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David Hemmings in Charge of the Light Brigade

David Hemmings in Charge of the Light Brigade

David Hemmings (1941 - 2003)

Co-founder of the Hemdale Film Corporation

Film Deaths[]

  • Charge of the Light Brigade (1968) [Capt. Louis Edward Nolan]: Impaled by shrapnel from a cannon ball explosion from a Russian gun while he is trying to warn Trevor Howard that he is leading the Light Brigade into the wrong valley.
  • Barbarella (1968) [Dildano]: Disintegrated by an energy-ray operated by Milo O'Shea from his control center.
  • Voices (1973) [Robert]: Dies in a car crash which is revealed at the end of the film. He doesn't realize he's a ghost for the entire film.
  • Beyond Erotica (No es nada, mamá, sólo un juego) (1974) [Juan] While still alive at the end of the film, the film ends as he is being hunted and gets his food snared in a bear trap. NOTE: There is an alternate ending where his foot does not get snared in a bear trap, but he is still being hunted to his death.
  • Juggernaut (1974) [Charlie Braddock]: Killed in an explosion when he cuts the wrong wire while trying to defuse a bomb, he spends his final moments talking to Richard Harris.
  • Power Play (1978) [Colonel Narriman] Executed by firing squad.
  • Murder by Decree (Sherlock Holmes and Saucy Jack) (1979) [Inspector Foxborough]: Stabbed through the chest with a blade by Peter Jonfield. His body is later shown in the morgue.
  • Swan Lake (1981) [Rothbart] Playing the voice of Rothbart, he dies when hit by a light beam.  
  • Gangs of New York (2002) [John F. Schermerhorn]: Presumably killed by the angry mob as he tries to defend himself. (He is never spotted again after the scene).
  • The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) [Nigel]: Shot in the chest by one of Richard Roxburgh's thugs, when they come to the club looking for Sean Connery.

Television Deaths[]

  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1980; TV Movie) [Dr. Henry Jekyll/Edward Hyde]: Commits suicide by taking poison.
  • Waking The Dead: Deathwatch (2002) [DCI Malcolm Finlay –retd]: Hanged to death on a makeshift gibbet by Ronald Pickup, as revenge after David wrongly sent Adam Leese to his death by hanging in 1964.
  • Airwolf: Shadow of the Hawk Part 2 (1984) [Dr. Charles Moffett]: Killed in an explosion when he is fired upon multiple times with rockets and chain guns by Jan-Michael Vincent's advanced attack helicopter in revenge for Belinda Bauer's death.

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