Gene Wilder shooting Gene Wilder in Start the Revolution Without Me
Gene Wilder (1933 - 2016)
Director/screenwriter
“We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of the dreams.“
Film Deaths[]
- Start the Revolution Without Me (Two Times Two) (1970) [Claude Coupe/Philippe de Sisi]: Playing a quadruple role as two sets of twins in different time periods, the first 20th-century twin is shot in the stomach by his brother, then the second 20th-century twin is shot in the back by the Man in the Iron Mask. (The fate of the 18th-century twins is never revealed, due to the deaths of all the would-be narrators.) (Played for comic effect.)
TV Deaths[]
- The Scarecrow (1972 TV) [Lord Ravensbane]: Playing a scarecrow brought to life by witchcraft, he commits suicide by breaking the corncob pipe that maintained the spell. He dies shortly afterwards in Blythe Danner's and Pete Duel's arms, with his sacrifice making him fully human in death.
Notable Connections[]
- Ex-husband of Mary Mercier.
- Ex-husband of Mary Joan Schutz.
- Husband of Gilda Radner (widowed).
- Husband of Karen Boyer.
Gallery[]
Gene Wilder dead (between Blythe Danner and Pete Duel) in The Scarecrow