List of Famous people who died in 1970

Mary Clare Absalom was a British actress of stage, film and television.

Victor Trivas was a Russian-Jewish screenwriter and film director. He was nominated at the 1946 Academy Awards for Best Story for the film The Stranger.

William John Kirton was a footballer in the early years of professional football in England, who played over 200 games for Aston Villa and is best known for scoring the only goal in the 1920 FA Cup Final.

Juano Hernández was an Afro-Puerto Rican stage and film actor who was a pioneer in the African American film industry. He made his silent picture debut in The Life of General Villa, and talking picture debut in an Oscar Micheaux film, The Girl from Chicago, which was directed at black audiences. Hernández also performed in a series of dramatic roles in mainstream Hollywood movies. His participation in the film Intruder in the Dust (1949) earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination for "New Star of the Year." Later in life he returned to Puerto Rico, where he intended to make a film based on the life of Sixto Escobar.