Thomas Fritsch

Thomas Fritsch (1944 - 2021)
==Films Deaths==
*The Lion King (1994; animated; German voice) [Scar]: Providing the German voice of a lion, he is eaten (off-camera) by hyenas (Hella von Sinnen, Frank Lenart and Jim Cummings), after being knocked off a cliff by an adult Simba (Frank-Lorenz Engel) following that final battle. (Despite his death, Scar later return in The Lion Guard: The Rise of Scar (2017; animated) as a fiery spirit.) (See Torsten Michaelis for the 2019 version).
*Balto (1995; animated; German voice) [Steele]: Voicing an animated Dog, died sometime around the past. (Originally, Steel was gone to died getting his collar staged on a lever and get buried alive by coal, but was cut for being too dark.)
*Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995; German voice) [Octavia Tarrant]: Murdered with a hook by Candyman (Frank Glaubrecht).
*Carnosaur 2 (1995; German voice) [Tom McQuade]: Killed in an explosion when he deliberately sets off a charge in an attempt to destroy the raptors and give the others a chance to escape.
*Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995; German voice) [Simon Gruber]: Killed in a helicopter explosion after John McClane (Thomas Danneberg) shoots at an overhead power line, causing it to fall into the helicopter's rotating blades while Gruber is trying to shoot McClane. (There is also an alternate ending scene where Gruber accidentally kills himself with a rocket launcher which McClane had placed in front of him).
*Lone Star (1996; German voice) [Sheriff Charlie Wade]: Shot to death.
*Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997; animated; German voice) [Maestro Forte]: Voicing a lord-turned-pipe organ, he falls when the chain to the wall breaks and lands to the floor.
*Dungeons & Dragons (2000; German voice) [Profion]: Devoured by a dragon while Profion is fighting Ridley Freeborn (Marc Oliver Schulze).
*Gladiator (2000; German voice) [Maximus]: Stabbed in the side by Commodus (Nicolas Böll) before they enter the arena, he still manages to fight and kill Commodus, then finally dies of his wound as Lucilla (Ulrike Möckel) kneels by his side.
*Sorted (2000; German voice) [Damian Kemp]: Falls to his death at the end of a fight with Carl (Johannes Raspe).
*Planet of the Apes (2001; German voice) [Karubi]: Stabbed in the back with a spear by General Thade (Udo Schenk), after Kris draws the apes' attention to let the other humans escape.
*Scary Movie 2 (2001; German voice) [Professor Oldman]: Killed (off-screen) by the succubus; the scene ends with him screaming as she reveals her true appearance.
* The Trixxer (Der Wixxer) (2004) [Earl of Cockwood]: Is impaled by a swordfish after a chase.
*Hostage (2005; German voice) [The Watchman]: Shot to death by Walter Smith (Lutz Mackensy), his body is later seen when Chief Talley (Manfred Lehmann) shoots him repeatedly.
* The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005; German voice) [Aslan]: Providing the German voice of a lion (CGI), he is stabbed to death with a sword by the White Witch (Carin C. Tietze) on an altar, after he willingly offers his life for Edmund Pevensie (Tobias John von Freyend). He later comes back to life due to the nature of his sacrifice (an allegory for Christ's resurrection).
*Eragon (2006; German voice) [Brom]: Accidentally impaled with a spear when Durza (Torsten Michaelis) throws the spear at Eragon (Nicolás Artajo) and Jeremy intercepts it (he dies sometime after on the back of the dragon Saphira). His body is later seen being perfectly preserved.
*In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007; German voice) [King Konreid]: Shot with an arrow by Duke Fallow (Philipp Moog) (on top of having been previously poisoned by Gallian (Udo Schenk)); he dies shortly afterwards, with his long-lost son (Thomas Nero Wolff) by his bedside.
*Appaloosa (2008; German voice) [Randall Bragg]: Shot with a pistol in a gunfight with Everett Hitch (Jacques Breuer).
* Kung Fu Panda (2008; animated; German voice) [Tai Lung]: Providing the German voice of a snow leopard, he explodes into a cloud of dust after Po (voiced by Hape Kerkeling) performs a mystical martial-arts move on him. 
*Valkyrie (2008; German voice) [Erwin von Witzleben]: Executed (off-screen) by a firing squad. 
*2 Guns (2013; German voice) [Papi Greco]: Shot to death by Bobby Trench (Leon Boden) and Michael Stigman (Oliver Mink). 
*Angels Sing (2013; German voice) [The Colonel]: Dies (off-screen) of injuries sustained in a car crash. 
*Beautiful Creatures (2013, German voice) [Macon Ravenwood]: Accidentally shot (repeatedly with an antique firearm) by a possessed/brainwashed Link (Tim Schwarzmaier) while Irons is disguised as Ethan Wate (Patrick Roche). He dies while talking to his niece (Sophie Rogall) after removing his guise. 
*High-Rise (2015; German voice) [Anthony Royal]: Shot to death by Richard Wilder (Dennis Schmidt-Foß) when Royal strikes him with his cane during a confrontation; his body is seen again when Laing (Peter Lontzek) lays it to rest in the swimming pool.
==Television Deaths==
* Rotkäppchen (2005; Voice) [Wolf]: His belly is filled with stones by Frank Stieren and Max von der Groeben which leads him to fall to his death.
* Battlestar Galactica: He That Believeth in Me (2008) [Admiral William Adama]: Shot in the eye by Chief Petty Officer Tyrol (Florian Halm) on the bridge of Edward's ship. This turns out to be an imaginary vision of Michael's; Edward survives the episode in reality.
* CSI: NY: Sangre Por Sangre (2010) [Luther Devarro]: Shot in the chest by Det. Mac Taylor (Tobias Meister).
* The Hollow Crown: Henry IV, Part 2 (2012 TV; German voice) [Henry IV of England]: Dies of an unspecified illness.
==Notable Connections==
*Son of Willy Fritsch.
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