Sir Tom Stoppard obituary

One of Britain’s most outstanding playwrights famed for the ‘hypnotised brilliance’ of his prose and dialogue

Udo Kier obituary

Actor whose eccentric presence was in demand for both arthouse and Hollywood films

Jimmy Cliff obituary

One of the greatest stars of Jamaican reggae known for his 1969 hit Many Rivers to Cross and the film The Harder They Come

Tatsuya Nakadai obituary

One of the greatest actors of Japanese cinema best known for Ran, the 1985 film adaptation of King Lear

Pauline Collins obituary

Actor who earned an Oscar nomination for portraying Shirley Valentine, a dissatisfied housewife who sets off on a romantic quest in Greece

Tchéky Karyo obituary

Turkish-French actor who played the dogged, philosophical detective Julien Baptiste in the BBC TV thriller The Missing

Adrian Sutton obituary

Acclaimed British composer best known for War Horse, Coram Boy and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Peter Watkins obituary

Pioneer of the docudrama whose 1965 film The War Game was considered ‘too horrifying’ for broadcast by the BBC

Björn Andrésen obituary

Actor who starred as the angelic boy Tadzio in the 1971 film Death in Venice - but found the resulting fame a ‘nightmare’

Prunella Scales obituary

Versatile stage and screen actor who found TV comedy fame as Sybil Fawlty and later played Elizabeth II on stage

June Lockhart obituary

American stage and screen actor who enjoyed huge success on the television shows Lassie and Lost in Space

Samantha Eggar obituary

Actor admired for the fearlessness she brought to her film roles in The Collector and The Brood who later appeared in popular US television shows such as Columbo and Murder, She Wrote