David Elliott obituary

Other Lives: Director on the classic 1960s puppet TV series Thunderbirds

George Brown obituary

Kool & the Gang drummer and co-writer of hits including Celebration, Ladies Night and Jungle Boogie

Veteran British actor known for his many and varied film, TV and stage roles in a career that spanned more than 70 years

Magician and illusionist who was one of the first conjurors to establish himself on British television in the 1950s

Other lives: Experimental film-maker who was an exponent of the art of replacement animation

Novelist whose exhilarating genius came into its own with Possession, a worldwide bestseller and winner of the Booker prize

Actor known for screen roles in The Long Good Friday and Harry’s Game, and as a stalwart of the Joint Stock Theatre Group

Prolific character actor who starred in the dramas Wings and Piece of Cake and enjoyed a busy TV career

Actor who won fame as Chandler Bing in Friends while battling his own personal demons

Actor best known for his portrayal of a suave, uncompromising private detective in the title role of Shaft

High court judge and stellar QC who delivered the longest speech in British legal history – and made a feted documentary in later life

Producer of stage hits including Blood Brothers who took Medea to Broadway and served as the chairman of Everton FC

Actor who found fame, and an Oscar nomination, as the roguishly endearing Paulie in the 1976 film Rocky

Actor and director who played Prince Hal to Orson Welles’s Falstaff in Chimes at Midnight, and triumphed in Sleuth in the West End and on Broadway

Stage and screen actor who played Cleopatra opposite Charlton Heston in the 1972 film Antony and Cleopatra