Alan Rickman (1946 - 2016)
Film Deaths[]
- Die Hard (1988) [Hans Gruber]: Falls to his death from the skyscraper at the end of a struggle with Bruce Willis, on top of having been shot in the stomach by Bruce.
- Quigley Down Under (1990) [Elliott Marston]: Shot in the chest along with his two henchmen (Ben Mendelsohn and Tony Bonner) by Tom Selleck in a duel.
- Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) [Sheriff of Nottingham]: Stabbed in the chest with a dagger at the end of a fight with Kevin Costner.
- An Awfully Big Adventure (1995) [P. L. O'Hara]: Accidentally drowned when he slips on a wet footbridge in the Mersey River.
- Galaxy Quest (1999) [Alexander Dane]: Shot with a ray-gun by Robin Sachs; This is prevented when Tim Allen activates The Omega 13 device to turn back time before the moment. (Though, it's really not clear if Alan's dead or just dying of his wound before it's activated).
- A Fish Tale (Hjaelp, jeg er en fisk; Help, I'm a Fish) (2000; animated) [Joe]: Drowned after he changes from a fish into human form while underwater.
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) [Judge Turpin]: Stabbed and slashed repeatedly in the throat with a straight razor by Johnny Depp, after Johnny reveals his true identity while Alan is sitting in his barber's chair.
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) [Professor Severus Snape]: Fatally bitten by the snake Nagini after having his throat slashed with a magic spell by Ralph Fiennes; he dies shortly afterwards while talking to Daniel Radcliffe, having extracted his memories and given them to Daniel.
- CBGB (2013) [Hilly Krystal]: Portraying a real life character, he dies from complications of lung cancer. The film closes with an image of the real Hilly and the legend "Hilly Kristal: September 23, 1931 – August 28, 2007".*
- Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013) [Ronald Reagan]: Dies (off-screen) of Alzheimer's and pneumonia in 2004 between the flashback and modern day scenes.
- A Promise (2013) [Karl Hoffmeister]: Dies of an illness while confessing a secret to his wife, Charlotte.
Television Deaths[]
- Romeo and Juliet (1978 TV) [Tybalt]: Stabbed/impaled after a sword fight by Patrick Ryecart.
- Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny (1996 TV) [Grigori Rasputin]: Drowned/frozen (off-screen) from being thrown into a river after getting poisoned from eating the sweets and drinking the wine containing lethal amounts of cyanide inside both of them, before being shot several times by James Frain and the tsarists.
- Something the Lord Made (2004 TV) [Dr. Alfred Blalock]: Dies (off-screen) of natural causes in his sleep; we learn of his death when Kyra Sedgwick informs Mos Def over the telephone.