December 15

• 2013 – Joan Fontaine, starred in the Hammer film “The Witches” and “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.” She passed away at the age of 96.
• 2010 – French auteur Jean Rollin, he directed such films as “The Rape of the Vampire”, “The Nude Vampire”, “Requiem for a Vampire”, “The Shiver of the Vampires”, “Zombie Lake”, “The Living Dead Girl” and many more. He passed away at the age of 72.
• 2003 – Director/producer Edward Montagne, whose films include “The Ghost and Mr. Chicken,” the TV movie “The Munsters’ Revenge” and the 1977 TV series “The Amazing Spider-Man,” passed away at the age of 91.
• 1991 – James Whitworth, starred as “Jupiter” in Wes Craven’s “The Hills Have Eyes” and “The Hills Have Eyes Part II”. He also appeared in “Planet of Dinosaurs”, “Terminal Island” “Mission: Impossible (TV Series)”, “Chain Gang Women” and more. He passed away at the age of 55 from lung cancer.
• 1966 – Producer, writer, animator and the creator of the “theme park,” the legendary Walt Disney, passed away at the age of 65.
• 1962 – Charles Laughton, starred in “The Canterville Ghost”, “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”, “Island of Lost Souls”, passed away at the age of 63. He also starred in “The Old Dark House” alongside Boris Karloff.