1980 (Hangar 18; The Last Chase.)

  • Date in 1980 unknown Ricardo Luna (age unknown) who provided the choreography for the movie in episode 521- SANTA CLAUS.
  • 01/03 Ivan Triesault (age 81) who played Dr. Peter Ulof in episode 623- THE AMAZING TRANSPARENT MAN.
  • 01/20 Don Mason (age 50) who did the voice for the puppet character Captain Troy Tempest in episode K01- INVADERS FROM THE DEEP.
  • 01/25 Dave Newell (age 75), make-up artist for the movie in episode 902- THE PHANTOM PLANET.
  • 02/04 Don Torpin (age 62), assistant director of the movie WORLD WITHOUT END, riffed in MST3K's first live show.
  • 02/06 Franz Schafheitlin (age 84) who portrayed Polonius in episode 1009- HAMLET.
  • 02/08 Yuli Kun (age 65), cinematographer of the movie "Ilja Muromets," shown in episode 617- THE SWORD AND THE DRAGON.
  • 02/11 Ooldrich Lukes (age 70) who portrayed Harringway in episode 211- FIRST SPACESHIP ON VENUS.
  • 02/13 David Janssen (age 48) who portrayed Ted Dougherty in episode 401- SPACE TRAVELERS and Mike Shelley in episode K15- SUPERDOME.
  • 03/01 Catherine Finn (age unknown) who portrayed Mary Hargrove in episode 905- THE DEADLY BEES.
  • 03/13 Harlan Warde (age 62) who portrayed a police dispatcher in episode 409- THE INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN.
  • 03/17 Farciot Edouart (age 85) who did the process photography for the movies in episodes 523- VILLAGE OF THE GIANTS and 906- THE SPACE CHILDREN.
  • 03/18 Richard Caffey (age 51), assistant director for the movie in episode 906- THE SPACE CHILDREN.
  • 03/20 David Sharpe (age 70) who portrayed a schooner sailor in the season two serial THE PHANTOM CREEPS.
  • 04/15 Raymond Bailey (age 75) who portrayed Dr. Wahrman in episode 906- THE SPACE CHILDREN. He's most famous for his role of Mr. Drysdale on TV's Beverly Hillbillies.
  • 04/15 Marshall Reed (age 62) who portrayed a bruiser in episode 520- RADAR SECRET SERVICE.
  • 04/25 Mario Bava (age 65), cinematographer for the movies in episodes 408- HERCULES UNCHAINED and 502- HERCULES, as well as the director for the movie in episode 1013- DIABOLIK. He was the father of Lamberto Bava, director of the movie in episode 911- DEVIL FISH and the assistant director in 1013- DIABOLIK. Mario sometimes worked under the pseudonym of John M. Old Sr. and Lamberto as John M. Old Jr.
  • 05/26 Franz Bachelin (age 84), the movies' art director in episodes 411- THE MAGIC SWORD and 523- VILLAGE OF THE GIANTS.
  • 06/19 Bill Giorgio (age 56) who portrayed Deputy Sheriff Sanders in episode 313- EARTH VS. THE SPIDER and a bus driver in episode 319- WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST.
  • 06/30 Thomas Browne Henry (age 72) who portrayed Col. Tom Sturgeon in episode 517- BEGINNING OF THE END and Capt. Fletcher in episode 805- THE THING THAT COULDN'T DIE.
  • 07/07 Daniel White (age 72) who portrayed Slim Reed in episode 406- ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES.
  • 07/15 Eda Warren (age 76), editor of the movie WORLD WITHOUT END, riffed at MST3K's first live show.
  • 07/19 Fred Parrish (age 87), still photographer for the movie in episode 203- JUNGLE GODDESS.
  • 08/01 Strother Martin (age 61) who portrayed Nihka in WORLD WITHOUT END, the movie riffed in MST3K's first live show.
  • 08/25 Gower Champion (age 61) who directed the short ONCE UPON A HONEYMOON in episode 701- NIGHT OF THE BLOOD BEAST.
  • 08/26 Knox Manning (age 76) who portrayed a television newsman in episode 602- INVASION U.S.A.
  • 09/22 Jimmy Bryant (age 55) who, with his band The Night Jumpers, provided the movie's dance tunes in episode 609- THE SKYDIVERS.
  • 10/06 Ray Walker (age 76) who portrayed reporter Richard Lloyd in episode 906- THE SPACE CHILDREN.
  • 10/17 Edwin Max (age 71) who portrayed Harold in episode 704- THE INCREDIBLE MELTING MAN.
  • 10/17 Joseph Edesa (age 68), chief set electrician for the movie in episode 309- THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN.
  • 10/26 Charles P. Thompson (age unknown) who portrayed a member of the tribe in episode 315- TEENAGE CAVEMAN.
  • 11/06 Newton P. Jacobs (age 78), American dubbing producer for the movie in episode 211- FIRST SPACESHIP ON VENUS.
  • 11/17 Hod David Schudson (age 38), musical score composer for the movie in episode 811- PARTS: THE CLONUS HORROR.
  • 11/25 Dick Haynes (age 69) who portrayed Col. Lansfield in episode 902- THE PHANTOM PLANET.
  • 12/08 Millard McGowan (age 77) who had a small role in the season four serial UNDERSEA KINGDOM.
  • 12/09 Harris Ashburn (age 76), music supervisor of the movie in episode 804- THE DEADLY MANTIS.
  • 12/13 Ray Buffum (age 76) who wrote the original story and screenplay for the movie in episode 522- TEEN-AGE CRIME WAVE.
  • 12/16 Jan Fethke (age 77), one of the screenwriters for the movie in episode 211- FIRST SPACESHIP ON VENUS.
  • 12/26 Larry Dunn (age unknown), stunt driver in the movie in episode 706- LASERBLAST.
  • 12/29 Roy Engel (age 67) who portrayed the desk sergeant in episode 409- THE INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN.