Dino De Laurentiis obituary

Italian movie tycoon whose list of credits featured as many disasters as hits

William Norton obituary

US screenwriter whose life was often wilder than his own scripts

Producer of Pier Paolo Pasolini's early films

American actor known for his role as Danno in the television series Hawaii Five-O

Broadway musical theatre writer who wrote the libretto for Fiddler on the Roof and the screenplay for the 1971 film

Philip French looks at the career of an actor who defied his detractors with several unforgettable performances

Composer of television and film scores for Brideshead Revisited and Monty Python, as well as many concert and stage works

American actor who played an array of kindly fathers, doctors, lawyers and rabbis

American character actor known for his tough-guy roles in westerns and on television

Theatre director, artist and film-maker with a fresh, radical take on Germany's past

Actor who was at his best in shadowy roles

Television and film producer known for Roots, The Thorn Birds and Willy Wonka

Other lives: Film-maker, writer, musician and humanist

Jazz singer, actor and civil rights activist strongly influenced by Billie Holiday