List of Famous people who died in 1985

Karel De Baere was a Belgian professional racing cyclist. He won the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in 1954.

Sidney Richard Clute was an American film and television actor. He was notable for playing Detective Paul La Guardia on 57 episodes of the American police procedural drama Cagney & Lacey (1982–85). He also played "Detective Simms" on 10 episodes in McCloud.

Wetzel Orson "Judge" Whitaker was a prominent Mormon filmmaker. Most of the films he was involved in, such as The Windows of Heaven, Johnny Lingo and Pioneers in Petticoats, were made in cooperation with his brother Scott Whitaker. The two of them ran the BYU Motion Picture Studio during this time, receiving commission from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to make films.

John Wexley was an American writer, best known for his play The Last Mile.

John Harmon was an American character actor.

Alexandre Rignault was a French actor. He appeared in more than a hundred films between 1931 and 1985.

Lloyd Benedict Nolan was an American film and television actor. Among his many roles, Nolan is remembered for originating the role of private investigator Michael Shayne in a series of 1940s B movies.

Theresa Harris was an American television and film actress, singer and dancer.

Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet,, usually known as Macfarlane or Mac Burnet, was an Australian virologist best known for his contributions to immunology. He won a Nobel Prize in 1960 for predicting acquired immune tolerance and was best known for developing the theory of clonal selection.