Random Actors Who Died In Middle Of Filming Something (22 items)

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  (#7) Marilyn Monroe

  • Dec. at 36 (1926-1962)

  Hollywood's most famous blonde bombshell was in the middle of filming the comedy Something's Got to Give when she was found dead at her Brentwood, CA home on August 5, 1962. Monroe's cause of death was reported as an overdose of barbiturates resulting from a probable suicide.

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  (#3) Brandon Lee

  • Dec. at 28 (1965-1993)

  Brandon Lee, the son of martial arts legend Bruce Lee, was killed in a stunt accident on the set of The Crow on March 31, 1993. Lee's character was supposed to get shot in a scene, but the handgun used contained a fragment of a real bullet. He was hit in the abdomen and died later that day. He was 28.

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  (#12) Steve Irwin

  • Dec. at 44 (1962-2006)

  Beloved Australian adventurer and animal advocate Steve Irwin, famously known as The Crocodile Hunter, was stung and killed by a stingray on September 4, 2006 while filming the underwater documentary Ocean's Deadliest.

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  (#13) Don Rickles

  • Dec. at 90

  When Don Rickles passed away at age 90 in 2017, he had yet to record his parts for 2019's Toy Story 4. But Pixar and Toy Story 4 director Josh Cooley "couldn't imagine anyone else" as Mr. Potato Head. So the Pixar editorial team went through over two decades worth of recordings from Don Rickles (including outtakes, shorts, theme park messages, toys, and other related projects) and logged "every word, every cough, every hum" so that they would be able to put together whatever they needed for the fourth film in the franchise.

  Then, Cooley worked alongside screenwriters Andrew Stanton and Stephany Folsom to write general lines for the Mr. Potatohead character, which they pulled together using the database of old Don Rickles quotes that they had archived. 

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  (#17) Diana Hyland

  • Dec. at 41 (1936-1977)

  Diana Hyland was diagnosed with breast cancer and on died March 27, 1977, just 12 days after the first episode of her ABC series "Eight is Enough" aired. Her character was written out of the remainder of the first season.

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  (#21) Jim Davis

  • Dec. at 72 (1909-1981)

  Playing Jock Ewing, the patriarch of the Ewing family on "Dallas," Jim Davis appeared in 75 episodes during the show's first three seasons. Davis died of a brain tumor on April 26, 1981 while season three was still on the air. His character later "died” in a helicopter crash on an episode that aired in January 1982.

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