Steve Coombes obituary

Other Lives: Screenwriter known for tackling challenging subject matter with honesty and humour

Christopher Plummer obituary

Star of stage and screen from the success of The Sound of Music to the powerful performances and Oscar recognition of his later years

Documentary film-maker who lifted the lid on the fashion, music and entertainment businesses

American stage and screen actor who often played authority figures and was known for his characterisation of Mark Twain

Other Lives: Lecturer on literature and film who wrote guides to the work of Ian McEwan and Guillermo del Toro

Film stunt driver who masterminded car chases in The Italian Job and several James Bond films

Other lives: Actor and director who spent a number of years working in Amsterdam

Pioneering actor who received an Oscar nomination for her performance in the 1972 film Sounder

Star of film and TV who relished the roles of grandmas and grotesques, and won an Oscar for The Last Picture Show

Gruff French actor and screenwriter known as the ‘tenderest of our grouches’

Other lives: Actor and playwright who played Lilo Lil in the 1980s TV sitcom Bread

Stage and screen actor who shot to fame as a fictional pop star in Rock Follies

Pioneering producer of films and programmes set in British-Asian communities, and published poet

Film-maker best known for the 1988 romantic comedy Crossing Delancey

Hammer horror and television actor best known for films such as Dracula: Prince of Darkness