1997

  • 01/05 Glen Daniels (age 89), set decorator for the movie in episode 309- THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN.
  • 01/08 George J. Eppich (age 86) who did the sound effects for the movie in episode 517- BEGINNING OF THE END.
  • 01/22 Larry Gannon (age 85), sound mixer for the movie in episode 104- WOMEN OF THE PREHISTORIC PLANET.
  • 01/23 Bill Zuckert (age 81) who played Ace Landon in the movie in episode K19- HANGAR 18.
  • 01/26 Edward G. Simmel (age 76), producer/director of the short A DATE WITH YOUR FAMILY, shown in episode 602- INVASION U.S.A.
  • 02/03 Neil Brunnenkant (age 83), music editor for the movie WORLD WITHOUT END, riffed in MST3K's first live show.
  • 02/04 Robert Clouse (age 68), director of the premiere episode "Max" of the TV show "The Master," featured in episode 322- MASTER NINJA I.
  • 02/05 Enzo A. Martinelli (age 89), cinematographer for the episodes of the TV show "Gemini Man" seen in episode 814- RIDING WITH DEATH.
  • 02/06 Harry Essex (age 86), screenwriter of the movie in episode 522- TEEN-AGE CRIME WAVE.
  • 02/12 James Cossins (age 63) who played the coroner in the movie in episode 905- THE DEADLY BEES.
  • 03/04 (William) Carey Loftin (age 83) who played a motorist in RADAR MEN FROM THE MOON and had a small role in the movie in episode 419- THE REBEL SET.
  • 03/05 William Roberts (age 83), screenwriter for the movie in episode K13- SST: DEATH FLIGHT.
  • 03/18 Harry Raybould (age 64) who played the M.P at the main gate in the movie in episode 309- THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN.
  • 03/20 Jean Engstrom (age 76), who played Peg Gamble in the movie in episode 906- THE SPACE CHILDREN.
  • 03/24 Martin Caidin (age 69) who wrote the original story for the movie in episode 401- SPACE TRAVELERS.
  • 04/02 Tomoyuki Tanaka (age 86), producer for the movies in episodes 212- GODZILLA VS. MEGALON and 213- GODZILLA VS. THE SEA MONSTER.
  • 04/16 John Benson (age 80) who played a sentry in the movie in episode 906- THE SPACE CHILDREN.
  • 04/28 Steve Conte (age 77) who appeared in the movie in episode 515- THE WILD, WILD WORLD OF BATWOMAN.
  • 04/30 Jorge Mondragon (age 93) who played Dr. Sepulveda in the movie in episode 102- THE ROBOT VS. THE AZTEC MUMMY.
  • 05/09 Hoke Howell (age 67) who played Crapout in the movie in episode 202- THE SIDEHACKERS.
  • 05/28 Sydney Guilaroff (age 89), the movie's hair stylist in episode 510- THE PAINTED HILLS.
  • 06/04 George E. Mather (age 77) who played Lewis Moffitt in the movie in episode 206- RING OF TERROR.
  • 06/14 Richard Jaeckel (age 70) who played Vince Elliott in MST3K's pilot THE GREEN SLIME.
  • 07/24 Laszlo Gorog (age 93), screenwriter for the movies in episodes 313- EARTH VS. THE SPIDER and 803- THE MOLE PEOPLE.
  • 08/04 Dick Bush (age 65), cinematographer for the movie in episode K09- PHASE IV.
  • 08/08 Orville Hampton (age 80), uncredited screenwriter for the movies in episodes 201- ROCKETSHIP X-M and 208- LOST CONTINENT.
  • 08/15 Glenn Corbett (age 74), who played Barney Stetson in the movie in episode 610- THE VIOLENT YEARS.
  • 08/18 Don Knight (age 64) who played H.K. Muldoon in the movie in episode 608- CODE NAME: DIAMOND HEAD.
  • 08/24 Werner Aprelat (age 73) who played Meink in the movie in episode 323- CASTLE OF FU MANCHU.
  • Date in September unknown Maurice Kaufmann (age 70) who played the radio reporter in the movie in episode 909- GORGO.
  • 09/09 Burgess Meredith (age 89) who played Willie Bassett in the movie in episode K13- SST: DEATH FLIGHT and Capt. J.G. Williams in the movie in episode K20- THE LAST CHASE.
  • 09/15 Ivan Reiner (age 86), producer of the movie THE GREEN SLIME riffed in MST3K's pilot.
  • 10/03 John Ashley (age 62) who played Stan Kenyon in the movie in episode 418- ATTACK OF THE THE EYE CREATURES.
  • 10/10: Hans-Joachim Kasprzik (age 69), assistant director of the movie in episode 211- FIRST SPACESHIP ON VENUS.
  • 10/13 Dick Gallegly (age 75), production manager for the movie in episode 608- CODE NAME: DIAMOND HEAD.
  • 10/18 Robert Caramico (age 64), camera operator for the movie in episode 204- CATALINA CAPER.
  • 10/18 Marshall Green (age 78), assistant director of the movie in episode 805- THE THING THAT COULDN'T DIE.
  • 10/21 Jay A. Morley Jr. (age 79), costumer for the movies in episodes 801- REVENGE OF THE CREATURE, 803- THE MOLE PEOPLE and 804- THE DEADLY MANTIS.
  • 10/30 Sydney Newman (age 80), producer of the short JOHNNY AT THE FAIR short in episode 419- THE REBEL SET.
  • 11/11 William Alland (age 81), producer of the movies in episodes 801- REVENGE OF THE CREATURE, 803- THE MOLE PEOPLE, 804- THE DEADLY MANTIS, 906- THE SPACE CHILDREN and the movie THIS ISLAND EARTH, riffed in MST3K: THE MOVIE.
  • 11/17: Wilfred Josephs (age 70), composer of the musical score for the movie in episode 905- THE DEADLY BEES.
  • 11/27: Nello Pazzafini (age 63), who played Wallon in the movie in episode 301- CAVE DWELLERS, Gunk in the movie in episode 605- COLOSSUS AND THE HEADHUNTERS and Frank in the movie "Il Raggio Infernale," seen in episode 620- DANGER!! DEATH RAY.
  • 12/06 Willie Pastrano (age 62) who played Banjo in the movie in episode 207- WILD REBELS.
  • 12/19 Michael Alldredge (age 57) who played Sheriff Blake in the movie in episode 704- THE INCREDIBLE MELTING MAN.
  • 12/19 David Bradley (age 77) who directed the movie in episode 524- 12 TO THE MOON.
  • 12/30 Bernard Girard (age 79), screenwriter for the movie in episode 419- THE REBEL SET.