11 August (people)


 * 1922 - Composer Ron Grainer was born.
 * 1925 - Actor Brian Badcoe was born.
 * 1932 - Director John Gorrie was born.
 * 1937 - Actor Anna Massey was born.
 * 1939 - Actor Ian Thompson was born.
 * 1940 - Vision mixer Clive Doig was born.
 * 1949 - Visual effects designer Mickey Edwards was born.
 * 1968 - Actor Gray O'Brien was born.
 * 1973 - Actor Niky Wardley was born.
 * 1994 - Actor Peter Cushing died.
 * 1998 - Actor Derek Newark died.
 * 2000 - Actor Eddie Powell died.
 * 2008 - Controller of BBC One Bill Cotton died.