The Best Movie Death Trivia Ever

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Movie Death Trivia

I have trivia for you on which movies had the most on-screen deaths, which actors had the most death scenes in their careers, the first death ever filmed in a movie, and more.
I've also picked some of the more interesting death scenes of some actors and actresses, and made them into polls. You can vote on which one you think is their best death scene. Then at the bottom you can vote for which actor/actress had the best one over-all.

Trivia

Actors with the most on-screen death scenes, plus more trivia

Actor Who Has Died The Most On-Screen 

Seizo Fukumoto

You've probably never heard of Seizo Fukumoto, but I bet if you saw him you'd recognize his face. He is Japan's top kirareyaku (sliced-up actor), and has made thousands of TV appearances and nearly 100 movies in his 45 year career. Fukumoto estimates he's been killed more than 20,000 times, but his fans think it's at least twice that number.
Dying on camera? For one actor, it's a living
Actor Seizo Fukumoto has had 20,000 on-screen deaths; when Japanese directors need someone to kill, they call Fukumoto.
The Silent Samurai - Seizo Fukumoto
Fan site of Seizo Fukumoto, Japan's no.1 KIRAREYAKU actor and sword action specialist in Samurai movies. Plays the silent samurai in The Last Samurai (Tom Cruise)

Main Actor Who Has Died The Most On-Screen 

Vincent Price (1911 - 1993)

My count on how often Vincent Price has died on-screen is 33:
(if I missed any please post in the feedback area and let me know)

Tower of London (1939) Drowned in a vat of wine.

Brigham Young, Frontiersman (Brigham Young) (1940) Shot to death by an assassin in a courtroom.

Dragonwyck (1946) Shot in the chest by a villager.

The Bribe (1949) Shot to death.

House of Wax (1953) Falls into a vat of molten wax during a struggle with police in his laboratory.

The Mad Magician (1954) Burned to death after he was knocked onto the conveyor belt to the crematorium.

The Ten Commandments (1956) Neck snapped.

The Bat (1959) Shot in the chest or stomach when his own gun goes off during a struggle.

The Fall of the House of Usher (House of Usher) (1960) Burned to death after being trapped in the burning building.

Master of the World (1961) Killed when Charles Bronson blows up his airship.

The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) Falls to his death into the pit.

Queen of the Nile (Nefertiti, regina del Nilo; Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile) (1961) Killed by Liana Orfei.

Tales of Terror (Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Terror) (1962) Has three deaths in the three different stories:
(1) Burned to death when he droped his lantern and set the house on fire.
(2) Suffocated when Peter Lorre walled him up in an alcove.
(3) Died of an illness in bed, but having been put in a hypnotic trance before death he remained in a state between life and death. He eventually came out of the trance and decomposed.

Tower of London (1962) Falls onto a fallen soldier's axe after being thrown from his horse on the battlefield.

Twice-Told Tales (The Corpse-Makers; Nights of Terror) (1963) He dies in two stories:
(1) After the death of his daughter he commits suicide by grabbing hold of a poisonous plant in his garden.
(2) Strangled by a skeleton while the house collapses around them.

The Comedy of Terrors (The Graveside Story) (1964) Poisoned when Boris Karloff pours medicine down his throat.

The Last Man on Earth (Naked Terror; The Night Creatures; Night People) (1964) Stabbed with a spear by one of the mutated survivors.

The Masque of the Red Death (1964) Dies of the Red Death.

The Tomb of Ligeia (1965) Burned to death when the house catches fire.

Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs (Spie vengono dal semifreddo) (1966) Is killed in an explosion when one of the "girl bombs" kisses him.

The Conqueror Worm (Matthew Hopkins: Witchfinder General) (1968) Shot to death by a soldier.

Scream and Scream Again (Screamer) (1969) Dissolved in a vat of acid.

The Abominable Dr. Phibes (The Curse of Dr. Phibes) (1971) Commits suicide by embalming himself.

Night Gallery: The Return of the Sorcerer (1972) His dead twin brother comes back to life and decapitates him with an axe.

Theatre of Blood (Much Ado About Murder) (1973) Falls to his death when a blast of fire knocks him off the roof of the burning theatre.

Joys (1976) Killed by Johnny Carson.

Scavenger Hunt (1979) Dies of a heart attack while playing a video game.

Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984) Burned to death when his robes catch fire.

The Offspring (From a Whisper to a Scream) (1987) Stabbed in the throat.

Edward Scissorhands (1990) Dies of a heart attack.

Actor Who Has Died The Most Number Of Times As The Same Character 

Adrian Paul as Duncan MacLeod died 17 times.
(if I missed any please post in the feedback area and let me know)

In Movie "Highlander: The Source":
Joe finds him in a fight with the Guardian and shoots him.

In the "Highlander" series:

Bad Day in Building A
He is shot at the base of the neck and killed while being held hostage.

Innocent Man
He is hanged for being a spy by Confederates for helping slaves escape to the North.

Deadly Medicine
He is killed in a hit-and-run auto accident.

Mountain Men
He dies jumping off a cliff.

Family Tree
He is fatally wounded in battle.

For Tomorrow We Die
He dies from poison gas behind the front lines during World War One.

Nowhere To Run
He friend is executed by a firing squad and he dies trying to save him.

The Watchers
Dies in a fight with the evil watcher Horton.

The Return of Amanda
A crooked F.B.I. agent shoots him.

Run for Your Life
He is killed by a lynch mod.

Unholy Alliance part I
He is shot in the heart.

Courage
He is crushed between a van and a stack of construction pipes.

Shadows
He is stabbed.

Blackmail
He is hanged.

The Blitz
Trapped in a bombed air-raid shelter in London during the blitz, he runs out of air and dies.

To Be
Methos shoots him to save him from Liam O'Roruke.

Most Times A Cartoon Character Has Died In A Series 

Kenny on South Park:
Kenny has died and come back over 102 times in the South Park franchise.
Kenny McCormick - South Park Archives - a Wikia wiki
Kenny McCormick - South Park Archives

First Actor To Be Filmed Doing A Death Scene 

No one knows the name of the first actor filmed doing a death scene. The first death scene is thought to have been filmed by Thomas Edison's production company in May 1895. The movie showed a scene from David Henderson's Burlesque that recreated an episode from "Trilby", the 1894 novel by George du Maurier. Svengali hypnotizes Trilby and the Laird, and then falls dead across a table.

The first known actor to do a death scene was Robert Thomae. The movie was also shot by Edison's production company in 1895 and was called, "The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots". In it Mary was beheaded using stop-motion substitution.
The Picture Show Man
Explore the history of motion pictures on The Picture Show Man website.

Movies With Most On Screen Deaths 

According to the site "Movie Body Counts" the following movies have the most on-screen deaths:

836 - LotR: Return of the King (ex), 2003
600 - 300, 2007
468 - LotR: Two Towers (ex), 2002
310 - Grindhouse: Double Feature, 2007
307 - Hard Boiled, 1992
305 - We Were Soldiers, 2002
255 - Saving Private Ryan, 1998
236 - Equilibrium, 2002
214 - Bullet in the Head, 1990
199 - A Better Tomorrow II, 1987
See the rest of the list here: Movie Body Counts
Body count charts by the top films already tallied on the site.

Best Death Scene Movies On DVD 

South Park - The Hits, Vol. 1 - Matt and Trey's Top Ten

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300 [Blu-ray]

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Best Death Scenes: Actors

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Jack Black 

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Johnny Depp 

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Samuel L. Jackson 

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Jack Nicholson as the Joker

Jack Nicholson 

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Gary Oldman 

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Al Pacino 

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Kiefer Sutherland 

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John Travolta 

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Christopher Walken 

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Bruce Willis 

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Best Death Scene Movies On DVD 2 

Pulp Fiction (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)

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We Were Soldiers [Blu-ray]

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Mars Attacks!

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Best Death Scenes: Actresses

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Cate Blanchett 

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Glenn Close 

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Linda Hamilton 

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Ashley Judd 

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Queen Latifah 

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Traci Lords 

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Demi Moore 

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Hilary Swank 

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Charlize Theron 

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Sigourney Weaver 

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Best Death Scene Movies On DVD 3 

Alien Quadrilogy (Alien/ Aliens /Alien 3 /Alien Resurrection)

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The Nightmare on Elm Street Collection

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Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition)

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Deep Blue Sea (Snap Case)

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Devil's Advocate

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Which Actor Had The Best Death Scene?

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Which Actress Had The Best Death Scene?

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Best Death Scene Movies On DVD 4 

The Jackal - Collector's Edition

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Hannibal (Two-Disc Special Edition)

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The Lost Boys [Blu-ray]

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The Blade Trilogy (Blade/ Blade II/ Blade: Trinity)

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Galaxy Quest

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Sources & Links 

Best Film Deaths Scenes
Best Film Deaths Scenes.
Cinemorgue
I found a lot of helpful information for this lens here.
Cinematical Seven: The Death Scenes I'll Never Forget
The Death Scenes I'll Never Forget.
Movie Deaths Database
Movie Deaths Database : The definitive source of the best and worst Hollywood Homicides, with entertaining reviews and user comments.
AskMen.com - Manly movie deaths
The most manly deaths in cinema.
Actors Pictures - Celebrity Pictures, Actors Galleries, Actors Stills
Some actor photos used in this lens come from this public domain source.
Image:Vincent Price-Wikimedia Commons
Vincent Price's photo came from this public domain source.
PD Photo - Free Photos And Pictures (public domain, stock pictures, wallpaper, royalty free, clip art, etc)
Free Public Domain Photo Database. Hollywood sign photo used in this lens came from this source.

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