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American actor with a sporadic career, the son of stage and screen legend John Barrymore. His father and mother, actress Dolores Costello divorced in his infancy and he claimed to remember seeing his father only once. His mother attempted to keep him from the acting life, sending him to St. John's Military Academy and intending that he attend college. But young Barrymore rebelled and signed a movie contract at 17. He chose not to apprentice in the theatre in small roles, leaping blindly into leading roles then bailing out of them at least twice before ever managing to make his stage debut. Although his family, especially his aunt Ethel Barrymore, was humiliated by the embarrassment these failures brought to the Barrymore name, he received encouragement from them as well. His rebellious nature began to cause him great personal and professional difficulty. He had repeated scrapes with the law and was jailed numerous times for drunkenness and spousal abuse. (He had married actress Cara Williams.) In 1958 he changed his name to John Drew Barrymore and had a brief resurgence in film, appearing in leading roles in several not completely uninteresting projects. But his social behavior continued to derail any professional progress and he had further incarcerations in the Sixties for drug activity. Although he continued to appear occasionally onscreen, he became more and more reclusive, eventually disappearing into the wilderness to live a mystical existence that has also been described as derelict. He was long estranged from his family, including his son John Blyth Barrymore (who has repeated many of his father's career and personal patterns) and daughter, actress Drew Barrymore.

Jack De Shields was born on 12 April 1923 in the USA. He was an art director and production designer, known for Marathon Man (1976), Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977) and Black Gunn (1972). He died on 29 November 2004 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Dale Dunham was born on 17 March 1931. He was an actor, known for Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999), The Mighty Ducks (1992) and Feeling Minnesota (1996). He was married to Ann. He died on 29 November 2004 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

Michael Janisch was born on 21 July 1927 in Vienna, Austria. He was an actor, known for Tatort (1970), Tatort (1985) and Liliom (1963). He died on 29 November 2004 in Vienna, Austria.

Michel Bourdon was born on 19 September 1943 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was married to Louise Harel. He died on 29 November 2004 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.

Wilhelm Peyron was born on 19 May 1941. He is known for Smugglarkungen (1985). He died on 29 November 2004.

Werner Quednau was born on 17 February 1913 in Rastenburg, East Prussia, Germany. Werner was a writer, known for Antitoxin (1967), Treffpunkt Texas-Keller (1964) and Die rote Geldbörse (1966). Werner died on 29 November 2004 in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany.

Arthur Howes, who has died aged 54 in 2004, was a documentary film-maker and an expert on the Sudan; his work threw a piercing light on the civil war which has ravaged that country. He was born in Gibraltar on July 15 1950.He spent his twenties as a bored supply teacher in south London, before answering an advertisement for teachers in the Sudan. After setting up an English department in Dilling, he jumped on a lorry and found himself in the Nuba Mountains, where he was overwhelmed by the sights and sounds of Nuba culture, particularly the extraordinary ceremonial boxing matches. Inspired by what he had seen, Howes decided to give up teaching and make films. He returned home to England and enrolled at the National Film and Television School, where his graduation film, Kafi's Story (1989), was set in the Sudan. Made in collaboration with Amy Hardie, it is an elegant, humorous and vibrant piece about a young man from the mountains who travels to the capital, Khartoum, to buy a dress for his bride-to-be. The society Howes found in the Nuba Mountains was almost idyllic, but towards the end of the film it was revealed that the civil war - between the Arab-dominated north and the mainly Christian and black south - was coming closer. Tight censorship was clamped over the region, and for 10 years Howes, who had won several awards for the film, was unable to obtain a visa to return. He finally entered the country on the premise of filming government celebrations, and his subsequent film, Nuba Conversations (2000), opened with a surreal display of Sudanese government military power. His next film, Benjamin and his Brother (2002), began in a refugee camp in Kenya, where "The Lost Boys" - children who had fled the conflict in the Sudan - had lived for 10 years.

Irwin Donenfeld was born on 1 March 1926 in Bronx, New York, USA. He died on 29 November 2004 in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA.

Harry Danning was born on 6 September 1911 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor. He died on 29 November 2004 in Valparaiso, Indiana, USA.