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

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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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  (#11) John Ritter

  • Dec. at 55 (1948-2003)

  On September 11, 2003, while filming the ABC sitcom "8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter," John Ritter suffered from an aortic dissection caused by a previously undiagnosed congenital heart defect. The actor was rushed to a hospital across the street and died later that evening.

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  (#20) Michael Conrad

  • Dec. at 58 (1925-1983)

  The Emmy-winning actor of "Hill Street Blues" died from urethral cancer on November 22, 1983 during the show's fourth season.

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  (#4) River Phoenix

  • Dec. at 23 (1970-1993)

  Before he could finish filming the drama Dark Blood, River Phoenix died of a drug overdose of on October 31, 1993 outside The Viper Room in Hollywood. The autopsy found various drugs including cocaine and morphine in his system. Dark Blood remained unfinished for 19 years and was finally released in 2012.

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  (#14) Bela Lugosi

  • Dec. at 74 (1882-1956)

  Horror film icon Bela Lugosi, best known for playing Count Dracula, Lugosi died from a heart attack on August 16, 1956 while filming Plan 9 from Outer Space. Director Ed Wood asked his family's chiropractor to take over Lugosi's scenes even though the man didn't look or sound like the actor.

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  (#5) Philip Seymour Hoffman

  • Dec. at 47 (1967-2014)

  On February 2, 2014, Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in a Manhattan hotel room from a heroin overdose. After more than 25 years of sobriety, the Oscar-winning actor (for Capote in 2006) had relapsed into addiction 8 months before his death. At the time, the second installment of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay was in production, and Hoffman had a week left of filming. He was 46 years old.

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