Josef Sommer

Film Deaths[]

Still of the Night (1982) [George Bynum]: Stabbed to death, off-screen by Sara Botsford in his car; his body is shown falling out of the car afterwards.
Target (1985) [Barney Taber]: Killed in an explosion (along with Herbert Berghof) while being tied to a chair.
D.A.R.Y.L. (1985) [Dr. Stewart]: Shot by a state trooper while driving through a police road block with Barret Oliver; he dies afterwards while talking to Barret.

Mourning Becomes Electra (1978 miniseries) [Ezra Manning]: Poisoned by his wife (Joan Hackett); he dies shortly afterwards while talking to his daughter (Roberta Maxwell). (I haven’t seen this version, but I’ve seen Raymond Massey’s death in the 1947 version.)
Agatha Christie’s Sparkling Cyanide (1983 TV) [George Barton]: Poisoned at a dinner party when he drinks champagne that Pamela Bellwood had laced with cyanide.
Brotherly Love (1985 TV) [Mr. Rafferty]: Shot in the chest with an arrow by Judd Hirsch in the woods, after Josef shoots at Judd.
Great Performances: Hamlet (1990) [Polonius]: Stabbed to death by Kevin Kline, who had mistaken him for Brian Murray.
Early Edition: The Wall: Part 2 (TV Series; 1997) [Secret Agent John Dobbs/J.T. Marley]: Shot to death in the back by Ron Dean. And saving the President of the United States for being assassinated. Framing Gary Hobson as a newspaper hero.