1974 (It Lives By Night; Phase IV; Time of the Apes.)

  • 01/07 Benjamin Kline (age 79), cinematographer for the movie in episode 611- LAST OF THE WILD HORSES.
  • 01/16 Newell P. Kimlin (age 60), editor for the movie in episode 510- THE PAINTED HILLS.
  • 01/18 Bill Finger (age 59), screenwriter for the movie THE GREEN SLIME (riffed in MST3K's pilot) and the movie in episode 1007- TRACK OF THE MOON BEAST.
  • 01/30 Bert Sternbach (age 86), production manager for the movies in episodes 103- THE MAD MONSTER and 208- LOST CONTINENT.
  • Date in February unknown John McKennon (age 61), production manager for the short ONCE UPON A HONEYMOON in episode 701- NIGHT OF THE BLOOD BEAST.
  • Date in February unknown Bill Finger (age 59 or 60), screenwriter for the movie THE GREEN SLIME (riffed in MST3K's pilot), and the movie in episode 1007- TRACK OF THE MOON BEAST.
  • 02/01 Muratbek Ryskulov (age 64), who appeared in the movie in episode 617- THE SWORD AND THE DRAGON.
  • 02/07 Arline Judge (age 61), who played Mrs. Hotchkiss in the movie in episode 106- THE CRAWLING HAND.
  • 02/26 Edward G. Robinson Jr. (age 40), who appeared in the movie in episode 602- INVASION U.S.A.
  • 03/03 Frank Wilcox (age 66), who played General John T. Short in the movie in episode 517- BEGINNING OF THE END.
  • 03/08 Martha Wentworth (age 84), who played Nadine in the movie in episode 415- THE BEATNIKS.
  • 03/11 Judd Holdren (age 58), who played a reporter in the movie in episode 201- ROCKETSHIP X-M and Robert Allen in the movie in episode 309- THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN.
  • 03/19 Edward Platt (age 58), who played Mr. Tucker in the movie in episode 419- THE REBEL SET.
  • 03/20 Chet Huntley (age 62), who was the opening off-screen narrator in the movie THE DAY THE WORLD ENDED (riffed in the MST3K Home Game).
  • 03/30 Elmer Decker (age 84), assistant director of the movie in episode 210- KING DINOSAUR.
  • 03/30 Russell F. Schoengarth (age 69), editor for the movie in episode 615- KITTEN WITH A WHIP.
  • 04/02 Douglass Dumbrille (age 84), who played Charlie Cooper in the movie in episode 611- LAST OF THE WILD HORSES.
  • 04/05 Stanley Farrar (age 63), who played Ray Morrissey in the movie in episode 415- THE BEATNIKS.
  • 04/05 William Hudson (age 49), who played Dr. Paul Lindstrom in the movie in episode 309- THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN and Bob in episode 808- THE SHE-CREATURE.
  • 04/08 Harry Fraser (age 85), screenwriter for the movie in episode 507- I ACCUSE MY PARENTS.
  • 04/20 Pat Somerset (age 77), editor the movie in episode 202- THE SIDEHACKERS.
  • 05/04 John Wengraf (age 77), who played Dr. Erik Heinrich in the movie in episode 524- 12 TO THE MOON.
  • 05/15 Robert Carlisle (age 85), director of the short LAST CLEAR CHANCE, seen in episode 520- RADAR SECRET SERVICE.
  • 05/17 Ben Bard (age 81), dialogue director for the movie in episode 902- THE PHANTOM PLANET.
  • 05/31 Gabriel Scognamillo (age 67), art director for the movie in episode 414- TORMENTED.
  • 06/16 Mauritz Hugo (age 65), who played Hardy in the movie "Marooned," shown in episode 401- SPACE TRAVELERS.
  • 07/06 Bert Rumsey (age 81), who appeared in the movie in episode 509- THE GIRL IN LOVERS LANE.
  • 07/08 Lennart Lauramaa (age 61), who had a small role in the movie "Sampo," in episode 422- THE DAY THE EARTH FROZE.
  • 07/19 Joe Flynn (age 48), who played Bradshaw's assistant in the movie in episode 409- THE INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN.
  • 07/20 Leslie Bradley (age 66), who played the symbol-maker in the movie in episode 315- TEENAGE CAVEMAN.
  • 07/27 Julian de Meriche (age 64), who appeared in the movie in episode 102- THE ROBOT VS. THE AZTEC MUMMY.
  • 08/15 Edmund Cobb (age 82), who played Dr. McDermott in the movie in episode 309- THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN.
  • 09/02 F. Walter Strenge (age 76), cinematographer for the episodes of TV's "Rocky Jones, Space Ranger," shown in episode 413- MANHUNT IN SPACE.
  • 09/19 George Gittens (age 65), editor for the movie in episode 809- I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF.
  • 09/26 Jeffrey Sayre (age 73), who was a train station extra in the movie in episode 419- THE REBEL SET.
  • 10/08 Harold Lipstein (age 76), cinematographer for the movie in episode 510- THE PAINTED HILLS.
  • 10/10 James Sullivan (age 65), production designer for the movies in episodes 418- ATTACK OF THE THE EYE CREATURES and 602- INVASION U.S.A.
  • 10/14 Son Hooker (age 34), who played a policeman in episode 812- THE INCREDIBLY STRANGE CREATURES WHO STOPPED LIVING AND BECAME MIXED-UP ZOMBIES.
  • Date in December unknown Ellis Burman (age 72), whose special effects appeared in the dinosaur sequences in episode 315- TEENAGE CAVEMAN.
  • 12/11 Reed Hadley (age 63), who played Riley in the movie in episode 611- LAST OF THE WILD HORSES.
  • 12/27 Sam Comer (age 81), set decorator for the movie in episode 906- THE SPACE CHILDREN.
  • 12/27 Richard Dixon (age 61), production manager for the movie in episode 104- WOMEN OF THE PREHISTORIC PLANET.
  • 12-31 Walter M. "Mac" Dalgleish (age 73), sound engineer for the movie in episode 611- LAST OF THE WILD HORSES.