1988 (Deathstalker and the Warriors from
Hell)
- Date in January unknown Takeshi Kimura (age
75) who co-wrote the original story for the movie in
episode 212- GODZILLA VS. MEGALON.
- 01/04 Stuart Saunders (age
unknown) who played Dewhurst in the movie in episode 101- THE
CRAWLING EYE.
- 01/07 Carlo Hintermann (age 64) who appeared in the movie in episode 504- SECRET AGENT SUPER
DRAGON.
- 01/08 Boyd "Red" Morgan (age 72) who played Julian in the movie in episode 623- THE AMAZING TRANSPARENT
MAN.
- 01/08 Kay Riehl (age 88) who played Sarah
Grant in the movie in episode 522- TEEN-AGE CRIME WAVE.
- 01/09 Spencer Chan (age 95) who played Dr.
Hu Ling Tang in the movie THIS ISLAND EARTH, riffed in
MST3K: THE MOVIE.
- 01/12 Larry Johns (age 83) who played
Dr. Wernher in the movie in episode 109- PROJECT MOON BASE.
- 01/18 Joseph Gershenson (age 84), music
supervisor or musical director for the movies in episodes
615- KITTEN WITH A WHIP, 801- REVENGE OF THE CREATURE,
803- THE MOLE PEOPLE, 804- THE DEADLY MANTIS, 805- THE
THING THAT COULDN'T DIE and THIS ISLAND EARTH (riffed in MST3K: THE MOVIE). He was
also producer for the movie in episode 802- THE LEECH
WOMAN.
- 01/23 Hollingsworth Morse (age 77), director
of the episodes of TV's "Rocky Jones, Space Ranger,"
which were shown in episode 413- MANHUNT IN SPACE and
417- CRASH OF MOONS.
- 01-31 Nikolay Budashkin (age 77), the score composer for the movie "Morozko," seen in episode 813- JACK FROST.
- 02/13 Don Ament (age 82), art director for the movie in episode 808- THE SHE-CREATURE.
- 02/27 Kenneth Peach (age 84) who did the
second unit photography for the movie in episode 912- THE
SCREAMING SKULL.
- 03/12 DeWitt Bodeen (age 79), screenwriter for
the movie in episode 524- 12 TO THE MOON.
- 03/18 Alan Gibbs (age 47) who played a
Mustang hood in the movie in episode 512- MITCHELL and served as a
stunt consultant for the movie in episode K19- HANGAR 18.
- 04/01 Gene Lindsey (age 51) who was inside the
polar bear costume in the movie in episode 321- SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE
MARTIANS.
- 04/25 Rene Cardona Sr. (age 81), director and screenwriter for the movie in episode 521- SANTA CLAUS.
- 05/08 Robert Heinlein (age 80), on whose story
the movie in episode 109- PROJECT MOON BASE was based.
- 05/15 Fulvia Franco (age 56), who played Anticlea in the movie in episode 408- HERCULES UNCHAINED.
- 05/29 Charla Doherty (age 41, road accident)
who played Nancy in the movie in episode 523- VILLAGE OF THE
GIANTS.
- 06/04 Renzo Palmer (age 58) who played the
Finance Minister's assistant in episode 1013- DIABOLIK.
- 06/14 James/Jim Chandler (age 66) who appeared in the TV-movie "The Stranger," shown in episode
305- STRANDED IN SPACE.
- 06/16 Kim Milford (age 36) who played
Billy Duncan in the movie in episode 706- LASERBLAST.
- 06/18 Marjorie Corso (age 76), costumer for
the movies in episodes 313- EARTH VS. THE SPIDER, 315-
TEENAGE CAVEMAN, 414- TORMENTED, 607- BLOODLUST and 808-
THE SHE-CREATURE.
- 06/22 Ross Ford (age 65) who played Major
Bill Moore in the movie in episode 109- PROJECT MOON BASE.
- 06/22 Stuart Randall (age 78) who played
Captain John Lauder in the movie in episode 409- THE INDESTRUCTIBLE
MAN.
- 06/30 Emmett Bergholz (age 77), camera operator for WORLD WITHOUT END, the movie riffed in MST3K's first live show.
- 07/21 Mikhail Volpin (age 85), the
screenwriter for the movie in episode 813- JACK FROST.
- 08/02 Robert Emmet Smith (age 73), art
director of the movie in episode 803- THE MOLE PEOPLE.
- 08/04 Paul Hahn (age 67) who played an
attendant in the movie in episode 309- THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN.
- 08/08 Alan Napier (age 85) who played high
priest Elinu in the movie in episode 803- THE MOLE PEOPLE.
- 08/14 Henri Jaffa (age 83), color consultant
for the movie in episode 510- THE PAINTED HILLS.
- 08/15 Ronald Stein (age 58), score composer
for the movies shown in episodes 311- IT CONQUERED THE
WORLD, 418- ATTACK OF THE THE EYE CREATURES, 509- THE
GIRL IN LOVERS LANE, 511- GUNSLINGER, 806- THE UNDEAD,
808- THE SHE-CREATURE and THE DAY THE WORLD ENDED (MST3K:
The Home Game).
- 08/17 Mike Mahoney (age 70) who played
Sgt. Cooper in the movie in episode 906- THE SPACE CHILDREN.
- 08/20 Ken Knox (age 63) who played
Steamroller Smith in the movie in episode 402- THE GIANT GILA MONSTER.
- 08/21 Jerry Warren (age 63),
producer/director/screenwriter/editor/musical director of
the movie in episode 515- THE WILD, WILD WORLD OF
BATWOMAN.
- 09/11 Donald H. Brown (age 82), director of
the short A YOUNG MAN'S FANCY, shown in episode 610- THE
VIOLENT YEARS.
- 09/14 Louis Quinn (age 73) who played
Samuel Tallman in the movie in episode 618- HIGH SCHOOL BIG SHOT.
- 09/30 Chick Chandler (age 83) who played
Lt. Danny Wilson in the movie in episode 208- LOST CONTINENT and Wilbur in the short ONCE UPON A HONEYMOON,
shown in episode 701- NIGHT OF THE BLOOD BEAST.
- 10/10 John C. Chulay (age 65), assistant
director for the movie in episode 406- ATTACK OF THE
GIANT LEECHES.
- 10/18 William A. Forester (age 73) who played an announcer in the movie in episode 804- THE DEADLY MANTIS.
- 10/19 Lawrence W. Butler (age 80) who did the
special effects for the movie "Marooned," shown in
episode 401- SPACE TRAVELERS.
- 10/19 James R. Haskin (age 66) who played the civilian announcer in the movie in episode 804- THE
DEADLY MANTIS.
- 10/31 Varvara Popova (age 89 or 90) who played an old woman in the movie in episode 813- JACK FROST.
- 11/17 Sheilah Graham (age 84) who played
Sister Grace in the movie in episode 601- GIRLS TOWN.
- 11/27 John Carradine (age 82) who played
Prof. Charles Conway in the movie in episode 320- THE UNEARTHLY and
crooned "Night Train to Mundo Fine" in the movie in episode 619- RED
ZONE CUBA.
- 12-19 Dick Cogan (age 79), who played the dirt road motorist in the season one serial RADAR MEN FROM THE MOON.
- 12/22 Fred Slark (age 66), production manager
for the movie in episode 818- DEVIL DOLL.
  
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