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)