Bruce Davison in Short Eyes
Bruce Davison (1946 - )
Film Deaths[]
- Willard (1971) [Willard Stiles]: Devoured by the army of rats after being betrayed by them. (See also Crispin Glover's death in the 2003 version's alternate ending). In the sequel Ben, Joseph Campanella, Kaz Garas, and the police discover his body which is cover up and then taken out of the house by two policemen.
- Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976) [Leroy]: Shot to death by Toni Basil demanding drugs.
- Short Eyes (Slammer) (1977) [Clark Davison]: Throat slit with a shiv by Joseph Carberry, while several other inmates hold him down.
- Mourning Becomes Electra (1978) [Orin Manning]: Commits suicide by shooting himself.
- Summer of My German Soldier (1978) [Anton Reiker]: Shot to death (off-screen) by FBI agents in the woods; we learn of his death afterwards when James Noble informs Kristy McNichol.
- Longtime Companion (1990) [David]: Dies (off-screen) of AIDS-related illness.
- X-Men (2000) [Senator Robert Kelly]: Dissolves into liquid after being artificially mutated by Ian McKellen; he dies in the X-Men's clinic/laboratory while talking to Halle Berry, when he is no longer able to hold himself together. (Note: Bruce appears as "Senator Kelly" at the end of the film and in the 2003 sequel X2: X-Men United, but this was revealed as being the shape-changing Rebecca Romijn impersonating the dead Senator.) (As history was altered in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), his fate in the altered timeline is unknown).
- Lords of Salem (2012) [Francis Matthias]: Beaten to death with a frying pan by Dee Wallace.
- Persecuted (2014) [Senator Donald Harrison]: Shot by Raoul Trujillo, after his role in the cover-up is exposed.
- Itsy Bitsy (2019) [Walter Clark]: Bitten on the foot and drained of blood by the giant spider when he sees it under his bed.
- Suitable Flesh (2023) [Ephraim Waite]: The original Ephraim died some time before the film started, his body is being used as a host for a demon and is decapitated by Judah Lewis with a knife (actually Judah in Bruce's body with the demon in Judah's body).
TV Deaths[]
- V: The Betrayal (1985) [John Langley]: Shot in the back with a ray-gun by Richard Minchenberg, while Bruce is holding Blair Tefkin at gunpoint.
- Tales from the Crypt: 99 & 44/100 % Pure Horror (1995) [Luden Sandleton]: Beaten to death by Cristi Conaway, who then dumps his body into a vat of chemicals in his soap factory (his eyeball is later seen in a bar of soap she uses moments before her skin melts).
- Christmas Angel (2009) [Nick Anderson]: Dies (off-screen) of cancer.
- Ghost Whisperer: Implosion (2010) [Josh Bedford]: Killed (off-screen) when the Shadows push the old landmine off the table, causing the mine to explode in his face when he tries to grab it, in full view of everyone present.
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Father of the Bride (2011) [Avery Tinsdale]: Commits suicide by shooting himself in the head. His death is shown in a flashback as the CSI team figure out what happened.
- Knight Rider: Day Turns Into Knight (2008) [Charles Graiman]: Dies when the the Knight Industries Cargo Plane he's on explodes due to severe mechanical damage.
- Bigfoot (2012 TV) [Sheriff Walt Henderson]: Fatally crushed with a police car by Bigfoot (Gary Kasper); he dies shortly afterwards while talking to Sherilyn Fenn.
- Creepshow: Night of the Paw/Times is Tough in Musky Holler (2019) [Avery Whitlock]: Shot in the chest by Hannah Barefoot as a mercy killing after the monkey's paw causes him to catch fire.
Gallery[]
Bruce Davison in Willard.
Bruce Davidson dissolving in X-Men.
Bruce Davison dead (lying down) in Lords of Salem
Noteworthy Connections[]
- Ex-Mr. Jess Walton
- Ex-Mr. Lisa Pelikan