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==Film Deaths== |
==Film Deaths== |
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+ | *[[Beware! The Blob (1972)|'''''Beware! The Blob''' (Son of the Blob)'' '''(1972)''']] [''Scoutmaster Adelman'']: Devoured (off-screen) by the Blob. |
− | *'''''Westworld |
+ | *'''''[[Westworld (1973)]]''''' [''Banker'']: Presumably killed (off-screen) by the robots after they go berserk; we don't see what happens to him, but it appears that [[Richard Benjamin]] is the only survivor left in the park at the end of the movie. |
− | *'''''High Anxiety |
+ | *'''''[[High Anxiety (1977)]]''''' [''Dr. Philip Wentworth'']: Dies of a cerebral hemorrhage and ruptured eardrums after [[Rudy De Luca]] (acting on [[Cloris Leachman|Cloris Leachman's]] orders) booby-traps his car so that Dick can't escape the radio playing full blast. (Played for comic effect.) |
==TV Deaths== |
==TV Deaths== |
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*'''''[[Barnaby Jones (1973 series)|Barnaby Jones: Odd Man Loses (1974)]]''''' [''Melvin Pearson'']: Accidentally killed (I don't know the details). (I haven't seen this episode myself, but got the information from an episode guide.) |
*'''''[[Barnaby Jones (1973 series)|Barnaby Jones: Odd Man Loses (1974)]]''''' [''Melvin Pearson'']: Accidentally killed (I don't know the details). (I haven't seen this episode myself, but got the information from an episode guide.) |
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+ | *'''''[[Burke's Law (1994 series)|Burke's Law: Who Killed Skippy's Master?]]''[[Burke's Law (1994 series)| ]](1994)''' [''Dr. Paul Hampton'']: Strangled (off-screen) by [[Stephanie Beacham]]. His body is shown afterwards when [[Gene Barry]] and [[Peter Barton]] discover him. |
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− | *'''''The Sarah Silverman Program: Fetus Don't Fail Me Now'' (2008)''' [''Dr. Eddie Hackmeyer'']: Face melted by a beam of light that emerges from [[Sarah Silverman |
+ | *'''''The Sarah Silverman Program: Fetus Don't Fail Me Now'' (2008)''' [''Dr. Eddie Hackmeyer'']: Face melted by a beam of light that emerges from [[Sarah Silverman|Sarah Silverman's]] vagina, as he attempts to deliver her baby. (Played for comic effect, parodying [[Ronald Lacey|Ronald Lacey's]] death in '''''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)]]'''''.) (''Thanks to Tommy'') |
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+ | ==Gallery== |
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+ | <gallery> |
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+ | 75cf501411e883cd95f2caeaf193a75f--larry-hagman-vans.jpg|Dick Van Patten appearing in ''Beware! The Blob'' |
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+ | </gallery> |
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==Notable Connections== |
==Notable Connections== |
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Revision as of 03:59, 4 March 2020
Dick Van Patten (1928 - 2015)
Film Deaths
- Beware! The Blob (Son of the Blob) (1972) [Scoutmaster Adelman]: Devoured (off-screen) by the Blob.
- Westworld (1973) [Banker]: Presumably killed (off-screen) by the robots after they go berserk; we don't see what happens to him, but it appears that Richard Benjamin is the only survivor left in the park at the end of the movie.
- High Anxiety (1977) [Dr. Philip Wentworth]: Dies of a cerebral hemorrhage and ruptured eardrums after Rudy De Luca (acting on Cloris Leachman's orders) booby-traps his car so that Dick can't escape the radio playing full blast. (Played for comic effect.)
TV Deaths
- Barnaby Jones: Odd Man Loses (1974) [Melvin Pearson]: Accidentally killed (I don't know the details). (I haven't seen this episode myself, but got the information from an episode guide.)
- Burke's Law: Who Killed Skippy's Master? (1994) [Dr. Paul Hampton]: Strangled (off-screen) by Stephanie Beacham. His body is shown afterwards when Gene Barry and Peter Barton discover him.
- The Sarah Silverman Program: Fetus Don't Fail Me Now (2008) [Dr. Eddie Hackmeyer]: Face melted by a beam of light that emerges from Sarah Silverman's vagina, as he attempts to deliver her baby. (Played for comic effect, parodying Ronald Lacey's death in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981).) (Thanks to Tommy)
Gallery
Notable Connections
- Brother of Joyce Van Patten
- Half-brother of Timothy Van Patten
- Father of James, Nels, and Vincent Van Patten