List of Famous people who died in 1956

Charley Rogers was an English film actor, director and screenwriter, best known for his association with Laurel and Hardy. He appeared in 37 films between 1912 and 1954. He also directed 14 films between 1929 and 1936. He was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England and died in Los Angeles, California, USA, following injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

Charlotte Lysès (1877-1956) was a French stage and film actress.

Fernand Toussaint (1873–1956) was a Belgian painter.

Clara Beranger was an American screenwriter of the silent film era and a member of the original faculty of the USC School of Cinematic Arts.

George Delbert "Dell" Henderson was a Canadian-American actor, director, and writer. He began his long and prolific film career in the early days of silent film.

Florence Wix was an English-born American character actress who worked from the 1920s in silent films through sound films of the 1950s.

Mikhail Rasumny was a Soviet and American film actor.

Jean Témerson (1898–1956) was a French actor.

Theodore St John (1906–1956) was an American writer, actor and director of films, radio and theatre. In 1953 he won a Best Motion Picture Story Oscar for 1952's The Greatest Show on Earth.