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Brion James in Blade Runner

Brion James (1945 - 1999)

a.k.a. Brian James

Film Deaths[]

  • Blade Runner (1982) [Leon Kowalski]: Shot in the head by Sean Young just as he's about to kill Harrison Ford.
  • Crimewave (Broken Hearts and Noses; The XYZ Murders) (1985) [Arthur Coddish]: Collides with an overpass while he's fighting Reed Birney on the roof of a car. (Played for comic effect.)
  • Enemy Mine (1985) [Stubbs]: Stabbed in the stomach shot in the neck with an arrow, then pushed into a vat of molten metal by an alien while Brion is struggling with Dennis Quaid.
  • Flesh + Blood (The Rose and the Sword) (1985) [Karsthans]: I vaguely recall that he was killed in a battle scene, but I can't remember for certain.
  • Silverado (1985) [Hobart]: Killed in a fight/shoot-out.
  • Steel Dawn (1987) [Tark, Kasha's Foreman]: Stabbed to death in a swordfight with Christopher Neame.
  • Nightmare at Noon (1988) [The Albino]: Poisoned when Bo Hopkins forces Brion to swallow his own viral weapon.
  • Red Scorpion (1988) [Krasnov]: Killed during Dolph Lundgren and the rebel's attack on the soviet army base.
  • Dead Man Walking (1988) [Decker]: Shot twice in the stomach by Pamela Ludwig.
  • The Horror Show (1989) [Max Jenke]: Executed in the electric chair; he later returns from the dead, and dies once again after being shot repeatedly by Lance Henriksen and knocked through a window.
  • Mutator (1989) [David Allen]: It’s been awhile since I last saw this but I recall he was killed at the end.
  • Tango & Cash (1989) [Courier/Requin]: Killed in an explosion after Kurt Russell puts Brion's own grenade down his pants (then kicks him down a flight of stairs).
  • Another 48 Hrs. (1990) [Ben Kehoe]: Shot in the chest by Nick Nolte in a club when Brion is about to kill Eddie Murphy.
  • Street Asylum (1990) [Reverend Mony]: It’s been awhile since I last saw this but I recall he was killed by Wings Hauser.
  • Mom (1991) [Nestor Duvalier]: Burned to death (after first being stabbed with knitting needles to no affect) when Art Evans or Mark Thomas Miller sets his arm on fire then throws flammable powder over him (with his body then incinerating when Jeanne Bates goes to check on him after throwing a blanket over him).
  • Nemesis (1992) [Maritz]: Killed in an explosion when Merle Kennedy fires a rocket at him and Tim Thomerson, blowing him up.
  • Time Runner (1993) [Senator John Neila/President John Neila]: Dies in 1992 when Mark Hamill shoves him off a tall structure, which causes the 2022 version of him to be erased from existence.
  • The Dark (1994) [Paul Buckner]: Killed when Stephen McHattie overdoses him on sedatives after stabbing/injecting him with a tranquiliser gun, having first been pulled underwater and mauled by said creature in a subterranean pool.
  • Hong Kong 97 (1994) [Simon Alexander]: It's been awhile since I last saw this but I recall he was killed by Robert Patrick.
  • Radioland Murders (1994) [Bernie King]: Asphyxiated with an overdose of nitrous oxide when Stephen Tobolowsky pumps it into Brion's theatre box. He dies shortly after Brian Benben breaks into the room, having seemingly laughed himself to death. (Played for comic effect)
  • Steel Frontier (1995) [General J.W Quantrell]: Shot repeatedly in the chest and head by Joe Lara at the end of a gun stand-off. His body is later seen when Lara wraps him/it up and ties him/it to the back of his motorcycle.
  • Evil Obsession (1997) [Stavinski]: It’s been awhile since I last saw this but I recall he was killed at the end.

Television Deaths[]

Gallery[]

Notable Connections[]

  • Ex-Mr. Maxine James