Bill Kerr obituary
Australian actor and comedian who played Tony Hancock's good-natured lodger on radio and appeared in films such as The Dam Busters and Gallipoli
Charles Keating obituary
Dashing stage and screen actor who worked with the RSC and appeared in several American daytime television shows
Robin Williams appreciation by Terry Jones: ‘He could have had a huge ego, but he didn’t’
Monty Python's Terry Jones tells how the comedy perfectionist finally nailed the part of a talking dog in Jones's new film
Robin Williams appreciation by Nigel Planer: ‘He wouldn’t be happy until the furniture was laughing’
American standups were looked down on by Britain's new wave in the early 80s, writes former Young One Nigel Planer. Then one manic genius pulled off a breathtaking coup…
Lauren Bacall – far more than just a beautiful face
The Hollywood actress deserves to be remembered for more than looking stunning in a black and white photograph or being Bogart’s wife, says Tracy McVeigh
Dick Smith obituary
TV and film makeup artist who transformed Hollywood idols into misshapen grotesques
Kenny Ireland obituary
Stage and screen actor who brought laughs to the ITV sitcom Benidorm
Elaine Stritch obituary
Feisty, quick-witted actor and singer acclaimed as the 'first lady of Broadway'
Ray Lonnen obituary
Stage and screen actor best known for his starring role in the political drama Harry's Game
Paul Horn obituary
Flautist, composer and creator of new age music who studied Transcendental Meditation with the Beatles
Appreciation: Mary Rodgers’s Freaky Friday made adolescence seem cool
Despite its 1970s setting, Freaky Friday has continued to entertain readers into the 21st century
Louis Zamperini obituary
US athlete who survived torture in Japanese prison camps and became the subject of Laura Hillenbrand's biography Unbroken
Paul Mazursky obituary
Actor, screenwriter and director whose films were a barometer for the 'me decade'
Mary Rodgers obituary
Composer of the musical Once Upon a Mattress who went on to write the bestseller Freaky Friday
Jimmy Scott obituary
Jazz singer with a distinctive high voice who first went on the road in the 1940s and was later taken up by Lou Reed and David Lynch