Charles Martin Smith in The Untouchables
Charles Martin Smith (1953 - )
a.k.a. Charlie Martin Smith
Film Deaths[]
- American Graffiti (1973) [Terry "The Toad" Fields]: Presumably killed (off-screen) and is declared missing in action in Vietnam, several years after the story ends; his fate is revealed in the on-screen text at the end of the movie (the sequel More American Graffiti depicts him in the time before he goes missing).
- Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973) [Charlie Bowdre]: Shot to death in a shoot-out with James Coburn and his men.
- The Spikes Gang (1974) [Tod]: Shot in the back by a guard during a bank robbery. Lee Marvin, Gary Grimes and Ron Howard ride him away and try to treat him. Ron later states he died of his wound.
- Trick or Treat (1986) [Mr. Wimbley]: Electrocuted/disintegrated when Tony Fields fires a blast of power from his guitar during the school dance.
- The Untouchables (1987) [FBI Agent Oscar Wallace]: Shot to death (off-camera) by Billy Drago in an elevator, after Billy shoots Brad Sullivan. The scene cuts away on a close-up of Billy firing, and Charles' body is shown afterwards when Kevin Costner and Sean Connery discover him.
- The Beast (Peter Benchley's The Beast) (1996) [Schuyler Graves]: Killed by the giant squid.
- Deep Impact (1998) [Dr. Marcus Wolf]: Killed in a car accident/explosion while driving to report his findings about the comet. (the document falls out of the car just before it crashes and a year later we learn it was found and everything has been planed).
- Dead Heat (I Fought the Law) (2002) [Morty]: Killed by either Daniel Benzali or his cohorts.
Television Deaths[]
- The Twilight Zone:The Beacon (1985) [Dr. Dennis Barrows]: Killed by Martin Landau and the other townsfolk as a sacrifice to their deity in the lighthouse after he cures the original victim.
- Tales from the Crypt: Half-Way Horrible (1993) [Colin]: Killed by Clancy Brown.
- Streets of Laredo (1995; Miniseries) [Ned Brooshire]: Shot in the head by Alexis Cruz in cold blood.
- The X-Files: F. Emasculata (1995) [Dr. Osbourne]: Dies (off-screen) after being exposed to an unknown contagion from a corpse. His body is later seen in a see-through bio-hazard bag being dumped in a lit incinerator by disguised black ops (Smith wearing heavy make up for the role.)
- Dead Silence (1997) [Roland W. Marks]: Shot to death by Kim Coates as Smith is distracted whilst holding a gun on him.
Gallery[]
On-screen text of Charles Martin Smith’s disappearance (second down) in American Graffiti
Charles Martin Smith (in red, lying down) in The Spikes Gang
Charles Martin Smith moments before his death in The Twilight Zone: The Beacon
Charles Martin Smith's death in Deep Impact
Notable Connections[]
- Son of Frank Smith (Animator)