Johnny Walker

Badruddin Jamaluddin Qazi, aka Johnny Walker, who has died aged 79, was the premier comedian of Hindi cinema's golden age, appearing in more than 300 films.

Don Estelle

Comic actor who became an unlikely pop star has died aged 70.

Marie Trintignant

French character actor who captured life on the margins on screen has died aged 41.

Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn, 96, an actress of breathtaking talent and unsurpassed durability who in a career that spanned more than five decades became one of the most acclaimed figures in American theater and a popular legend to millions of moviegoers, died last Sunday at her home in Old Saybrook, Connecticut.

Alberto Sordi

Actor and director who made his name mocking the Italian way of life on screen.

Juan Antonio Bardem

Brave director whose films mocked the repression of Franco's Spain has died aged 80.

Sergei Bodrov

Gifted Russian actor on the verge of directing success.

Bruce Paltrow

Obituary: Bruce Paltrow, who has died aged 58, was a prime mover in American television drama, reports Brian Baxter.

Letters: Katrin Cartlidge

Faynia Williams writes: I had the privilege to direct the 16-year-old Katrin Cartlidge (obituary, September 9) in her first professional appearance on stage, at Brighton Actors' Workshop.

Peter Bayliss

An original and eccentric comic actor, he was a favourite of Jonathan Miller and Charles Marowitz.

Maurice Denham

Maurice Denham, a character actor at his masterly best as the gentleman, crooked or straight, has died aged 92. By Dennis Barker.