actors who died in 1955

Esperanza Baur Díaz (c. 1924 – March 11, 1955), the Mexican actress, and the second wife of John Wayne

Ora Carew (August 13, 1893, Salt Lake City - October 26, 1955, Los Angeles) born Ora Whytock, the silent film actress

Richard "Skeets" Gallagher (July 28, 1891, Terre Haute, Indiana - May 22, 1955, Santa Monica, California)

Richy Müller (b. Hans-Jürgen Müller September 26, 1955 in Mannheim, Germany), the German television and movie actor

Rose Stahl (b. October 29, 1868/1870 - 1955), the Canadian/American stage actress, born in Montreal

Robert Dudley (13 September 1869-15 September 1955), born Robert Y. Dudley in Cincinnati, Ohio, the dentist turned film character actor who would, in his 35 year career, appear in over 115 films

O. B. Clarence (25 March 1870 – 2 October 1955), the British actor

O. B. Clarence (25 March 1870 — 2 October 1955), the British actor

Lynne Carver (September 13, 1916 - August 12, 1955), the American film actress

Lillian Lorraine, the stage and screen actress of the 1910's and 1920's, best known for her beauty and for being perhaps the most famous Ziegfeld Girl in the Broadway revues Ziegfeld Follies during the 1910's

Aleksander Zelwerowicz (14 August 1877 in Lublin – 18 June 1955 in Warsaw), the Polish actor, director, theatre president and a teacher

Jimmy Godden (11 August 1879 – 5 March 1955), the British film actor

Muriel Aked (9 November 1887 - 21 March 1955), the British film actress

Miroslava (February 26, 1926 - March 9, 1955), the Czechoslovakian-born Mexican film actress who appeared in thirty two films

Friedrich Rudolf Klein-Rogge (November 24, 1885 - May 29, 1955), the German film actor

Edith Wynne Matthison (November 23, 1875 - September 23, 1955), the Anglo-American stage actress who also appeared in two silent films

Sybille Schmitz (2 December 1909 - 13 April 1955), the German actress

Tom Dugan (1 January 1889 - 7 March 1955), the Irish film actor

Arthur Donaldson (5 April 1869 - 28 September 1955), the Swedish-American actor

Szőke Szakáll (February 2, 1883 - February 12, 1955), known as S.Z. Sakall, the Hungarian film character actor

Seena Owen (November 14, 1894 - August 15, 1966), the Danish-American silent film actress

Stanley Price (December 31, 1905July 13, 1955), the American film supporting actor who appeared in over 200 films between 1922 and 1956

Verónica Forqué (born Verónica Forqué Vázquez-Vigo on 1 December 1955 in Madrid), the Spanish actress of stage, film and television who comes from an artistic and theatrical family

Walter Hampden, the artist name of Walter Hampden Dougherty (June 30, 1879 in Brooklyn – June 11, 1955 in Los Angeles), a U.S. actor and theatre manager

Mary McLeod Bethune (1875 - 1955), the actor, starred in If....

Marry Jerrold (1877–1955), the British actress

Wastl Witt (1882-1955), the German actor

Maurice Lagrenée (1893-1955), the French film actor

Marguerite Deval (1866-1955), the French singer and actress

Vemuri Gaggaiah (Telugu: వేమూరి గగ్గయ్య) (1895–1955), popular Telugu theater and film actor

Lydia Knott (1 October 1866 - 30 March 1955), the American actress of the silent era

Robert Kent (3 December 1908 – 4 May 1955), born Douglas Blackley, Jr, the American film actor

Sári Fedák (26 October 1879, Beregszász, now Berehove - 25 May 1955, Budapest), the Hungarian actress and singer, one of the most well-known prima donnas of her time

Saša Rašilov (6 September 1891 - 4 May 1955), the Czechoslovak film actor

Vernon Steele (September 18, 1882 – July 23, 1955), the Chilean-born British actor known for his appearances on the Broadway stage and in American films

Thomas J. "Tom" Moore (May 1, 1883 - February 12, 1955), the Irish-born American actor and director

Maurice Schutz (4 August 1866 - 22 March 1955 Clichy-la-Garenne), the French film actor

Kazimierz Wajda (1905-5/1955), stage name Szczepko, the Polish actor, comedian

Christian Argentin (1893-1955), the French actor

Chief Thundercloud, (born Victor Daniels, April 12, 1899 - December 1, 1955), the American character actor in westerns

Claude Dampier (1879-1955), the British film actor

Claude Duval Payton (20 March 1882, Centerville, Iowa - 1 March 1955, Los Angeles, California), the American actor

Cyril Chadwick (11 June 1879 - ?), the English actor of the silent era

Clyde A. Bruckman (September 20, 1894January 4, 1955), the American writer and director of comedy films during the late silent era as well as the early sound era of cinema

Charles Goldner, the Austrian-born actor who appeared in a number of British films during the 1940s and 1950s

Billy Ruge, the American film actor

Allan Wade (1881 – 1955), the actor, theatre director and writer

Alfred Arthur Hinchcliffe Denville (27 January 1876-23 March 1955), the English actor, theatre impresario and Conservative Party politician

Arnold Sjöstrand (30 June 1903 - 1 February 1955), the Swedish actor and film director

Basil Gill (1877-1955), the British film actor whose film career started with Henry VIII (1911), a short silent film

Betty Ann Davies (1910–1955), the British film actress

Betsy Russell Baker (August 20, 1842- October 24, 1955) of the United States, listed in the first Guinness Book of Records as possibly the world's oldest person (though this, not confirmed by researchers until 2002)

Daniel Birt (23 June 1907 - 15 May 1955), the English film director and editor

Dave Morris (7 June 1884 - 27 November 1955), the American film actor of the silent era

James Craven (born October 2, 1892-June 29, 1955), the American actor

Hugh Pryse (1910–1955), the British film actor

James Millican (1911–1955), the American actor with over 200 film appearances mostly in western movies

Janet Beecher (October 21, 1884 - August 6, 1955)born Janet Meyersburg, the stage and screen actress

Lawrence A. Bowes (1 January 1885 – 5 June 1955), the American actor

Johnnie Schofield (1899–1955), the British actor

Howard Gaye (1878-1955), the British actor who worked mainly in the United States

Hans Mierendorff (1882–1955), the German stage and film actor

Édouard Delmont (1883–1955), the French actor

Edmund Wierciński (1899-1955), the Polish stage director, actor and educator

Edward Martindel (July 8, 1876 - May 4, 1955), the American film actor

Fred Groves (1880–1955), the British actor

Govind Sadashiv Tembe (popularly known as Govindrao Tembe Devanagari: गोविंदराव टेंबे) (June 5, 1881-October 9, 1955), the harmonium player, stage actor, and music composer

Fritz Odemar (13 January 1890 - 6 June 1955), the German film actor

Lily Cahill (17 July 1888, Lockhart, Texas - 20 July 1955, San Antonio), the American actress of the stage and screen