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Richard Johnson (1927 - )

Movie Deaths

  • Scotland Yard Inspector (Lady in the Fog) (1952) [Danny McMara, Hit-and-Run victim]: Hit by a car.
  • Never So Few (1959) [Capt. Danny De Mortimer]: He and Frank Sinatra burst into a Japanese hut but fail to kill all the officers, one of them manages to get his machine gun as the two of them are looking at some papers. Johnson hears the movement, pushes Sinatra aside and gets the blast in his chest. Sinatra shoots the Jap. (Thanks to Brian).
  • Khartoum (1966) [Col J. D. H. Stewart]: We last see him on a paddle steamer under attack from the Muslims as it goes down the Nile. Later on, Laurence Olivier shows Charlton Heston a severed hand bearing a ring which Heston had given to Johnson. (Thanks to Brian)
  • Antony and Cleopatra (1974) [Mark Antony]: Commits suicide by throwing himself onto his sword; he dies shortly afterwards while talking to Janet Suzman.
  • The Night Child (Il Medaglione insanguinato; The Cursed Medallion) (1975) [Michael Williams]: Stabbed in the stomach by the possessed Nicoletta Elmi when he hugs her. (Thanks to Andrea)
  • Screamers (L'Isola degli uomini pesce; Island of the Fishmen; Something Waits in the Dark) (1979) [Edmond Rackham]: Torn apart by the fish creatures when he falls into the water at the end of a struggle with Claudio Cassinelli. (Thanks to Johan)

TV Deaths

  • Murder, She Wrote: It Runs in the Family (1987) [Lord Geoffrey Constable]: Poisoned while on a picnic with Angela Lansbury after Carolyn Seymour puts strychnine on a cake.
  • Midsomer Murders: The Animal Within (2007) [Rex Masters]:  He is assaulted by Samuel West on a weir, He's hit over the head with a heavy torch and pushed in the river. (Thanks to Brian).

Notable Connections

Ex-Mr. Kim Novak

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