Jon Gries (1957 - )
Film Deaths[]
- TerrorVision (1986) [O.D.]: Killed (and presumably devoured) by one of the aliens (It was confirmed most of the main cast end up being eaten or destroyed by said aliens).
- The Monster Squad (1987) [Desperate Man]: Shot with a silver bullet (after being blown up with a grenade to no effect) by Ryan Lambert while Jon is a werewolf (played by Carl Thibault). He dies after changeing into his human form.
- Number One With a Bullet (1987) [Bobby Sweet] Falls to his death after a rope holding him up is get by Michael Goodwin causing him to fall off the skyscraper.
- Fright Night Part 2 (1988) [Louie]: Shot in the chest (through a glass screen) with a crossbow bolt (while he's in his wolf form) by Roddy McDowall, William Ragsdale or Traci Lind causing him to fall from a high-rise window into a fountain, he dies after changing back into his human form.
- Kill Me Again (1989) [Alan Swayzie]: Throat slit by Michael Madsen.
- Ed and his Dead Mother (1993) [Rob Sundheimer]: Hacked to death with achainsaw by the zombie (Miriam Margoyles) in a house.
- Get Shorty (1995) [Ronnie Wingate]: Shot repeatedly in the chest, stomach and throat during a shootout with Dennis Farina as Gene Hackman looks on in shock, with Dennis framing Gene for the shooting to make it look like self-defense.
- The Rundown (2003) [Harvey]: Killed (off-screen) by Dwayne Johnson or one of the rebels during a shootout.
- Faults (2014) [Terry]: Beaten to death with a book by Leland Orser in a motel room after he discovers Lance Reddick's body, while Mary Elizabeth Winstead watches. We see his body later on, along with Lance's, when Mary Elizabeth reenters the motel room.
TV Deaths[]
- The Twilight Zone: Shelter Skelter (1987) [Nick Gatlin]: Dies (off-screen) of radiation poisoning after leaving Joe Mantegna's bomb shelter in order to look for help (in spite of Joe's warnings). His death is confirmed when his skeleton is seen outside the shelter.
- 24: Day 2: 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. (2002) [Joseph Wald]: Commits suicide by shooting himself in the head to avoid going back to prison, after being cornered by Kiefer Sutherland.
- Lost: The Man Behind the Curtain (2007) [Roger Linus]: Poisoned when his son (Michael Emerson) releases nerve gas during the Purge, wiping out the DHARMA Initiative, several years before the series begins. His mummified remains had previously been discovered in an an earlier episode, Tricia Tanaka Is Dead, which takes place in the present.
- Cold Case: Bullet (2010) [Bill Shepard]: Commits suicide by shooting himself in the head in a flashback several years before the episode begins. His body is seen when his son (Jonathan Brett) rushes in and discovers him dead. His decomposed remains are discovered in the present in the previous episode, The Last Drive-In, by Kathryn Morris and Susanna Thompson, who had previously thought him alive and responsible for a series of murders that Jonathan had actually committed. He later appears as a ghost/figment of imagination to his now-older son (JB Blanc), who flashes back to his younger self, at the end of the episode.
- Nikita: Dark Matter (2010) [The Engineer]: Neck broken by Xander Berkeley after strangling him.
- Criminal Minds: The Road Home (2014) [Clifford Walsh]: Commits suicide by shooting himself under the chin after realizing he mistakenly killed Vern Ulrich, as Natalija Nogulich, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Thomas Gibson and Matthew Gray Gubler look on in shock.
Video Game Deaths[]
- Hitman: Absolution (2012) [Sheriff Clive Skurky]: Shot to death by David Bateson; he dies after speaking to David.
Notable Connections[]
- Son of Tom Gries (director)