Keenan Wynn in "Piranha".
Keenan Wynn (1916 - 1986)
Film Deaths
- Phone Call From a Stranger (1952) [Eddie Hoke]: Killed in a plane crash, along with Michael Rennie and Shelley Winters.
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) [Col. Bat Guano]: Killed (along with everybody else in the world) when the Soviets' doomsday device goes off; we only see a series of nuclear explosions at the end of the movie.
- Stagecoach (1966) [Luke Plummer]: Shot to death in a shoot-out with Alex Cord in a saloon.
- The War Wagon (1967) [Wes Fletcher]: Shot in the chest by a Native American warrior after Keenan pulls a knife on him.
- Welcome to Hard Times (1967) [Zar]: Shot in the chest by Warren Oates (who had mistaken him for Aldo Ray) when Keenan runs out of the burning saloon.
- Mackenna's Gold (1969) [Sanchez]: Shot to death, along with several other bandits and townspeople, in an ambush by the cavalry.
- The Manipulator (1971) [Old Charlie]: Stabbed in the chest with a sword by Mickey Rooney in Mickey's warehouse "film studio", as Launa Anders looks on in horror.
- Pretty Maids All In a Row (1971) [Chief John Poldaski]: Neck snapped (off-screen) by Rock Hudson; his body is shown afterwards (along with Joy Bang's) lying on the football field the next morning.
- The Mechanic (1972) [Big Harry McKenna]: Shot numerous times by Charles Bronson in the chest and stomach before Charles shoots him to death in his car to make it seem like a car-jacking. (See also Donald Sutherland's death in the 2011 version.)
- Orca: The Killer Whale (1977) [Novak]: Dragged into the sea by the maddened orca after Keenan disposes of the body of the orca's dead mate from Richard Harris' boat.
- Piranha (1978) [Jack]: Bleeds to death after the piranhas eat his feet.
- Black Moon Rising (1986) [Iron John]: Killed (off-screen) by Lee Ving's thugs; his body is shown afterwards when Tommy Lee Jones discovers him.
Notable Connections:
- Son of Ed Wynn
- Father of Tracy Keenan Wynn (screenwriter)