Ricardo Montalban's death in The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Ricardo Montalban (1920 - 2009)
Film Deaths
- Battleground (1949) [Private Johnny Roderigues]: Shot in combat with German soldiers; his squadmates carry him to shelter, and he dies (off-screen) shortly before they can return for him.
- Across the Wide Missouri (1951) [Ironshirt]: Shot in the chest by Clark Gable during a battle with the trappers.
- The Money Trap (1965) [Pete Delanos]: Shot in the back by Tom Reese while Ricardo and Glenn Ford are robbing Joseph Cotten's office; he dies shortly after Glenn brings in Joseph to treat his wounds.
- Madame X (1966) [Phil Benton]: Accidentally killed in a fall down a staircase.
- Blue (1968) [Ortega]: Shot to death in a battle with the settlers.
- Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) [Armando]: Commits suicide by jumping out of a window (of a high building), while government authorities are interrogating him about Roddy McDowall.
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) [Khan Noonien Singh]: Killed in an explosion when after he detonates the Genesis Device (due to Khan's near-invulnerbility I'll list the fatal Ship Explosion, on top of his injuries).
- The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) [Vincent Ludwig]: Falls off the balcony of the baseball stadium after being shot with a tranquilizer dart by Leslie Nielsen; his body is then run over by a bus, followed by a steamroller, and finally a marching band. (Played for comic effect, obviously.)
TV Deaths
- The Man From U.N.C.L.E. The King Of Diamonds Affair (1966) [Rafael Delgado]: Shot in the chest with an umbrella gun by the dying Larry D Mann . He dies talking to Nancy Kovack . (Thanks to Brian)
- Mission: Impossible: Snowball in Hell (1967) [Gerard Sefra]: Killed in an explosion in a tunnel when a minitank, containing cesium explodes, due to the cesium exposed to heat temperature.
- The High Chaparral: Tiger By The Tail (1968) [El Tigre]: Accidentally shot dead by his brother Daniel Ades who comes through a window at the ranch and shoots blindly during the attack by the Comancheros when they try to free him (Thanks to Brian)
- The Mark of Zorro (1974 TV) [Captain Esteban]: Stabbed in the chest by Frank Langella at the end of a swordfight.
- American Dad!: Moon Over Isla Island (2009) [General Juanito Pequeno]: Chokes to death on a corn dog after tripping and falling down an escalator.
Notable Connections
- Mr. Georgiana Young (widowed)
- Brother of Carlos Montalbán