16 Actors & Actresses Who Never Saw Their Last Movie
TUPAC SHAKUR: The rapper, 25, was killed in a 1996 drive-by shooting after completing two films, “Gridlock’d” and “Gang Related,” both of which were released the following year.
CHRIS FARLEY: The pudgy SNL funnyman died of a drug overdose in 1997. His final film, “Almost Heroes,” was released the following year.
BRANDON LEE: The son of martial arts film star Bruce Lee died in a mishap on the set of “The Crow” just eight days before filming was to be completed.
BRUCE LEE: The martial arts star died at 32 from a cerebral edema, one month before the release of his last film, “Enter the Dragon.”
JEAN HARLOW: Harlow was just 26 when she died of kidney disease just a month before release of her 1937 film “Saratoga.”
JAMES DEAN: “Rebel Without a Cause” was released one month after Dean, 24, was killed in a 1955 car accident.
CLARK GABLE: Gable died of a heart attack at 59 before the 1960 release of the film “The Misfits.”
PHIL HARTMAN: SNL star was shot and killed by his wife, Brynn Hartman, in a 1998 murder-suicide two months before the release of his film “Small Soldiers.”
NATALIE WOOD: The “West Side Story” starlet drowned in 1981 just before the completion of the science-fiction thriller “Brainstorm.”
HEATH LEDGER: His performance as the Joker in the summer blockbuster “The Dark Knight” earned rave reviews, died months before the film hit theaters.
MARILYN MONROE: Died in 1962 before premiering “Something’s Got to Give.”
SPENCER TRACY: The 67-year-old screen star died of a heart attack after completing “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.”
AALIYAH: The R&B star died in a 2001 Bahamas plane crash before the release of vampire flick “Queen of the Damned.”
JOHN CANDY: The comedian dropped dead in 1994 while on location filming “Wagon’s East.” Another Candy film, “Canadian Bacon,” was released after his death.
RIVER PHOENIX: Died of drug-related heart failure four months before his film, “Silent Tongue,” came out. 
GARY COOPER: Screen legend died of cancer in 1961, just a month before the release of his British mystery film “The Naked Edge.”
heaths last movie will not be the dark knight. check imdb before you make a lame page
So what?
that’s a big round of coincidences that’s for sure.
Dont forget Heath Ledger also never got to see “The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus” which is to come out next year.
Apparently, Sir Jorge, you have no idea what a coincidence is.
And now “Dark Knight” star Heath Ledger can be added to the list…
Coincidences?
I think the only coincidental thing about these is the fact that humans die and actors are humans so sometimes actors die.
I know this is going to sound a little harsh, but with all respect to the actors:
Does anyone else notice the irony of some deaths and the titles of the movies?
“Queen Of The Damned” – she was damned indeed
“Silent Tongue” – he won’t say anything again
“Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner” – not him anymore, that’s for sure
“Somethings Got To Give” – her life gave..
“Dark Knight” – dark knight can be associated with the grim reaper
“Almost Heroes” – self-explanatory I think
“Gang Related” – his death was very gang related yeah
Coincidences? No. People die. It happens 100% of the time. 7 hundred thousand movies (according to IMDB) and a short list of actors and actresses who’ve died before their last movie was released. I don’t think that there’s any kind of conspiracy or odd coincidence here.
How much do you want to bet this post was made just so they could get in their daily dose of Heath Ledger. Get off the guy’s fuckin cock already. He’s mediocre at best.
brian, i couldn’t agree any more.
Brain you are 100% right
Wow…I have to completely disagree. Heath Ledger….he was awesome.
i agree with brian. seriously. the guy was in like 2 movies and you all think hes god. stfu all ready.
brian stfu, you’re such a prick that doesn’t know great actor when you see them.
Most of these people are boring losers.
Mediocre at best? You must be a moron at best.
The guy made a Joker even better than Jack Nicholson, how mediocre is that?
Really Brian? Mediocre? Maybe some of his other movies, but his performance in the Dark Knight was nothing short of spectacular. Just because everybody else loved it doesn’t mean you have to hate it. Idiot, show some respect.
“HEATH LEDGER: His performance as the Joker in the summer blockbuster “The Dark Knight” earned rave reviews, died months before the film hit theaters.”
If there’s a sentence here, I can’t find it.
@Brian:
That’s very cynical of you.
Also, I’m very interested to know which actors you think are good so that we may properly triangulate your tastes and decide if your opinion is worth a damn.
René
http://www.workingauthor.com
I think it’s a little cold of the author of this page to say john candy ‘dropped dead’ during filming, or whatever it was he said.
Heath Ledger’s death should have opened up massive lawsuits against big Pharma as well as the Hollywood suits who no doubt provided Heath with all these medications to ‘ease’ him for all the hard work he gave them. Instead they killed him and everyone hung their heads.
Meanwhile, ‘marijuana’ a.k.a. cannabis is absolutely impossible to overdose on, yet it’s illegal so the government can make up for the slave labor lost (1865 when the north won the civil war and outlawed slavery, much of which was for growing and harvesting hemp (a.k.a. cannabis)
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well you forgot heath ledger
oh didnt read brians comment….
have yu even seen batman….?
maybe your just a layman wen it comes to movies
ya like ill be the fist one to tell you that i really dont care that heath ledger is dead but he was amazing at the joker…but seriously everyone needs to shut the fuck up about him already he wasnt that good in other movies…all these people act like their obsessed with heath and they porbly ahve no idea how many other movies he was in and he was only ok,after i saws the first picture i was like i bet they fuckin put heath ledger in herre and they fuckin did.
I agree about posting just to get to say “Heath Ledger”, but mediocre he was not. He was brilliant in ways most of us can’t fathom… That’s usually what happens. The bright stars (Whether Hollywood type or other types of stars)seam to burn out too fast. it may be 20 years before most of us really learn to appreciate the man and the art that was Heath Ledger. The same thing happened to James Dean. He was not a big star in life, and only by his death did we recognize what a true talent we had lost.
Another one to add to this list would be Heather O’Rourke, who played Carol-Anne in the Poltergeist movies. She died before filming of Poltergeist 3 was complete, and they had to use a body double to film a final scene of the movie.
Brian, I think you need to calm down and quit cursing. People have opinions, and it isn’t your place to judge them.
I’ll grant that the Heath bandwagon needs to crash.
As talented as the man is, he is not the screen god his death has caused him to be portrayed as.
However, this list is awesome and informative, and thus in my mind seems more like an “inspired by” than an “excuse to”.
Great work, and great research.
Brian:
You are an asshole.
Heath.
Yeah! Get off Heath’s cock! That’s for Brian only!
There ya go, Brian. I’m there for ya buddy.
NO BRIAN,HE’S THE BESTEST ACTORE EVER!!!!OMGZ LIKE WOW,HE’S DEAD,WHICH MEANS…HE MUST BE A GOOD ACTOR
heh,no but seriously,your right,shut the hell up about heath ledger already
The Dark Knight wasn’t Ledger’s last performance, dipshit. There are 2 movies he was in that he will never see, the latest one will be called “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” which he was in the middle of filming when he died and the few scenes he filmed HE WILL BE IN
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1054606/
And Brian got his daily dose of “criticize even the slightest mention of Heath Ledger”
nice collection, thanks for sharing.
Adrienne Shelly died before “Waitress” came out, as well.
O my god, several actors died right before or after releasing movies, it must be a conspiracy because no one ever dies while working. This has to be one of the stupidest things I have ever seen on the internet, and I’ve seen “Mr. Hands”.
Go fuck you mother brian.
You missed Chris Penn. He just died in 2006, during the filming of his last movie, Aftermath. Aftermath hasn’t been released yet, but I’m sure he won’t be seeing it.
He was mentioned “in memory of/dedicated to” in the credits of Vice, Rush Hour 3, and Jump.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001606/
that was rude brian, your just jealous because everyone is on his “cock” and not yours
They’re all photoshopped!
WOW! what a coincidence, I’m sooo baffled right now, you blew my mind! They were all working up to the point of there premature death, unlike any other premature death of someone in any other profession.
There must have been a F-ing cosmic alignment or something!
Brian, watch some movies! Heath Ledger had some excellent perfomances! How about “The Patriot” and “Broke Back Mountain”. Maybe the subject matter makes you uneasy (it your homophobic) but the acting was increadible. Also, check out “Monster’s Ball” and “Ned Kelley”, all excellent performances. Mediocre… I don’t think so. He was exceptional.
Why so serious Brian?
Why don’t you premature ejaculators get a effing room and carry on there…….
who gives a flying F about Heath Ledger’s last movie…..He’s always going to be known as a fudgepacker in brokeback mountain.
Now……
Why is everyone so hung up about Heath? Yes his death was tragic and untimely, but people die – leave the man alone.
Besides, there are so many other great actors on this list, that yes, when compared to Gary Cooper or Clark Gable, Heath Ledger was mediocre at best.
You forgot Oliver Reed.
Also, did Orson Welles ever see the 1986 Transformers movie? Cos I heard that his last role was the voice of Unicron…
PEOPLE DIE
I miss Aaliyah.
Hey, Required Name: you’re a borng loser.
well actually you’re wrong he finished the dark knight he never finished his parts in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus as you can see that jude law johnny depp and colin farrell all have the same role as heath