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Members Memoriam

The members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are the organization’s greatest asset, an assemblage of the finest artists and craftspersons of the art form.


The Academy Award itself holds that stature because it is voted by those who know best the role of each participant in the “collaborative art.”


On this page the Academy pays homage to those members who have died since February 1, 2009. Academy Awards and nominations are noted (a win is indicated by an asterisk) as well as service on the Academy’s Board of Governors.

  • Mort Abrahams – Producers Branch
  • Berle Adams – Executives Branch
  • Frank Aletter – Actors Branch
  • Wayne Allwine – Short Films and Feature Animation Branch
  • John Alvin – Actors Branch
  • Ken Annakin – Directors Branch
    1965 (38th) Writing (Story and Screenplay written directly for the screen) – “Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines”
  • Steven Bach – Executives Branch
  • Dick Berg – Producers Branch
  • Alain Bernheim – Associates
  • Betsy Blair – Actors Branch
    1955 (28th) Actress in a Supporting Role – “Marty”
  • Arthur H. Canton – Public Relations Branch
  • David Carradine – Actors Branch
  • Simon Channing-Williams – Producers Branch
    1996 (69th) Best Picture – “Secrets & Lies”
  • Gene Corfsky – Public Relations Branch
  • Dom DeLuise – Actors Branch
  • Dominick Dunne – Producers Branch
  • Elle Elliot – Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch
  • Farrah Fawcett – Actors Branch
  • Horton Foote – Writers Branch
    1962 (35th) * Writing (Screenplay based on material from another medium) – “To Kill a Mockingbird”
    1983 (56th) * Writing (Screenplay written directly for the screen) – “Tender Mercies”
    1985 (58th) Writing (Screenplay based on material from another medium) – “The Trip to Bountiful”
  • Hal Gaba – Executives Branch

  • Larry Gelbart – Writers Branch
    1977 (50th) Writing (Screenplay based on material from another medium) – “Oh, God!”
    1982 (55th) Writing (Screenplay written directly for the screen) – “Tootsie”

  • Giulio Gianini – Short Films and Feature Animation Branch
    1973 (46th) Short Subject (Animated) – “Pulcinella”
  • Henry Gibson – Actors Branch
  • George Grenville – Film Editors Branch
  • Victor Haboush – Short Films and Feature Animation Branch
  • Warren Wray Hamilton, Jr. – Sound Branch
  • Benjamin S. Hartigan – Associates
  • John Hughes – Directors Branch
  • Maurice Jarre – Music Branch
    1962 (35th) * Music (Music Score–substantially original) – “Lawrence of Arabia”
    1963 (36th) Music (Scoring of Music–adaptation or treatment) – “Sundays and Cybele”
    1965 (38th) * Music (Music Score–substantially original) – “Doctor Zhivago”
    1972 (45th) Music (Song–Original for the Picture) – “Marmalade, Molasses & Honey” from “The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean”
    1977 (50th) Music (Original Score) – “Mohammad - Messenger of God”
    1984 (57th) * Music (Original Score) – “A Passage to India”
    1985 (58th) Music (Original Score) – “Witness”
    1988 (61st) Music (Original Score) – “Gorillas in the Mist”
    1990 (63rd) Music (Original Score) – “Ghost”
  • Caro Jones – Members-at-Large
  • Norman Katkov – Writers Branch
  • Sidney Katz – Film Editors Branch
  • Leonard B. Kaufman – Associates
  • Millard Kaufman – Writers Branch
    1953 (26th) Writing (Story and Screenplay) – “Take the High Ground”
    1955 (28th) Writing (Screenplay) – “Bad Day at Black Rock”
  • Tom Korman – Associates
  • Mort Lachman – Writers Branch
  • Arnold Laven – Directors Branch
  • Jack Lawrence – Music Branch
    1954 (27th) Music (Song) – “Hold My Hand” from “Susan Slept Here”
  • Allen Wayne Lewellen – Executives Branch
  • Richard Lewis – Producers Branch
  • Frank P. Liberman – Public Relations Branch
  • Alan Livingston – Associates
  • Karl Malden – Actors Branch
    President, July 1989–July 1992
    Board of Governors, July 1984–July 1993, August 1994–July 2000
    1951 (24th) * Actor in a Supporting Role – “A Streetcar Named Desire”
    1954 (27th) Actor in a Supporting Role – “On the Waterfront”
  • Daniel Melnick – Producers Branch
  • Lawrence Miller – Art Directors Branch
  • Vic Mizzy – Music Branch
  • Richard Moore – Cinematographers Branch
    1959 (32nd) Scientific or Technical Award (Class II)
  • Clive Parsons – Producers Branch
  • Natasha Richardson – Actors Branch
  • Hal Riddle – Actors Branch
  • Steven Rothenberg – Executives Branch
  • Bill Shepard – Members-at-Large
  • Ron Silver – Actors Branch
  • Melvin Simon – Executives Branch
  • Howard J. Smit – Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch
  • Lee Solters – Public Relations Branch
  • Patrick Swayze – Actors Branch
  • Arthur Wilde – Public Relations Branch
  • Howard Zieff – Directors Branch
  • Richard Zimbert – Executives Branch