25 Movie Talents We Lost In 2016

23. Garry Marshall

The multi-talented Garry Marshall wore many hats in the film industry but not before crafting a successful television career that included creating the classic 1970s sitcom Happy Days and its spinoffs, Laverne & Shirley and Mork & Mindy.

He started directing films in the early 1980s, scoring hits with the Matt Dillon fronted comedy The Flamingo Kid and Bette Midler fronted tear-jerker Beaches and directed Julia Roberts and Richard Gere in the rom-coms Pretty Woman and The Runaway Bride.

As an actor, Marshall appeared in small roles in Jumpin’ Jack Flash and Hocus Pocus and lent his vocal talents to the role of Buck Cluck in the 2005 Disney animation Chicken Little.