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Post by marianne48 on Oct 7, 2020 19:31:53 GMT
Post the name of a character played by a career Oscar-nominated or -winning actor/actress who doesn't make it to the end of the film.
Identify the performer's name
The film title
Cause of death (please avoid old age/natural causes--more interesting ways)
I'll start: Professor Thurgood Elson
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Post by mattgarth on Oct 7, 2020 19:40:31 GMT
Good quiz, Marianne -- tough one, though
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Post by mattgarth on Oct 8, 2020 13:37:33 GMT
The Challenge:
Post the name of a character played by a career Oscar-nominated or -winning actor/actress who doesn't make it to the end of the film.
Identify the performer's name
The film title
Cause of death (please avoid old age/natural causes--more interesting ways)
First up: "Professor Thurgood Elson"
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The Answer:
The Film: THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS
The Character: "Professor Thurgood Elson"
The Performer: Cecil Kellaway
The Death: Drowned while submerged in a Diving Bell that's attacked by the Beast
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Next: "Rowley"
Hints: Career Oscar Winner / Hitchcock Film
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 8, 2020 13:59:11 GMT
The Challenge:
Post the name of a character played by a career Oscar-nominated or -winning actor/actress who doesn't make it to the end of the film.
Identify the performer's name
The film title
Cause of death (please avoid old age/natural causes--more interesting ways)
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Next: "Rowley"
Hints: Career Oscar Winner / Hitchcock Film Rowley Edmund Gwenn Foreign Correspondent Death: Falls from Cathedral Tower Next : an easy one WILSON Hunt: He slowly puts on one black glove and smiles.
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Post by mattgarth on Oct 8, 2020 14:27:13 GMT
The Challenge:
Post the name of a character played by a career Oscar-nominated or -winning actor/actress who doesn't make it to the end of the film.
Identify the performer's name
The film title
Cause of death (please avoid old age/natural causes--more interesting ways)
Next: 'Wilson'
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The Answer:
The Film: SHANE
The Character: 'Jack Wilson'
The Performer: Jack Palance
The Death: Shane outdraws him in the Gunfight at Grafton's Saloon
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Next: 'Wil Andersen'
Hint: no hint!
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Post by marshamae on Oct 8, 2020 23:28:53 GMT
The Challenge:
Post the name of a character played by a career Oscar-nominated or -winning actor/actress who doesn't make it to the end of the film.
Identify the performer's name
The film title
Cause of death (please avoid old age/natural causes--more interesting ways)
Next: 'Wil Andersen
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The Answer:
The Film: The Cowboys
The Character: 'Wil Andersen
The Performer: John Wayne
The Death: Shot multiple times in arms, legs and torso after a terrible fight with the head cattle rustlers
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Next: captain Jacoby
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Post by mattgarth on Oct 9, 2020 13:52:50 GMT
The Challenge:
Post the name of a character played by a career Oscar-nominated or -winning actor/actress who doesn't make it to the end of the film.
Identify the performer's name
The film title
Cause of death (please avoid old age/natural causes--more interesting ways)
Next: 'Captain Jacoby'
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The Answer:
The Film: THE MALTESE FALCON
The Character: 'Captain Jacoby' (Master of the 'La Paloma')
The Performer: Walter Huston
The Death: Shot by 'Wilmer Cook' before delivering the Black Bird to Sam Spade's office
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Next: 'Dudley Smith'
Hint: Boss / 'Rollo'
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Post by mattgarth on Oct 9, 2020 15:56:37 GMT
The Challenge:
Post the name of a character played by a career Oscar-nominated or -winning actor/actress who doesn't make it to the end of the film.
Identify the performer's name
The film title
Cause of death (please avoid old age/natural causes--more interesting ways)
Next: 'Arthur Cody Jarrett'
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The Answer:
The Film: WHITE HEAT
The Character: 'Arthur Cody Jarrett'
The Performer: James Cagney
The Death: Shot by Edmond O'Brien and then blown up (to the 'Top of the World') atop an exploding oil refinery
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Next: 'Jim Crew'
Hints: 1940s Western / Oscar Winner playing a Coal Miner and Family Patriarch
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Post by mattgarth on Oct 9, 2020 18:22:45 GMT
The Challenge:
Post the name of a character played by a career Oscar-nominated or -winning actor/actress who doesn't make it to the end of the film.
Identify the performer's name
The film title
Cause of death (please avoid old age/natural causes--more interesting ways)
Next: 'Neil McCauley'
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The Answer:
The Film: HEAT
The Character: 'Neil McCauley'
The Performer: Robert DeNiro
The Death: Killed by Al Pacino in a shootout near the airport terminal
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Next: 'Earl Janoth'
Hint: It's about time to solve this one
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Post by marshamae on Oct 9, 2020 19:03:31 GMT
The Challenge:
Post the name of a character played by a career Oscar-nominated or -winning actor/actress who doesn't make it to the end of the film.
Identify the performer's name
The film title
Cause of death (please avoid old age/natural causes--more interesting ways)
Next: 'Colonel Massoud Amir Behrani
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The Answer:
The Film:HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG
The Character: 'COLONEL MASSOUD AMIR BEHRANI
The Performer: BEN KINGSLEY
The Death: COMMITTS SUICIDE AFTER KILLING HIS WIFE
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Next: ELLIOTT TEMPLETON
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Post by marianne48 on Oct 10, 2020 11:32:07 GMT
Clifton Webb/Denholm Elliot The Razor's Edge Terminal illness (old-movie disease) Next: Margaret White Hint: Look, ma, no hands! |
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Post by mattgarth on Oct 10, 2020 13:29:21 GMT
The Challenge:
Post the name of a character played by a career Oscar-nominated or -winning actor/actress who doesn't make it to the end of the film.
Identify the performer's name
The film title
Cause of death (please avoid old age/natural causes--more interesting ways)
Next: 'Margaret White'
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The Answer:
The Film: CARRIE
The Character: 'Margaret White'
The Performer: Piper Laurie
The Death: done in by daughter using flying kitchen utensils
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Next: 'Frank Bigelow'
hint: lay off the booze
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Post by marshamae on Oct 10, 2020 13:51:45 GMT
The Answer: EDMOND OBRIAN
The Film: DOA
The Character: 'FRANK BIGELOW
The Performer: EDMOND OBRIAN
The Death: POISONED BY A SWITCHED DRINK CONTAINING POISON
next Willie Schumann
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Post by marianne48 on Oct 12, 2020 23:35:32 GMT
Willie Schumann
Woody Harrelson
Wag the Dog
Shot while in the process of committing a sexual assault
Next: Meredith Merridew
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Post by jervistetch on Oct 13, 2020 0:11:56 GMT
Meredith Merridew
Robert Morley
THEATER OF BLOOD
Suffocated from being force fed pies made from his dogs.
Next: Marlene Craven
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Post by marshamae on Oct 13, 2020 0:15:51 GMT
Ok but I had another Willie Schumann in mind but since this is Not the Garth game .... all correct answers welcome ,right?
The Answer: ROBERT MORELY
The Film: THEATRE OF BLOOD
The Character: 'MEREDITH MERRIDEW.
The Performer: ROBERT MORELY
The Death: FORCED TO EAT PIES MADE FROM HIS BELOVED PET DOGS UNTIL HE SUFFOCATES, MRRORING TGE DEATH OF QUEEN TAMARA IN TITUS ANDRONICUS
NEXT. GOWAN MCGLAND
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Post by marianne48 on Oct 19, 2020 18:49:42 GMT
Gowen McGland:
Tom Conti
REUBEN, REUBEN
Cause of death: Asphyxiaton (first intentional, then accidental)
Next: "Al Martin"
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