List of Famous people who died in 2012

Hajji Incik Muhammad Damsyik, better known as HIM Damsyik was an Indonesian dancer and actor.

Prince Maria Emanuel of Saxony, Duke of Saxony, Margrave of Meissen was the head of the Royal House of Saxony.

Francis Luke Askew was an American actor. He appeared in many westerns, and had a lead role in the spaghetti Western Night of the Serpent. He also had a small part in the 1969 cult classic Easy Rider.

Tracy Reed was an English film and television actress.

Hideji Ōtaki was a Japanese actor.

Robert Golden Armstrong Jr. was an American character actor and playwright. A veteran performer who appeared in dozens of Westerns during his 40-year career, he may be best remembered for his work with director Sam Peckinpah.

Hiroyuki Kanai was a Japanese businessman, writer and philatelist.

Robert Michael O'Hare Jr. was an American actor who performed on stage and television. He was best known for playing the lead role of space station Commander Jeffrey Sinclair in the science fiction television series Babylon 5, a role he left after the first season due to serious mental health issues.

Susan Tyrrell was an American character actress. Tyrrell's career began in theater in New York City in the 1960s in Broadway and off Broadway productions. Her first film was Shoot Out (1971). She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Oma in John Huston's Fat City (1972). In 1978, Tyrrell received the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Andy Warhol's Bad (1977). Her New York Times obituary described her as "a whiskey-voiced character actress (with) talent for playing the downtrodden, outré, and grotesque."

Cliff Osmond was an American character actor and television screenwriter best known for appearing in films directed by Billy Wilder. A parallel career as an acting teacher coincided with his other activities.