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Zalmanking-tripwiththeteacher

Zalman King (with Brenda Fogarty) in Trip with the Teacher

Zalman King (1942 - 2012)

Director/producer

Film Deaths[]

  • Trip with the Teacher (Deadly Field Trip) (1975) [Al]: Impaled through the back with an iron spike by Brenda Fogarty while Zalman is trying to kill Robert Gribbin.
  • Galaxy of Terror (Mindwarp: An Infinity of Terror; Planet of Horrors; Quest) (1981) [Baelon]: Throat slashed by one of the alien force's tentacle/claws, before it throws him to his death.

TV Deaths[]

  • Cimarron Strip: The Search (1967) [Strawdy Vardeman]; He enters Martha Scott's house where she is tending the wounded Stuart Whitman, tells her to move away but as she does so Whitman brings his unseen arm, gun in hand, across his chest and shoots him twice in the chest. (Thanks to Brian)
  • Gunsmoke: My Father, My Son (1966) [JoeyJeffords]: Shot in the chest by Jack Elam, when he tries to draw his gun on him.
  • Gunsmoke: Muley (1967) Muley Proddert]: Shot by Ross Hagen as he holds Lane Bradbury after being apprehended in a robbery. (Thanks to Brian)
  • Gunsmoke: Death Train (1967) [Willy Groom]: ​Shot in the chest by Norman Alden when Zalman spots him trying to sneak away from the quarantined train. (Thanks to Brian)  
  • Smile, Jenny, You're Dead (1974; TV movie) [Roy St. John]: Commits suicide by jumping from the roof of a construction site rather than be captured by David Janssen, while insanely proclaiming that he can fly.

Noteworthy Connections[]

  • Husband of Patricia Louisianna Knop (screenwriter/producer)
  • Father of Chloe King and Gillian Lefkowitz