1984 (Cave
Dwellers; City Limits; Escape 2000; Final Justice.)
- 01/06 Ernest Laszlo (age 85), cinematographer
for the movies in episodes 414- TORMENTED and 906- THE
SPACE CHILDREN.
- 01/24 Crox Alvarado (age 83) who portrayed
Pincate in episode 102- THE ROBOT VS. THE AZTEC MUMMY.
- 02/01 Ken Strickfaden (age 87) who did the
electrical effects for the movie "Monstrosity," shown in
episode 518- THE ATOMIC BRAIN.
- 02/05 Santo a.k.a.Rodolfo Guzman Huerta (age
66) who played the leading character in episode 624-
SAMSON VS. THE VAMPIRE WOMEN.
- 02/14 Edward Dein (age 76), director of the
movie in episode 802- THE LEECH WOMAN.
- 02/29 Meyer Dolinsky (age 60), screenwriter
for the TV-movie in episode K13- SST: DEATH FLIGHT.
- 03/01 Jackie Coogan (age 69) who portrayed
Hank Johnson in episode 906- THE SPACE CHILDREN. Coogan's
most famous for his role as Uncle Fester on TV's Addams
Family.
- 03/16 Shug Fisher (age 76) who portrayed the
town drunk Harris in episode 402- THE GIANT GILA MONSTER.
- 03/20 Richard Van Enger (age 69), editor of
the movie in episode 113- THE BLACK SCORPION.
- 03/25 Vera Marshe (age 78) who portrayed Mrs.
Hubbard in episode 414- TORMENTED and Freida Johnson in
episode 906- THE SPACE CHILDREN.
- 04/18 Francis de Wolff (age 71) who portrayed
Dr. Keisling in episode 818- DEVIL DOLL.
- 04/24 Eijiro Yanagi (age 88) who appeared in episode 314- MIGHTY JACK.
- 04/25 Richard Benedict (age 68), who portrayed
Major Everett in episode 517- BEGINNING OF THE END.
- 04/26 Barry Gray (age 58), musical score
composer of the TV series "Stingray," episodes of which
were incorporated into episode K01- INVADERS FROM THE
DEEP and the TV series "Captain Scarlet," episodes of
which were incorporated into episode K02- REVENGE OF THE
MYSTERONS. He was also did the music for the TV series
"Space: 1999," two episodes of which were incorporated
into episode K10- COSMIC PRINCESS.
- 05/02 Frank Forsyth (age 78) who portrayed
the Seagull Island doctor in episode 905- THE DEADLY
BEES.
- 05/05 Doris Hursley (age 85), co-creator of the TV soap opera GENERAL HOSPITAL, episodes of which were shown as shorts in season four.
- 05/19 Terry O. Morse (age 78), editor of the
movie in episode 906- THE SPACE CHILDREN.
- 06/11 Patrick Whyte (age 77) who portrayed
Philip Varden in episode 615- KITTEN WITH A WHIP and a
guard in episode 803- THE MOLE PEOPLE.
- 06/15 Ned Glass (age 78) who portrayed Sidney
Horner in episode 419- THE REBEL SET.
- 06/15 Meredith Willson (age 82), one of the
musical score composers for the season four serial
UNDERSEA KINGDOM.
- 06/20 Estelle Winwood (age 102) who portrayed
Sybil in episode 411- THE MAGIC SWORD. She is the oldest
MST3K-related person to die. She died peacefully, in her
sleep. She was swell!
- 07/24 Vincent Beck (age 59) who portrayed
Voldar in episode 321- SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS.
- 07/25 Akihiko Hirata (age 56) who portrayed
eye-patched Commander Yamamoto in episode 213- GODZILLA
VS. THE SEA MONSTER and had a role in 310- FUGITIVE
ALIEN.
- 07/28 Bess Flowers (age 85) who portrayed a
party guest in episode 808- THE SHE-CREATURE.
- 08/04 Edmon Ryan (age 79) who portrayed Joe
Doakes in the short X MARKS THE SPOT, shown in episode
210- KING DINOSAUR.
- 08/08 Richard Deacon (age 63), best known as
Mel Cooley on TV's "The Dick Van Dyke Show," and who, in
THIS ISLAND EARTH, has a small role as the spaceship
pilot who punches up the NORMAL VIEW.
- 08/12 Jim Dannaldson (age 69), spider-handler
for the movie in episode 313- EARTH VS. THE SPIDER.
- 08/19 George Meeker (age 80) who portrayed
Charles Blake in episode 507- I ACCUSE MY PARENTS.
- 09/02 Sovol/Sergei Martinson (age 85) a.k.a.
SOVOL MARTINSON who portrayed the moneylender in the
movie "Sadko," shown in episode 505- THE MAGIC VOYAGE OF
SINBAD. Martinson also played Mika in the movie "Ilja
Muromets," shown in episode 617- THE SWORD AND THE
DRAGON.
- 09/13 Arduino "Dino" Maiuri (age 67),
screenwriter for the movie in episode 1013- DIABOLOK.
- 09/28 Philip Cahn (age 90), editor for the
movies in episodes 208- LOST CONTINENT and 702- THE BRUTE
MAN.
- Date in October unknown Lyonel Margolies (age
78), dialogue director for the season two serial THE
PHANTOM CREEPS.
- 10/27 Raymond Kessler (age 79), dialogue
director for the movie in episode 702- THE BRUTE MAN.
- 11/07 George Mathews a.k.a.Matthews (age 73)
who portrayed the guardian angel in the short X MARKS THE
SPOT, shown in episode 210- KING DINOSAUR.
- 11/09 John J. Fox (age 60) who portrayed an
attendant in episode 908- THE TOUCH OF SATAN.
- 11/13 Dorothy Arnold (age 66) who portrayed
reporter Jean Drew in season two serial THE PHANTOM
CREEPS.
- 11/15 Karen (aka Karyne) Kadler (age 50) who
portrayed Ellen Peters in episode 311- IT CONQUERED THE
WORLD and Iris in episode 415- THE BEATNIKS.
- 11/16 Murray Alper (age 80) who portrayed the
military police in episode 208- LOST CONTINENT and a
drunk in episode 802- THE LEECH WOMAN.
- 11/20 Frederick West
(age 81), cinematographer for the movies in episodes 311- IT CONQUERED
THE WORLD, 503- SWAMP DIAMONDS, 511– GUNSLINGER and 808- THE
SHE-CREATURE.
- 11/24 Victor Most (age 66), costumer for the
movie in episode 610- THE VIOLENT YEARS.
- 11/27 Cliff Wenger Jr. (age unknown), special
effects assistant for the movie in episode K16- CITY ON
FIRE.
- 12/07 Charles Duncan (age 72) who did the
special effects for the movies in episodes 108- THE SLIME
PEOPLE and 902- THE PHANTOM PLANET.
- 12/13 Vance Skarstedt (age 61), screenwriter
for the movie in episode 108- THE SLIME PEOPLE.
- 12/14 Richard Currier (age 92), editor for the
movies in episodes 320- THE UNEARTHLY and 701- NIGHT OF
THE BLOOD BEAST.
- 12/14 Joseph E. Kenney (age 73), assistant
director for the movie in episode 802- THE LEECH WOMAN.
- 12/24 Peter Lawford (age 61) who portrayed
drug lord Burke in episode 622- ANGELS' REVENGE.
- 12/28 Sam Pekinpah (age 59), dialogue director for the movie WORLD WITHOUT END, riffed in MST3K's first live show.
  
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