Kenneth Colley obituary Actor known as Admiral Piett in the Star Wars movies, and for his many roles in the films of Ken Russell
Julian McMahon obituary Australian actor who started his career in Home and Away, was the co-lead in Nip/Tuck and played Doctor Doom in the Fantastic Four
Michael Madsen obituary American actor best known for playing heavies, including the ‘psycho’ Mr Blonde in Reservoir Dogs
Rodney Wilson obituary Other lives: Producer of TV arts programmes and film officer at the Arts Council determined to reach new, diverse audiences
Gerald Harper obituary Stylish actor with a self-knowing comic touch who had a successful career on television and the stage
Lalo Schifrin obituary Composer of the Mission: Impossible theme tune as well as music for a host of Hollywood films including Bullitt and Dirty Harry
Mark Peploe obituary Screenwriter who won an Oscar for Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor and provided the screenplay for Antonioni’s The Passenger
Michael Rabiger obituary Other lives: Pioneering documentarian and author who wrote ‘the bible’ for documentary film-makers
Pik-Sen Lim obituary Groundbreaking actor best known for her roles in Mind Your Language, Johnny English Reborn and Vampire Academy
Taina Elg obituary Finnish actor who won two Golden Globes, starred in Les Girls and later worked in television and musical theatre
Roland Curram obituary Actor best known for playing the gay companion to Julie Christie’s good-time girl in Darling
Frederick Forsyth obituary Foreign correspondent who went on to become a hugely successful thriller writer best known for The Day of the Jackal
Billy Williams obituary Cinematographer who won an Oscar for Gandhi but did his most adventurous work on Ken Russell’s Women in Love
Kwesi Owusu obituary Writer and film-maker at the heart of the African Dawn group who directed the critically acclaimed 1991 feature Ama
Loretta Swit obituary Actor who found global fame as the stern head nurse ‘Hot Lips’ Houlihan in the television sitcom M*A*S*H