Ian McShane

Screen Shot 2023-02-25 at 9.22 — Ian McShane in *American Gods: The Lake Effect*

Ian McShane (1942 - )

Film Deaths[]

Sitting Target (1972) [Birdy Williams]: Machine-gunned by Oliver Reed as he tries to escape with the money.
Journey Into Fear (1975) [Banat]: Falls to his death down a stairwell in a struggle with Sam Waterston.
Ransom (The Terrorists) (1975) [Petrie]: Shot in the head by terrorist, Karen Maxwell, after he has killed the gang leader, John Quentin.
Ordeal by Innocence (1984) [Philip Durrant]: Murdered off-screen. His body is later shown.
Too Scared to Scream (The Doorman) (1985) [Vincent Hardwick]: Stabbed in the back (off-screen) by Chet Doherty; he dies shortly after staggering through the doorway and collapsing in Mike Connors' arms.
Agent Cody Banks (2003) [Dr. Brinkman]: Devoured from the inside by nano-bots after Hilary Duff puts an ice cube containing the nano-bots into his mouth.
Scoop (2006) [Joe Strombel]: Dies (off-screen) of a heart attack, shortly before the movie begins; we first see him riding in a boat on the river Styx with several other spirits, and his ghost periodically appears to Scarlett Johansson and Woody Allen throughout the movie.
The Golden Compass (2007) [Ragnar Sturlusson]: Providing the voice of a bear, he is bitten on the throat by Iorek (voiced by Ian McKellen), after Iorek tears Ragnar's jaw off at the end of a fight.
Kung Fu Panda (2008; animated) [Tai Lung]: Providing the voice of a snow leopard, he is vanquished by Po (voiced by Jack Black) after he performs a mystical martial-arts move on him. It is later revealed in the film’s sequels that Tai Lung was sent to the Spirit Realm, and becomes a Spirit Warrior when he returns in Kung Fu Panda 4.
Case 39 (2009) [Detective Mike Barron]: Shoots himself while trying to shoot an illusory dog, when Jodelle Ferland uses her supernatural powers to make him believe a dog is attacking him (there is an alternative deleted scene where he falls off a roof).
Coraline (2009; animated) [Mr. Bobinsky/Other Bobinsky]: Playing a dual role in the two different worlds, Other Bobinsky disintegrates into a swarm of rats that scurry out of his clothes, apparently as a result of Teri Hatcher beginning to lose control over the other world; for good measure, the lead rat is killed by Keith David. (Mr. Bobinsky however, survives the movie.)
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) [Blackbeard]: Decomposes into a skeleton after Johnny Depp makes him drink from the wrong magical chalice in order to save his daughter (Penélope Cruz), on top of having been stabbed with a poisoned sword during a sword fight with Geoffrey Rush.
Jack the Giant Slayer (2013) [King Brahmwell]: Dies off-screen naturally through the passage of time at the end of the movie.
El Niño (2014) [Inglés]: Decapitated (of-screen) by drug dealers. We can see his body at the end of the movie.
Hellboy (2019) [Trevor Bruttenholm]: Neck sliced open by Milla Jovovich with her fingers as David Harbour watches on helplessly. He later appears as his spirit to David when Sasha Lane uses her powers to channel the spirit.
Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024; animated) [Tai Lung]: Providing the voice of a snow leopard, he is brought back to the world of the living by the Chameleon (Viola Davis), but later decides to return to the spirit world alongside other masters and drags Viola with him.

Television Deaths[]

Wuthering Heights (1967 TV) [Heathcliff]: Commits suicide by slitting his wrists.
Jesus of Nazareth (1977 mini-series) [Judas Iscariot]: Commits suicide by hanging himself.
Magnum, P.I.: Black on White) (1982) [Edwin Clutterbuck]: Shot, in self defense, by Tom Selleck. He then falls off a balcony.
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988) [Roger Bushell]: Executed in the wood, along with half a dozen other recaptured escapees, by Michael Nader and his Gestapo henchmen.
Miami Vice: Freefall (1989) [General Manuel Borbon]: Dies in an explosion when the seaplane he is trying to escape in is shot down by Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas.
The Twilight Zone: Cold Fusion (2003) [Chandler]: Shot in the chest by Sean Patrick Flanery; his body then transforms into a duplicate of Sean.
The Pillars Of The Earth: Illumination (2010) [Waleran Bigod]: Escaping from the angry townspeople, he goes across the cathedral roof but slips and ends up clinging to a gargoyle before falling to his death.
Doctor Thorne: Episode 2 (2016) [Sir Roger Scatcherd]: Dies (off-screen) of complications from alcoholism; his body is seen when Tom Hollander confirms his passing.
Game of Thrones: A Broken Man (2016) [Septon]: Hanged (off screen) by the men of Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson. His body is shown when Rory McCann discovers it.
Deadwood: The Movie (2019) [Al Swearengen]: Dies of an illness with Paula Malcomson by his bedside.
American Gods: The Lake Effect (2021) [Mr. Wednesday]: Impaled with a spear thrown by Emily Browning. His body is seen in the following episode Tears of the Wrath-Bearing Tree.