1960 (Colossus and the Headhunters;
First Spaceship on Venus; Gorgo; Hamlet; The Sinister Urge;
Tormented)
- 01/22 Stepan Kayukov (age 61), who portrayed
Neptune in the movie "Sadko," shown in episode 505- THE
MAGIC VOYAGE OF SINBAD.
- 01/24 John Miljan (age 67), who portrayed Dan
Wilson in episode 507- I ACCUSE MY PARENTS.
- Date in February unknown Carlos Muzquiz (age
unknown), who had a role in episode 113- THE BLACK
SCORPION.
- 02/03 Pierre Watkin (age 70), who portrayed
Taggert in episode 517- BEGINNING OF THE END and Hamilton
in episode 520- RADAR SECRET SERVICE.
- 02/20 Noel Cravat (age 50), who portrayed
Robal in the season one serial RADAR MEN FROM THE MOON.
- 03/13 Perry Finnerman (age 57),
cinematographer for the movie in episode 307- DADDY-O.
- 03/18 Richard H. Riedel (age 55), art director
for the movie THIS ISLAND EARTH, riffed in MST3K: THE
MOVIE.
- 04/06 Oscar O'Shea (age 78), who portrayed
grocer Mr. Harkins in episode 702- THE BRUTE MAN.
- 04/13 Bud Wolfe (age 49), stuntman in the
season two serial THE PHANTOM CREEPS.
- 04/17 Eddie Cochran (age 21), who portrayed
Bong in episode 112- UNTAMED YOUTH. Cochran is the
youngest MST3K-related person to die. Cochran will
wounded in a car accident near Bath, England, when the
cab he was riding in (he was on his way to the airport,
to fly home to the U.S.) blew a tire and hit a lamppost.
Cochran was thrown through the windshield and died the
next day in the hospital. Also in the car were Cochran's
fiancée and singer Gene Vincent. Both were
seriously injured but survived the crash.
- 04/25 Gino Mattera (age 37), who portrayed
Orpheus in episodes 408- HERCULES UNCHAINED and 502-
HERCULES.
- 05/28 Ramon Gay (age 44, shot), who portrayed
Dr. Almada in episode 102- THE ROBOT VS. THE AZTEC MUMMY.
- 05/28 George Zucco (age 74), who portrayed Dr.
Lorenzo Cameron in episode 103- THE MAD MONSTER.
- 06/15 Edward Cronjager (age 56),
cinematographer for the movie in episode 509- THE GIRL IN
LOVERS LANE.
- 06/20 Eddie Parker (age 59), who was Lugosi's
stunt double and octopus wrestler in episode 423- BRIDE
OF THE MONSTER. Parker also played a Mutant in THIS
ISLAND EARTH shown in MST3K: THE MOVIE, a mole person in
episode 803- THE MOLE PEOPLE and had a bit part in the
season four serial UNDERSEA KINGDOM.
- 06/27 Charles "Slim" Whitaker (age 66), who
portrayed Officer Dugan in episode 103- THE MAD MONSTER.
- 07/26 Cedric Gibbons (age 67), supervising art
director for the movie in episode 510- THE PAINTED HILLS.
- Date in August unknown Warren Newcombe (age
66), who did the special effects in the movie in episode
510- THE PAINTED HILLS.
- 08/10 Mischa Bakaleinikoff (age 69), musical
score composer for the movie in episode 522- TEEN-AGE
CRIME WAVE.
- 09/04 Alfred E. Green (age 71), who directed
the movie in episode 602- INVASION U.S.A.
- 09/13 Paul Weatherwax (age 60), editor for the
movie in episode 801- REVENGE OF THE CREATURE.
- 10/06 Douglas Spencer (age 50), who portrayed
the Monitor in THIS ISLAND EARTH.
- 12/19 Robert E. Griffin (age 58), who
portrayed Police Chief Pat Baker in episode 809- I WAS A
TEENAGE WEREWOLF.
  
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