Lights.. camera.. death! On-the-set fatal accidents. Stuntmen, actors, etc.

[Allhallowsday]

THE RETURN OF THE MUSKETEERS (1989) 

ROY KINNEAR died from a fall off a horse. 

[Trevor]

I'm not sure if the apparent hoax death of the German tourist Pit Dernitz in the film Savage Man Savage Beast fits in here.

[retrorussell]

I'm not sure if the apparent hoax death of the German tourist Pit Dernitz in the film Savage Man Savage Beast fits in here.

Was that the tourist in Namibia?  I've read that was a genuine death (by lion).  I would say it fits.

[Trevor]

I'm not sure if the apparent hoax death of the German tourist Pit Dernitz in the film Savage Man Savage Beast fits in here.

Was that the tourist in Namibia?  I've read that was a genuine death (by lion).  I would say it fits.

I'm not sure if it was Namibia or Kenya, but that's the one.

[Trevor]

When I was doing research for my CATCH-22 review, I learned that an assistant director plummeted to his death while filming aerial shots. Apparently he was shooting from the open tail turret of a B-52 and refused to wear a harness.

That was John Jordan I think.

[Rev. Powell]

When I was doing research for my CATCH-22 review, I learned that an assistant director plummeted to his death while filming aerial shots. Apparently he was shooting from the open tail turret of a B-52 and refused to wear a harness.

That was John Jordan I think.

Yes, that was him.

Here's a 1993 article with some others not mentioned here: http://articles.latimes.com/1993-04-02/entertainment/ca-18359_1_malibu

A total of 8 people died filming just two Chuck Norris movies from 1987-1989.

[Pacman000]

 

Is that true or did you get it from Chuck Norris Facts?

[Trevor]

Is that true or did you get it from Chuck Norris Facts?

Five people died making Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection - I don't know about the others.

[Raffine]

Stuntman AJ Bakunis died in a fall when doubling for George Kennedy (!) in the Lee Majors high rise construction saga STEEL (1979).

There's a mini-documentary about the accident:

! No longer available	Small | Large

[retrorussell]

A BELL FROM HELL (1973)
Weird Spanish-French horror film involving a man returning from a mental asylum where he was wrongly sent by his aunt and her three daughters so they could steal his inheritance.  He seeks terrible revenge. 

Anyway, the director (Claudio Guerin) fell off the tower that housed the titular bell on the final day of shooting and died.

[LilCerberus]

H.B. Halicki just popped into my head.....
If memory serves me correctly, he was complaining to reporters about the insurance & what-not he had to go through for the scene that got him killed....