Philip Bruns (with Robert Conrad) in Columbo: An Exercise in Fatality
Philip Bruns (1931 - 2012)
aka Phil Bruns
Film Deaths[]
- Dead Men Don't Die (1990) [Nolan]: Killed in a car crash, along with Jack Betts, when they lose control of their car as they're being pursued by Mabel King and a zombie Elliott Gould. Mabel later brings him and Jack back as zombies.
Television Deaths[]
- Columbo: An Exercise in Fatality (1974) [Gene Stafford]: Strangled with a metal rod by Robert Conrad, who then stages it to appear that Philip was killed when barbells slipped on his neck while working out.
- The Ghost Busters: The Flying Dutchman (1975) [Scroggs]: Playing a ghost, he is dematerialized (sent back to the afterlife), along with Stanley Adams, by Forrest Tucker (played for comic effect).
Notable Connections[]
- Mr. Laurie Franks