Powers Boothe in Extreme Prejudice
Powers Boothe (1948 - 2017)
Film Deaths[]
- Red Dawn (1984) [Colonel Andy Tanner]: Mortally wounded by a Soviet grenade while attacking one of their tanks; he then sacrifices himself to help destroy it.
- Extreme Prejudice (1987) [Cash Bailey]: Shot multiple times in the chest by Nick Nolte during a showdown. Powers shoots at Nick first and is shot in the shoulder, and despite Nick's attempts to convince him to give up, Powers tries to shoot him again, as Nick fires multiple shots into his chest, killing him.
- Tombstone (1993) [Curly Bill Brocius]: Shot twice in the chest with a shotgun during a gunfight with Kurt Russell while John Corbett looks on in horror.
- Sudden Death (1995) [Joshua Foss]: Killed in an explosion/burned to death when his helicopter crashes on an ice rink in the empty stadium, after Jean-Claude Van Damme shoots Powers' pilot (Thomas Saccio), causing him to pull back on the controls and making their helicopter fall down vertically. Powers' death is witnessed by Jean-Claude and Whittni Wright.
- U Turn (1997) [Sheriff Virgil Potter]: Shot in the head by Jennifer Lopez by the side of the road at night; his body is shown again when Jennifer and Sean Penn throw him over a cliff the next morning.
- A Crime of Passion (1999) [Dr. Ben Pierce]: Killed by Kelly Rowan.
- Frailty (2001) [Agent Wesley Doyle]: Hacked to death with an axe by Matthew McConaughey in a public garden/park as he struggles to climb out of an open grave, having been stunned by Matthew's divine powers.
- Edison and Leo (2008) [George T. Edison]: Decapitated by Ben Cotton. However Edison made a Robot Replica of himself before his death.
- Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014) [Senator Ethan Roark]: Shot in the head (off-screen) by Jessica Alba.
- Deadwood: The Movie (2019) [Cy Tolliver]: While Powers doesn't appear in this film, it's made clear that his character from the TV show passed away during the passage of time between the show and movie.
Television Deaths[]
- Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (The Mad Messiah) (1980 TV Mini-series) [Rev. Jim Jones]: Either commits suicide by shooting himself or is shot by his own men during the cult's mass suicide.
- True Women (1997 TV) [Bartlett McClure]: Accidentally hits his head on a rock off-screen when his horse throws him; his body is shown afterwards when Dana Delany and Annabeth Gish discover him.
- Attila the Hun (2001 miniseries) [Flavius Aetius]: Stabbed to death.
- Hatfields and McCoys (2012 mini-series) [Valentine “Wall” Hatfield]: Dies (off-screen) in prison shortly after his sentencing. His death is revealed in the closing text.
- Nashville: Too Far Gone (2014) [Lamar Wyatt]: Dies in his office from a heart attack.
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Team (2016) [Gideon Malick]: Skull crushed by shockwaves when Chloe Bennet uses her seismic abilities on Powers; his body is first shown when Iain De Caestecker and Elizabeth Henstridge discover him and his death is depicted in a flashback. (Powers' death was previously shown as a premonition in the episode Paradise Lost, but his actual death occurs in this episode.)
Video Game Deaths[]
- Turok (2008) [Kane]: Stabbed in the chest by Gregory Cruz with his own knife.
- Hitman: Absolution (2012) [Benjamin Travis]: Shot to death by David Bateson off-screen. The screen shows David fire his gun.
Gallery[]
Powers Boothe in Red Dawn
Powers Boothe in Tombstone
Powers Boothe's death in Sudden Death
Powers Boothe in True Women
Powers Boothe's death in
Powers Boothe moments before his death in Frailty
Powers Booth's death in Edison and Leo
Powers Boothe's video game death in Hitman: Absolution
Powers Boothe in Sin City A Dame to Kill For
Powers Boothe in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Team
Notable Connections[]
- Father of Parisse Boothe