Adam West in Zombie Nightmare
Adam West (1928 - 2017)
Film Deaths[]
- Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964) [Col. Dan McReady]: Killed when he and Paul Mantee eject from the Mars orbiting survey craft. He appears later in the film as a hallucination Paul was having.
- Hell River (1974) [Capt. Kurt Kohler]: Shot by Rod Taylor.
- Zombie Nightmare (1986) [Captain Tom Churchman]: Killed when the zombie John Fasano reaches up from his grave and pulls him into the ground.
- Return Fire: Jungle Wolf II (1988) [Carruthers] Shot to death repeatedly by Ron Marchini; We only see Ron firing his shotgun.
- Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders (2016; animated) [Batman/Bruce Wayne]: Voicing his regular character and several duplicates, all the duplicates disintegrate when the effect of the 'duplicate ray-gun' wear off.
Television Deaths[]
- Cheyenne: Blind Spot (1959) [Ashley Claiborn]: Shot to death by Clint Walker after Adam Kills his father John Litel.
- Bonanza: The Bride (1961) [Frank Milton]: Shot in the chest during a struggle over his gun with Pernell Roberts.
- Tales of Wells Fargo: The Has-Been (1961) [Steve Draco]: Shot to death by Dale Robertson when he tries to take Andra Martin.
- The Big Valley: In Silent Battle (1968) [Maj. Jonathan Eillot]: Shot to death by Sheriff Douglas Kennedy His last words were: ''Meg''.
- Murder, She Wrote: Death Takes a Dive (1987) [Wade Talmadge]: Shot to death (off-screen) by Michael McGrady. We learn of his death when Ray Girardin informs Angela Lansbury.
- Burke's Law: Who Killed the Toy Maker? (1995) [Dean Winters]: Killed in an explosion when he set off a stuffed koala bear containing a bomb by Peter Graves.
- Monster Island (2004 TV) [Dr. Harryhausen]: Killed (off-screen) when he sacrifices himself by blowing up the giant ants' lair in the volcano with him still inside it, in order to allow Carmen Electra and the others to escape.
- Family Guy: Blue Harvest (2007; animated) [Mayor Adam West as Grand Moff Tarkin]: In a virtually shot-by-shot parody of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Adam is killed in an explosion (along with the rest of the Death Star crew) when Chris Griffin, as Luke Skywalker, (voiced by Seth Green) blows up the Death Star. (See also Peter Cushing in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977).)
- Batman: The Brave and the Bold; Chill of the Night (2010; animated) [Thomas Wayne]: Shot to death, along with his wife Martha (Voiced by Julie Newmar) by Joe Chill (voiced by Peter Onotari) in an alleyway while their son Bruce (voiced by Zachary Gordon) looks on in horror. His death is shown in flashback as the older version of Bruce (voiced by Diedrich Bader) remembers their deaths.
- Family Guy: Adam West High (2019; animated) [Mayor Adam West]: Dies (off-screen) of unspecified causes. His death is revealed when Brian (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) proposes renaming the high school after him. (This episode was made after Adam's real-life death in 2017.)
Gallery[]
Adam West in The Big Valley: In Silent Battle (via youtube video)
Adam West’s animated death (among others) in Family Guy: Blue Harvest
Adam West’s and Julie Newmar’s animated characters right before their deaths in Batman: Brave and the Bold: Chill of the Night
Adam West’s numerous animated deaths in Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders