Mike Starr

Mike Starr in Dumb and Dumber

Mike Starr (1950 - )

Not to be confused with the late bassist of Alice in Chains.

Deaths in Film

• The Chair (1988) [Wilson]: Dies of shock/blood loss (whilst being electrocuted) when his arm is cut off by the fins of an industrial fan (when the poltergeist of John Eric Bentley or Daryl Edwards causes the fan to come on while Mike is fixing it).

• Goodfellas (1990) [Frenchy]: Shot to death off-screen (along with Clem Caserta) by either Joe Pesci or Robert De Niro. Their bodies are shown in a dumpster afterwards when a garbage truck picks it up.

• Billy Bathgate (1991) [Julie Martin]: Shot in the mouth by Dustin Hoffman. (Thanks to Nick)

• Night Trap (Mardi Gras for the Devil) (1993) [Detective Williams]: Hit by a truck, in an "accident" arranged by Michael Ironside's supernatural powers.

• Dumb & Dumber (1994) [Joe 'Mental' Mentaliano]: Dies when he swallows poison he'd planned to use on Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels, who'd mistaken them for his pills. (Played for comic effect.)
• Cabin Boy (1994) [Mulligan]: Strangled by Chris Elliott with his own belt after Mike was about to kill Chris.

• Hoodlum (1997) [Albert Salke]: Shot to death (along with his brother) by Vanessa L. Williams. (Thanks to Arben)

• Frogs for Snakes (1998) [Crunch Gwiazda]: Head blown clean off by Linda Mancini's shotgun during a shoot-out in a bar.

• The Ice Harvest (2005) [Roy]: Shot to death by Billy Bob Thornton (who is also mortally wounded in the shoot-out) he dies after falling on top of Thornton (knocking both into the icy lake). (Thanks to Eric)

• Black Dynamite (2009) [Rafelli]: Killed in an explosion after Michael Jai White uses a helicopter and a giant magnet to lift Mike's car into the air, then drops it. (Played for comic effect.) (Thanks to Arben and Tommy)

• Wrong Turn at Tahoe (2009) [Paulie]: Shot in the chest by Miguel Ferrer on a staircase.

• Kill the Irishman (2011) [Leo 'Lips' Moceri]: Beaten to death with a golf club by Ray Stevenson.

Deaths in Television

• Jesse Stone: Night Passage (2006) [Lou Carson]: Killed in a car crash when Stephen Baldwin rams Mike's car and knocks it over a cliff.

• Lone Rider (2008 TV) [Lloyd]: Shot to death (presumably by Tom Schanley) during a shootout with Lou Diamond Phillips.

Notable Connections

• Brother of Beau Starr.

Mike Starr in Goodfellas