Carmel Dagan

George Morrison , an acting teacher and director who trained, worked with, and inspired great actors including Gene Hackman , Edie Falco , Dustin Hoffman, Jack Klugman, Sandy Dennis, Judy...

Bob Hastings, a character actor best known for his role on 1960s sitcom "McHale's Navy" as Lt. Elroy Carpenter, the bumbling, sycophantic aide to Captain Binghampton, died June 30 in...

James Nelson , a sound editor, supervising sound editor and producer for film and television with more than 180 credits, including "Easy Rider," "Five Easy Pieces," "The Exorcist" and "American...

Ruby Dee , best known for her role in 1961's "A Raisin in the Sun" and latterly for her Oscar-nominated turn as Denzel Washington's mother in 2007's "American Gangster," died...

Felisa Vanoff , dancer, choreographer, producer and patron of the arts, died May 29 after a battle with cancer. She was 89. Upon returning to New York after studying dance...

Michael Gottlieb , a writer, producer, director, photographer and, latterly, a professor of film at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Calif., died in a motorcycle accident on...

Richard Carlton, a former executive at Trans Lux Television who brought such cartoon hits as "Felix the Cat" and "Speed Racer" to American audiences and later oversaw the International Emmy...

William Patrick Olvis, whose musical compositions underscored over 19 movies and numerous television shows, died of throat cancer May 6 at his home in Malibu. He was 56. Olvis, whose...

Nancy Malone, a ground-breaking and Emmy-winning director-producer, Emmy-nominated actress and the first woman VP at a major studio, died May 8 at City of Hope in Duarte, Calif., as the...

Elliot R. Wax, a former television agent at William Morris and the leader of his own agency, died on May 4 from complications of kidney disease at his home in...