Vic Morrow

Vic Morrow in Captains and the Kings

Vic Morrow (1929 - 1982)

Film Deaths

• King Creole (1958) [Shark]: Stabbed (we don't see exactly where) with his own knife during a struggle with Elvis Presley in an alley. (Thanks to Robert)

• Cimarron (1960) [Wes Jennings]: Shot in the chest in a shoot-out with Glenn Ford in the Schoolhouse.

• Posse from Hell (1961) [Crip]: Shot dead by Audie Murphy in a running gunfight in the rocks and brush.(Thanks to Brian)

• Great White (L'Ultimo squalo; The Last Shark; Shark) (1981) [Ron Hamer]: Drowned in the ocean while wearing an explosive-covered vest; his body is shown afterwards when it washes up and is eaten by the shark, before James Franciscus sets off the explosives. (Thanks to PortsGuy)

• 1990: The Bronx Warriors (1990: I guerreri del Bronx) (1982) [Hammer]: Shot with an arrow by Mark Gregory. (Thanks to Johan)

• Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) [Bill Conner]: In the first segment, he is killed in several different ways while being transported into different situations, only to transport to a different situation each time he dies; he falls to his death after being shot at by Nazis whom mistake him for being Jewish, shot to death by John Larroquette and his fellow Klansmen whom mistake him for being African American, killed in an explosion after US troops confuse him for being Vietnamese and possibly killed (off screen) in a concentration camp after the segment ends; the segment ends with Bill on a train with several Jewish people, so his final death is heavily implied (the segment was originally supposed to end with Vic redeeming himself by rescuing two Vietnamese children, but his real-life death in an accident during filming forced the writers to change it).

TV Deaths

• The Rifleman: The Angry Gun (1958) [Johnny Cotton]: Shot in the stomach by Chuck Connors; he dies  shortly after climbing up to him.
• Tom Sawyer (1973) [Injun Joe]: Killed by a big rock that falls on him while chasing Josh Albee and Karen Pearson in the cave.
• The Streets Of San Francisco: The Twenty-Four Karat Plague (1973) [Vic Tolliman]: Hit by a delivery van as he runs across the road fleeing from Michael Douglas. (Thanks to Brian)

• Captains and the Kings (1976 miniseries) [Senator Tom Hennessey]: Dies of pneumonia after passing out drunk in an alley in the rain; his body is shown afterwards when a policeman discovers him, then again during his funeral.

Notable Connections

• Ex-Mr. Barbara Turner.

• Father of Jennifer Jason Leigh.