Hoosier Romance (1918) and The Corsican Brothers (1920). He died on August 26, 1928 in Hollywood, California, USA.

42. Leslie Stuart

Soundtrack | The Iron Lady

Leslie Stuart was born on March 15, 1864 in Southport, Lancashire, England, UK. He was previously married to Mary Catherine Fox. He died on March 27, 1928 in Richmond, Surrey, England, UK.

43. Claude France

Actress | Le père Goriot

Claude France was born on March 9, 1893 in Emden, Germany. She was an actress, known for Father Goriot (1921), The Duke's Motto (1925) and The Cradle of God (1926). She died on January 3, 1928 in Paris, France.

44. Silvio Hein

Composer | Charity

Silvio Hein was born on March 15, 1879 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a composer, known for Charity (1916), M*A*S*H (1972) and The Lambs' All-Star Gambol (1914). He was previously married to Anna V. Mooney. He died on December 19, 1928 in Saranac Lake, New York, USA.

45. Earl Metcalfe

Actor | Ignorance

Earl Metcalfe was born on March 11, 1889 in Newport, Kentucky, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Ignorance (1916), A Girl's Bravery (1912) and And the Parrot Said...? (1915). He died on January 26, 1928 in Burbank, California, USA.

46. Italo Svevo

Writer | Senilità

Svevo worked as a bank clerk, and, after marrying Lidia Veneziani, he directed her father's factory, which supplied a special naval paint. He was much more successful as a businessman than as a writer at the time, his scripts being totally neglected. His fame came when he was over sixty, thanks to ...

47. Scott Sidney

Director | Tarzan of the Apes

American director and erstwhile actor. Originally a performer on the stock and vaudeville circuits, especially the Mittenthal Bros. circuit, he appeared with his wife Josephine Foy in a vaudeville show entitled "The Inspector." Noticed in this show by producer Thomas H. Ince, Sidney entered films ...

48. Álvaro Obregón

Composer | Natacha

Alvaro Obregon was born near Alamos, in the Mexican state of Sonora, to a family of poor farmers (one story is that his grandfather was an Irish immigrant railroad worker named O'Brien, which would account for Obregon's pale complexion and reddish hair, traits uncommon in Mexicans; supposedly, his ...

49. Robert B. Mantell

Actor | Blindness of Devotion

Scots stage actor who late in life appeared in a number of silent films. Educated in Belfast, Ireland, Mantell traveled to America at 24 and played in "Romeo and Juliet" and "East Lynne" with Helena Modjeska. He worked constantly in America and Great Britain and established himself as a great ...

50. Louis Tracy

Writer | The Yellow Menace

Louis Tracy was born in 1863. He was a writer, known for The Yellow Menace (1916), Wings of the Morning (1919) and Number 17 (1920). He died in 1928.