Christopher Gunning obituary

Composer best known for creating the theme music for the popular and long-running ITV series Poirot

Norman Reynolds obituary

Production designer who helped create the look of the Star Wars films and of the Indiana Jones adventure Raiders of the Lost Ark

Japanese composer and electronic music pioneer behind the soundtrack for the 1983 film Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence

Jazz musician who worked in star-packed lineups and whose tenor sax suggested tiptoeing stealth in the Pink Panther theme tune

Other lives: Actor and writer who appeared in the West End and opposite Mel Smith in the TV show Smith & Goody

Film actor, best known for his parts in The Wire and the John Wick franchise, who played authority figures with panache

Author of the Bryant & May detective novels, short stories and essays on forgotten writers – including himself

Author of The Shooting Party, the 1980 novel that was turned into a popular film starring James Mason and John Gielgud

American actor best known for the TV series Baretta who was found liable in a civil court for the death of his wife

Israeli actor of stage and screen who made Tevye from Fiddler on the Roof his own

Maker of classical music documentaries who sought to capture the magic of live performance and the aspirations of the performers

Actor who shared some personality traits with the volatile characters he played in films such as Heat and Natural Born Killers

Producer whose trust in his film-makers led to a string of popular, Oscar-nominated movies

Other lives: Manager of musicians, including the composer Michael Nyman and the violinist Nigel Kennedy

Actor best known for her stage work and acclaimed for her portrayal of Mary Barnes in the title role of David Edgar’s 1978 play