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Cherubic, wispy-haired looks made his typecasting as impish or eccentric characters somehow inevitable. The pint-sized Michael J. Pollard was born the son of a bar manager of Polish ancestry in Passaic (New Jersey). He studied drama at the Actor's Studio (with a young Marilyn Monroe in the same class) and made his theatrical debut in November 1958 on Broadway in "Comes the Day," with George C. Scott and Judith Anderson. He received excellent critical notices the following year for his performance in William Inge's play "A Loss of Roses" and thereby came to the attention of Hollywood. On the small screen, Pollard enjoyed a measure of early success in anthology television. He then had a brief stint as Bob Denver's cousin Jerome Krebs in a couple of episodes of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959). His chief contribution to cult sci-fi consisted of appearances in Lost in Space (1965) and Star Trek (1966), his baby-faced appearance enabling him to essay characters who were considerably younger than his actual age. True to form, he also portrayed the bowler-hat wearing, leprechaun-like trickster Mister Mxyzptlk in Superboy (1988), based on the DC comic strips. Pollard had his fair share of exposure to mainstream TV dramas as well, popping up in series like Gunsmoke (1955), The Virginian (1962), and I Spy (1965). For the most part, his screen personae were simple country folk, sometimes evil, often mischievous, nervous or downright weird.

Pollard's big break (and his critically most acclaimed role) was as the loyal, but inarticulate and child-like garage mechanic turned get-away driver C.W. Moss in Arthur Penn's gangster epic Bonnie and Clyde (1967). On the heels of his Oscar-nomination for Best Supporting Actor came offers for other high-profile off-beat character roles, though he was never truly regarded as star material. He gave a good account of himself as Packy, leader of a group of partisans joining Hannibal Brooks (1969) and his POWs in their escape from the Nazis across the Alps to Switzerland. Perhaps best of all post-Bonnie and Clyde impersonations was his powerful portrayal of the outlaw Henry McCarty (aka William H. Bonney) as a demented, twitching psychopath in Dirty Little Billy (1972) (a rare starring role which also marked the screen debut of actor Nick Nolte). By the 1980s, Pollard had recovered from a period of alcohol and drug abuse, but by then his name had slipped down the list of credits and he was now reduced to minor support in films like Roxanne (1987), American Gothic (1987), Dick Tracy (1990), and Rob Zombie's debut cult-horror House of 1000 Corpses (2003).

Pollard died of cardiac arrest on November 20, 2019 in Los Angeles at the age of 80.

John Mann was born on 18 September 1962 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He was an actor, known for Underworld: Evolution (2006), The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) and Pathfinder (2007). He was married to Jill Daum. He died on 20 November 2019 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Fábio Barreto was the youngest son of a well-known family of producers in Brazil, including his grandmother Lucíola Villela, father Luiz Carlos Barreto and mother Lucy Barreto. He acted in his brother Bruno's first short when he was 9 years old, and since then became active in the Brazilian film industry as assistant director, actor, production assistant, production manager and director, until his death in 2019.

Yung R3 was born on 5 September 1998 in Hollywood, Florida, USA. He was an actor, known for Yung R3: Time of Night (2018), Yung R3: C.S.W.M. (Can't Spend with Me) (2016) and Yung R3: R3 Got Dat Lean (2017). He died on 20 November 2019.

Roland Matthes was born on 17 November 1950 in Pößneck, German Democratic Republic. He was an actor, known for Lothars Liedertreff (2020), Games of the XXI Olympiad (1977) and Munich 1972: Games of the XX Olympiad (1972). He was married to Daniela and Kornelia Ender. He died on 20 November 2019 in Wertheim, Baden-Würtemberg, Germany.

Marilyn Yalom was born on 10 March 1932 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was married to Irvin D. Yalom. She died on 20 November 2019 in Palo Alto, California, USA.

Fred Cox was born on 11 December 1938 in Monongahela, Pennsylvania, USA. He was married to Elayne Darrall and Bonnie Hope. He died on 20 November 2019 in Monticello, Minnesota, USA.

Jake Burton was born on 29 April 1954 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for For Right or Wrong (2006), Thirteen: Burton Snowboards (2012) and White Space (2005). He was married to Donna Lynn Gaston. He died on 20 November 2019 in Burlington, Vermont, USA.

Taska Balabanova was born in 1934 in Veles, Macedonia, Yugoslavia. She was an actress, known for Vreme, zivot (1992), Hihiriku (1976) and Ilinden (1982). She died on 20 November 2019 in Skopje, North Macedonia.

Elisabeth Grönqvist was born on 15 May 1948 in Täby, Sweden. She was an actress, known for Augustitango (1996), Den magiska cirkeln (1970) and Klara Lust (1972). She died on 20 November 2019.

Alfred E. Smith IV was born on 24 May 1951 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Nan Moore Smith. He died on 20 November 2019 in New Canaan, Connecticut, USA.

Wat Misaka was born on 21 December 1923 in Ogden, Utah, USA. He was married to Katie and Katie . He died on 20 November 2019 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

Zoltán Dömötör was born on 21 August 1935 in Budapest, Hungary. He died on 20 November 2019 in Budapest, Hungary.

Claude Terry was born on 12 August 1937 in Cumming, Georgia, USA. Claude died on 20 November 2019 in Decatur, Georgia, USA.