List of Famous people who died in 1985

Tania Fédor was a Monaco-born French actress who played a number of leading roles during the 1930s and early 1940s in films such as Fantômas (1932). She later settled in Canada and worked on French language productions there.

Simone Paris (1909–1985) was a French stage and film actress.

Leonard Spigelgass was an American film producer and screenwriter.

Eugene Ormandy KBE was a Hungarian-American conductor and violinist, best known for his association with the Philadelphia Orchestra, as its music director. His 44-year association with the orchestra is one of the longest enjoyed by any conductor with a single orchestra. Under his baton, the Philadelphia Orchestra had three gold records and won two Grammy Awards.

Gary Frederick Holton was an English singer-songwriter, musician and actor from London. He was the frontman of the band Heavy Metal Kids (1972–77), worked with Casino Steel (1981–84), and played the part of Wayne in the UK television comedy Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983–85). Holton died from an overdose of morphine combined with alcohol in 1985.

Patrick David Barr was an English actor. In his career spanning over half a century, he appeared in about 144 films and television series.

George Alfred George-Brown, Baron George-Brown, was a British Labour Party politician who served as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1960 to 1970 and held several Cabinet roles under Prime Minister Harold Wilson, including Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and First Secretary of State.