Chris Latta

Chris Latta (1949 - 1994)

aka Christopher Collins

Prolific voice actor (most notably Cobra Commander in G.I. Joe and Starscream in Transformers)

Film Deaths[]

The Transformers: The Movie (1986; animated) [Starscream]: Providing the voice of a robot, he is killed with a laser blast by Galvatron (Leonard Nimoy) in Galvatron's cannon form, causing his body to crumble into dust (the character later appears as a ghost in the TV series episodes Starscream's Ghost and Ghost in the Machine). Although not voiced in the movie, "Wheeljack", also voiced by Chris in the TV series, is shown to have been killed during the Battle of Autobot City alongside "Windcharger" (John Stephenson).
True Identity (1991) [Frank LaMotta]: Electrocuted to death after a struggle with Lenny Henry when he is thrown on a leaking water bed and a radio falls on him.
A Stranger Among Us (1992) [Christopher Baldessari]: Shot to death by Melanie Griffith.
Stop! or My Mom Will Shoot (1992) [Gang Member]: Shot to death by Martin Ferrero and Gailard Sartain.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Passenger (1993) [Durg]: Shot by Dr. Bashir (Alexander Siddig), who was possessed by the consciousness of Rao Vantika (James Harper) (Chris was wearing alien makeup for this role).