Bud Cort in The Number 23
Bud Cort (1948 - )
Film Deaths[]
- Brewster McCloud (1970) [Brewster McCloud]: Killed when his flying apparatus crashes in the Houston Astrodome.
- Harold and Maude (1971) [Harold Chasen]: In an attempt to gain the attention of his mother (Vivian Pickles), Bud performs multiple mock suicides in front of her. (1) He first appears to hang himself, before revealing the prank, and then trying a second time to act as though he is chocking. (2) He later appears to have slashed his wrists and throat in the bathtub. (3) He is later seen face down in a swimming pool, while Vivian swims past him. (4) Bud then appears to shoot himself while Vivian is filling out a dating profile for him. (5) While on a date with Judy Engles, Bud steps out into the garden and appears to dose himself in petrol and set himself on fire. (6) On another date with Ellen Geer, Bud appears to stab himself in the stomach with a knife. Bud survives the film in reality.
- The Hallucinating Trip (Roma Drogata: La Polizia non puo Intervenire) (1975) [Massimo Monaldi]: Shot to death in the street in broad daylight.
- Electric Dreams (1984) [Edgar]: Self-destructs by sending an electric surge around the planet, blowing himself up. (Since Bud was providing the voice of a computer, rather than appearing on-screen himself, it's arguable as to whether this "counts", but I thought I might as well list it.)
- Invaders from Mars (1986) [Mark Weinstein]: Killed with a ray-gun by a Martian.
- Out of the Dark (1989) [Stringer]: Hit by a car while chasing a woman who had mistaken him for the killer.
- Ted and Venus (1991) [Ted Whitley]: Shot to death by Kim Adams.
- Girl in the Cadillac (1995) [Bud]: Strangled with a rope by William McNamara.
- Theodore Rex (1995) [Spinner]: Disintegrated as punishment for his failure to kill the dinosaur and Whoopi Goldberg.
- Dogma (1999) [John Doe Jersey/God]: After being beaten into a coma with hockey sticks by the Stygian Triplets while in mortal form. His physical body dies when Linda Fiorentino disconnects the life-support system in the hospital, releasing his divine spirit from his earthly form. (He then assumes another form as Alanis Morissette.)
- Pollock (2000) [Howard Putzel]: Dies of a heart attack (off-screen).
- South of Heaven, West of Hell (2000) [Agent Fishburn Otts]: Shot to death in the crossfire of a shootout while stumbling around blindly.
- The Big Empty (2003) [Neely]: Decapitated (off-screen) by Sean Bean.
- The Number 23 (2007) [Dr. Sirius Leary]: Commits suicide by slitting himself his throat in the post office, when he panics after seeing Jim Carrey.
Television Deaths[]
- Tales from the Darkside: Snip, Snip (1985) [Abe North]: Stabbed with a pair of scissors by Carol Kane.
- The Hitchhiker: Made for Each Other (1987) [Wax]: Shot to death by Bill Paxton, after he poison Bill.
- Midnight Caller: No Exit (1989) [Gaddis]: Shot to death in a shootout with Gary Cole.
- Criminal Minds: Mosley Lane (2010) [Roger Roycewood]: Commits suicide by hanging himself in his bathroom to avoid prison life.