Barbara Hicks obituary

Stage and screen actor known for playing battle-axe aunts, village gossips and servants

Augusto Odone obituary

Father who was determined not to let his gravely ill son die, and inspired the film Lorenzo's Oil

Prolific comedy actor who worked with Peter Sellers, Tony Hancock, Spike Milligan and Hattie Jacques

Powerful stage and screen actor often cast as an aristocrat, king or moustachioed villain

Stage, TV and film director motivated by a desire to tell relevant and provocative stories

Actor and singer of The Windmills of Your Mind, a huge 1960s hit that won an Oscar

Handsome star of spaghetti westerns including A Pistol for Ringo

Italian neorealist film director and screenwriter who made Last Days of Mussolini, starring Rod Steiger

Actor who played many major Shakespearean roles on the stage

Screenwriter of British horror feature films such as The Asphyx and Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny and Girly

Film, opera and stage director known for La Reine Margot and his Ring cycle at Bayreuth in 1976

Bestselling novelist whose military thrillers, including Patriot Games, were made into hit films and spawned video games

Other lives: A graphic artist whose designs featured in many spheres, from City Limits magazine to Channel 4

Leading Ghanaian poet, novelist and political activist whose work was firmly rooted in the traditions of the Ewe people

Italian writer, poet and film-maker who adapted and directed his own novels for the screen