Deaths 2022

Deaths 2021

Deaths 2020

Deaths 2019

Deaths 2018

Deaths 2017

Deaths 2016

Deaths 2015

Deaths 2014

Deaths 2013

Deaths 2012

Deaths 2011

Deaths 2010

Deaths 2009


Full list by date of death

Robert Ellenstein

Actor

Born - 23 June 1923, Newark, New jersey, USA
Died - 28 October 2010

Benign, balding character actor who did more distinguished work in the theatre, where he directed numerous productions, and took the title role in a much-acclaimed King Lear of 1999. Aftert distinguished World War 2 service, he began an acting career in 1947. Early movie roles tended to swing between cops and villains, his debut coming as the former in Rogue Cop (1954). Further film credits include Illegal (1955), The Garment Jungle (1957), 3:10 to Yuma (1957), The Young Lions (1958), North by Northwest (1959), Pay or Die! (1960), The Big Bankroll (1961) and The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968), then many TV series before and after Love at First Bite (1979), Brewster's Millions (1985) and The Voyage Home: Star Trek IV (1986), his last theatrical feature.