May 1
Francis Megahy
March 18, 1935 – May 1, 2020
Director:
Hammer House of Horror (1980) Episode: Carpathian Eagle (1980) – writer
Hammer House of Horror (1980) Episode: Growing Pains (1980)
Writer:
Hammer House of Horror (1980) Episode: Charlie Boy (1980)
Silvia Legrand
February 23, 1927 – May 1, 2020
Actress:
iRobot! (1970– ) Series
Else Blangsted
May 22, 1920 – May 1, 2020
Actress:
Meet the Hollowheads (1989)
Dance of the Dwarfs (1983)
Terror in the Wax Museum (1973)
May 3
John Ericson
September 25, 1926 – May 3, 2020
Actor:
The Ghosts of Buxley Hall (1980 TV Movie)
The House of the Dead (1978)
Crash! (1976)
The Wide World of Mystery (1973– ) Episode: Murder Impossible (1974)
May 6
Leslie Pope
June 2, 1954 – May 6, 2020
Art Department / Set Decorator:
Angel Heart (1987)
Producer:
Death by Fungus (2010)
Production Assistant:
The Clairvoyant (1982)
May 7
Peque Gallaga
August 25, 1943 – May 7, 2020
Director:
T’yanak (2014) – Producer
Sa piling ng aswang (1999) [aka: In the Morning] – Writer; Music Department; Producer; Soundtrack
Halik ng bampira (1997) [aka: Vampire Kiss (1997)] – Writer
Aswang (1992) – Writer
Shake Rattle & Roll IV (1992) – Writer
Shake Rattle & Roll III (1991) – Writer
Shake, Rattle & Roll 2 (1990) – Writer
Tiyanak (1988) – Writer; Soundtrack (wrote lyrics)
Hiwaga sa Balete Drive (1988) – Writer
Shake, Rattle & Roll (1984)
Production Designer:
Up from the Depths (1979) – Underwater Director
Actor:
Wake Up, Maruja (1978) – Production Coordinator
May 9
Ron Ziskin
April 28, 1951 – May 9, 2020
Producer:
Beyond Reality (1991–1993)
Geno Silva
January 20, 1948 – May 9, 2020
Actor:
Monsters (1988–1990) Episode: Cellmates (1990)
My Mom’s a Werewolf (1989)
Little Richard
December 5, 1932 – May 9, 2020
Soundtrack:
Predators (2010)
Predator (1987)
Prom Night II (1987)
Christine (1983)
Arthur Dignam
September 9, 1939 – May 9, 2020
Actor:
The Dreaming (1988)
Strange Behavior (1981)
May 10
Marty Pasko
August 4, 1954 – May 10, 2020
Comic Book Artist:
Weird Tales of the Macabre #1 (1975)
Creepy #51, 63 (1973–1974)
Vampirella #36 (1974)
Writer:
The Twilight Zone (1985–1989) Episode: Gramma/Personal Demons/Cold Reading (1986)
The Twilight Zone (1985–1989) Episode: Night of the Meek/But Can She Type?/The Star (1985)
The Twilight Zone (1985–1989) Episode: The Beacon/One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty (1985)
Story Editor:
The Twilight Zone (1985–1989) Episode: The After Hours/Lost and Found/The World Next Door (1986)
The Twilight Zone (1985–1989) Episode: The Once and Future King/A Saucer of Loneliness (1986)
The Twilight Zone (1985–1989) Episode: The Road Less Travelled (1986)
Sai Gundewar
February 22, 1978 – May 10, 2020
Actor:
Gabriel (2007)
May 11
Tissa Wijesurendra
April 4, 1949 – May 11, 2020
Actress:
Bonikka (1983)
Jerry Stiller
June 8, 1927 – May 11, 2020
Actor:
Highway to Hell (1991)
Monsters (1988–1990)
Episode: One Wolf’s Family (1990)
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode: The Devil’s Advocate (1985)
Moon Martin
October 31, 1945 – May 11, 2020
Songwriter:
Vamp (1986)
May 12
Michel Piccoli
December 27, 1925 – May 12, 2020
Actor:
Leonor (1975) – Producer
The Infernal Trio (1974)
La chevelure (1961)
Torticola contre Frankensberg (1952)
Sortilèges (1945)
George Mikell
April 4, 1929 – May 12, 2020)
Actor:
Fox Mystery Theater (1984) Episode: Czech Mate (1984)
May 13
David Nichols
November 24, 1941 – May 13, 2020
Production Designer:
The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)
Swamp Thing (1982)
May 14
Jerzy Łapiński
November 2, 1940 – May 14, 2020
Actor:
Carmilla (1980 TV Movie)
May 15
Fred Willard
September 18, 1933 – May 15, 2020
Actor:
Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur (2011 Video)
Monster House (2006)
Tim and Eric’s Bedtime Stories (2013– ) Episode: The Demotion (2017)
Idle Hands (1999)
Good vs Evil (1999–2000) Episode: Airplane (1999)
Salem’s Lot (1979)
Henky Solaiman
August 30, 1941 – May 15, 2020
Actor:
Reuni Z (2018)
Suster N (2007)
May 16
Lynn Shelton
August 27, 1965 – May 16, 2020
Director:
Ghosted (2017) Episode: Bee-Mo (I) (2017)
Santa Clarita Diet (2017–2019) Episode: Strange or Just Inconsiderate? (2017)
Pilar Pellicer
February 12, 1938 – May 16, 2020
Actress:
Cuentos de Madrugada (1985– )
The World of the Dead (1970)
Pedro Páramo (1967)
Monique Mercure
November 14, 1930 – 16 May 2020
Actress:
Saint Martyrs of the Damned (2005)
May 17
Peter Thomas
December 1, 1925 – May 17, 2020
Composer:
Die Weibchen (1970)
The Monster of Blackwood Castle (1968) – Soundtrack
Gorilla Gang (1968)
The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism (1967) – Music Department
The Hunchback of Soho (1966)
The Squeaker (1963)
Front à la Scotland Yard (1962)
Soundtrack:
Horror Hospital (1973)
Shad Gaspard
January 13, 1981 – May 17, 2020
Actor:
The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time (2018 TV Movie)
Welcome to Willits (2016)
From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series (2014–2016) Episode: La Reina (2016)
May 18
Ken Osmond
June 7, 1943 – May 18, 2020
Actor:
The Munsters (1964–1966) Episode: Herman’s Sorority Caper (1966)
May 19
Ken Nightingall
1928 – 19 May 2020
Sound Department:
Scream for Help (1984)
Saturn 3 (1980)
The Ghoul (1975)
The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
Theatre of Death (1967)
The Deadly Bees (1966)
The Kiss of the Vampire (1963)
Paranoiac (1963)
Hagen Mills
August 9, 1990 – May 19, 2020
Actor:
Star Light (2020)
May 22
Heather Jean Chasen
July 20, 1927 – May 22, 2020
Actress:
The Toybox (2005)
Shades of Darkness (1983–1986) Episode: Feet Foremost (1983)
May 25
Wu Pong-fong
November 2, 1964 – May 25, 2020
Actor:
Soul (2013)
Silk (2006)
Double Vision (2002)
May 26
Anthony James
July 22, 1942 – May 26, 2020
Actor:
Amazing Stories (1985–1987) Episode: Miss Stardust (1987)
Nightmares (1983)
Wacko (1982)
Burnt Offerings (1976)
Irmgard Hermann
October 4, 1942 – May 26, 2020
Actress:
Blackest Heart (1990)
Gespenstergeschichten (1985– ) Episode: Die Brücke nach Fenders (1985)
Richard Herd
September 26, 1932 – May 26, 2020
Actor:
Get Out (2017)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (2005)
I Married a Monster (1998 TV Movie)
Skeeter (1993)
Tales from the Crypt (1989–1996) Episode: Deadline (1991)
Schizoid (1980)
Terror Out of the Sky (1978 TV Movie)
Cindy Butler
October 15, 1955 – May 26, 2020
Actress:
Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues (1984
The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)
Tony Scannell
August 14, 1945 – May 26, 2020
Actor:
Evil Never Dies (2014)
Armchair Thriller (1978–1981) Episode: The Circe Complex: Part 2 (1980)
Armchair Thriller (1978–1981) Episode: The Circe Complex: Part 3 (1980)
May 31
Dan van Husen
April 30, 1945 – May 31, 2020
Actor:
Zombie Massacre 2: Reich of the Dead (2015)
Chain Reaction (2006 Video)
The Man Who Sold the World (2006)
Forest of the Damned (2005)
Cold and Dark (2005)
Darkhunters (2004)
Rigor Mortis – The Final Colours (2003 Video)
Killer Barbys vs. Dracula (2002)
Dracula Blows His Cool (1979)
Night of the Skull (1974)
Der Todesrächer von Soho (1972)