Timothy Bateson obituary

British character actor whose role in Waiting for Godot led to more than 50 years on stage, television and film

Lionel Davidson obituary

Obituary: Award-winning writer renowned for thrillers such as The Rose of Tibet and The Chelsea Murders

Obituary: Character actor in demand on stage, film, television and radio

Obituary: US mystery writer whose work had a scholarly foundation

Obituary: Composer of the kooky Addams Family theme

Obituary: He was the leading historian of the Conservative party

Obituary: Manhattanite, model and stylish subject of a 2008 documentary called Hats Off

Obituary: Italian-American crooner with a string of hits and a role in The Godfather

Obituary: A colourful character of the small and big screens with a bent for the cheap and sleazy

Obituary: Leading Jamaican dramatist, director and screenwriter known for the 1972 film The Harder They Come

Obituary: Poet and punk musician who documented his teenage drug addiction in The Basketball Diaries

Obituary: Scriptwriter whose work for television included The Passion and Prime Suspect 7

Obituary: Other lives: Actor and variety artist considered one of the great pantomime cats

Obituary: Scriptwriter behind two classics – Z Cars and The Italian Job

Obituary: Emmy-winning comedy writer best known for the US series M*A*S*H