Norman Spencer obituary

Production manager and producer who worked with David Lean on The Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia

Derek Boshier obituary

Leading figure of the 1960s pop art movement who was determined not to be bound by labels or market demands

Will Jennings obituary

American lyricist who enjoyed huge success with Up Where We Belong and My Heart Will Go On

James Darren obituary

Singer and teen screen idol who became a fixture on the cabaret circuit and directed episodes of The A-Team and Melrose Place

Kenneth Cope obituary

Actor and writer who played Marty in the TV series Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) and Jed Stone in Coronation Street

James Earl Jones obituary

American actor hailed for his many classical roles whose voice became known to millions as that of Darth Vader in Star Wars

Robert Sidaway obituary

Actor, documentary-maker and producer who spent decades in independent international film production and development

Janet Watts obituary

Journalist with the Guardian and Observer for 25 years whose interviewing technique disarmed her subjects

Lisa Westcott obituary

Oscar and Bafta-winning hair and makeup artist who worked on Les Misérables, Shakespeare in Love and The Madness of King George, and spent 26 years at the BBC

John Clegg obituary

Actor who played Gunner ‘La Di Da’ Graham in the popular, and later controversial, BBC sitcom It Ain’t Half Hot Mum

Roy Minton obituary

Radical writer behind the controversial 1977 television play Scum that portrayed the brutal violence inside a borstal

Alain Delon obituary

One of the most popular male stars of French cinema who often played tough guys and calculated killers

Maurice Williams obituary

Singer and founder of the Zodiacs, whose songs were covered by the Hollies and Jackson Browne, and featured in Dirty Dancing and American Graffiti