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Mark Blum
Mark Blum (1950–2020), American character actor of New York stage, film, and TV; Gary Glass in Desperately Seeking Susan, Crocodile Dundee editor, Union Bob in Mozart in the Jungle, Obie winner for Gus and Al; died of COVID-19.
Maurice Benard
Maurice Benard (Mauricio José Morales, born 1963) is an American actor, Sonny Corinthos on General Hospital since 1993, three-time Daytime Emmy winner, bipolar disorder advocate, memoirist, and host of the State of Mind podcast.
Melanie Watson Bernhardt
Melanie Watson Bernhardt (1968-2025), American actress born with osteogenesis imperfecta, played Kathy Gordon in four Diff'rent Strokes episodes (1981-1984), then founded the service-dog nonprofit Train Rite; died in Colorado Springs.
Michael Beck
Michael Beck (John Michael Beck Taylor, born 1949) is an American actor known as Swan in The Warriors (1979) and Sonny Malone in Xanadu (1980), later a TV and audiobook narrator.
Michael Biehn
Michael Biehn (born 1956, Anniston, Alabama) is an American actor known as Kyle Reese in The Terminator, Corporal Hicks in Aliens, and Lt. Coffey in The Abyss, all James Cameron films, plus Tombstone, The Rock, and The Mandalorian.
Michael Boatman
Michael Boatman (born 1964) is an American actor and writer known for Carter Heywood on Spin City, Samuel Beckett on China Beach, Stanley Babson on Arli$$, and Julius Cain on The Good Wife and The Good Fight.
Ned Beatty
Ned Beatty (Ned Thomas Beatty) was an American character actor whose films included Deliverance (1972), Network (1976), and Superman (1978); he was nominated for an Academy Award for Network.
Paul Benedict
Paul Benedict (1938-2008), American character actor born in Silver City, New Mexico; played Harry Bentley on The Jeffersons and the Mad Painter on Sesame Street; also a stage director.
Peter Billingsley
Peter Billingsley (born 1971) is an American actor and producer, best known as Ralphie in A Christmas Story (1983) and as executive producer of Iron Man (2008), distinct from the SEC case defendant Robert H. Billingsley.
Peter Bonerz
Peter Bonerz (born 1938), American television director and comic actor, played orthodontist Jerry Robinson on The Bob Newhart Show (1972-78), then directed hundreds of sitcom episodes including Murphy Brown, Friends, ALF, and Home Improvement.
Philip Bosco
Philip Bosco, full name Philip Michael Bosco, was an American stage actor who appeared in about 50 Broadway productions and won the 1989 Tony Award for Lend Me a Tenor.
Powers Boothe
Powers Boothe (1948–2017) was an American character actor from Snyder, Texas, Emmy winner for Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones, known for Cy Tolliver in Deadwood, Curly Bill in Tombstone, Senator Roark in Sin City, and Gideon Malick in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Reed Birney
Reed Birney (born 1954, Alexandria, Virginia) is an American stage and screen actor, Tony winner for The Humans (2016), known for Playwrights Horizons, House of Cards, and Mass.
Richard Belzer
Richard Belzer (1944-2023), American stand-up comedian and actor, best known as Detective John Munch on Homicide: Life on the Street and Law & Order: SVU, a role he played across 10 or 11 series from 1993 to 2016; also SNL warm-up comic, author of conspiracy books.
Robby Benson
Robby Benson, born Robin David Segal, is an American actor, director, and voice artist, a 1970s teen idol for Jeremy and One on One, the voice of Disney's Beast, and Dr. Mauer in Severance.
Robert Beltran
Robert Beltran (Robert Adame Beltran, born 1953, Bakersfield, California) is an American actor of Mexican-Native American ancestry, known for Commander Chakotay on Star Trek: Voyager (1995-2001, 168 episodes), Eating Raoul, and Star Trek: Prodigy.
Robyn Bernard
Robyn Bernard (1959–2024) was an American actress, sister of Crystal Bernard of Wings, who played singer Terry Brock on General Hospital in 145 episodes from 1984 to 1990, and appeared in Diva and Betty Blue.
Roger Bowen
Roger Wendell Bowen (1932–1996), American comedic actor and novelist, co-founder of the Compass Players and The Second City, best known as Lt. Col. Henry Blake in the 1970 film MASH; author of eleven novels.
Ronee Blakley
Ronee Blakley (Ronee Sue Blakley, born 1945) is an American actress and singer-songwriter, Oscar-nominated as Barbara Jean in Altman's Nashville (1975), a Bob Dylan collaborator, and Marge in A Nightmare on Elm Street.
Roscoe Born
Roscoe Born (Roscoe Conklin Born, 1950-2020) was an American actor and songwriter known for soap opera villains, especially Mitch Laurence on One Life to Live, and for his Emmy-nominated dual role on Santa Barbara.
Sabrina Le Beauf
Sabrina Le Beauf (Sabrina Marie LeBeauf), born 1958 in New Orleans, American actress; Sondra Huxtable on The Cosby Show (1984-1992), Yale School of Drama MFA, Shakespeare Theatre Company lead actress, and interior designer.
Sam Bottoms
Sam Bottoms (Samuel John Bottoms, 1955-2008) was an American actor, brother of Timothy Bottoms, who played Lance B. Johnson in Apocalypse Now and Billy in The Last Picture Show.
Sandahl Bergman
Sandahl Bergman (born 1951, Kansas City) is an American dancer and actress, a Bob Fosse Broadway dancer who played Valeria in Conan the Barbarian (1982) and Queen Gedren in Red Sonja (1985), winning a 1983 Golden Globe and Saturn Award.
Shari Belafonte
Shari Lynn Belafonte (born 1954, New York City), American actress, model, singer, and photographer, daughter of Harry Belafonte; played Julie Gillette on ABC's Hotel (1983–1988) and Julia on The Morning Show; over 300 magazine covers including five Vogue covers shot by Richard Avedon.
Sondra Blake
Sondra Blake, also credited as Sondra Kerr Blake (born August 17, 1936, Los Angeles), is an American actress in film and television from The Stripper (1963) to The Caretaker (2016), ex-wife of actor Robert Blake, known for Helter Skelter and Max Dugan Returns.
Sorrell Booke
Sorrell Booke (1930–1994) was an American character actor who played Boss Hogg on The Dukes of Hazzard from 1979 to 1985, after a Broadway and film career.
Susan Blakely
Susan Blakely (born 1948, Frankfurt, Germany) is the American actress and former Ford model who won the 1977 Golden Globe for Rich Man, Poor Man, played Patty in The Towering Inferno and Frances Farmer in Will There Really Be a Morning? Distinct from the Intertek Alchemy executive of the same name.
Tempestt Bledsoe
Tempestt Bledsoe (born 1973, Chicago) is an American actress who played Vanessa Huxtable on The Cosby Show (1984–1992), later hosting The Tempestt Bledsoe Show and Clean House, starring in Guys with Kids, and voicing Sheriff Hooper in ParaNorman.
Timothy Bottoms
Timothy Bottoms (Timothy James Bottoms, born 1951) is an American actor, star of Johnny Got His Gun and The Last Picture Show, later the Bush impersonator on That's My Bush!; eldest of four actor brothers from Santa Barbara.
Tom Berenger
Tom Berenger, stage name of Thomas Michael Moore, American actor born 1949 in Chicago; Oscar-nominated as Sgt. Barnes in Platoon (1986), Emmy winner for Hatfields & McCoys (2012), and star of the Sniper franchise.