2016 (people)

2016 in

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the DWU • production history • vital statistics • releases

In 2016, a number of people important to the production of Doctor Who and its spin-offs either died or were born.

• 14 January - Writer Robert Banks Stewart died.
• 19 January - Actor Rita Davies died.
• 20 January - Actor Dennis Plenty died.
• 30 January - Actor Frank Finlay died.
• 20 February - Actor Jon Rollason died.
• March - Make-up artist Sonia Markham died.
• 11 March - Actor Reg Whitehead died.
• 13 March - Actor Adrienne Corri died.
• 31 March - Actor Ronnie Corbett died.
• 1 April - Actor Alan Tucker died.
• 13 April - Actor Gareth Thomas died.
• 19 April - Actor Graeme Eton died.
• 28 April - Actor Barry Howard died.
• 8 May - Production assistant Gareth Gwenlan died.
• 18 May - Actor Christopher Farries died.
• 18 May - Cameraman Alec Wheal died.
• 24 May - Actor Burt Kwouk died.
• 24 May - Actor Lewis Fiander died.
• 39 May - Photographer George Pollock died.
• 22 June - Composer Harry Rabinowitz died.
• 30 June - Stuntman Joe Powell died.
• 7 July - Executive producer James Gilbert died.
• 8 July - Actor William Lucas died.
• 2 August - Actor Terence Bayler died.
• 18 August - Actor Michael Napier-Brown died.
• 22 August - Actor Michael Leader died.
• 25 August - Actor Michael Bangerter died.
• 16 September - Actor Andrew Staines died.
• 27 September - Actor Jon Croft died.
• 1 October - Actor Ian Liston died.
• 22 October - Comic artist Steve Dillon died.
• 5 November - Actor John Carson died.
• 15 November - Director Ken Grieve died.
• 23 November - Actor Andrew Sachs died.
• 3 December - Actor Johnny Dennis died.
• 8 December - Actor Peter Messaline died.
• Unknown - Actor Anthony Donovan died.
• Unknown - Actor Ian East died.
• Unknown - Actor Elizabeth Forbes died.
• Unknown - Actor Terence Woodfield died.