David Arquette

David Arquette (1971 - )
==Film Deaths==
*Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) [Benny Jacks]: Bitten on the throat and drained of blood by Paul Reubens. He later returns as a vampire, then dies once again when Luke Perry stabs him in the chest with a wooden stake and pins him to an electrical panel.
*The Killing Box (Ghost Brigade; Grey Knight) (1993) [Murphy]: Crucified upside-down by the undead soldiers.
*The Road Killers (1994) [Bobby]: Shot repeatedly in the chest and stomach by Ernest Smith and Richard Sarafian Jr. He dies shortly afterwards when Craig Sheffer and John Pyper-Ferguson check on him.
*Wild Bill (1995) [Jack McCall]: Executed by hanging (off-screen). His death is reported in the on-screen text at the end of the movie.
*Scream (1996) [Dewey Riley]: Stabbed in the back by either Skeet Ulrich or Matthew Lillard in the alternate ending but he survives.
*Ravenous (1999) [Private Cleaves]: Killed (off-screen) by Robert Carlyle. His body is shown afterwards on the roof of the hut. (There was also an earlier dream sequence in which David was hit in the chest with an axe by Guy Pearce.)
*The Grey Zone (2001) [Hoffman]: Killed by Nazi troops.
*3000 Miles to Graceland (2001) [Gus]: Shot to death (off-camera) by Kevin Costner, when Kevin, David, and Kurt Russell go out to bury Christian Slater and Kevin shoots his remaining partners. (Kurt survives the shooting.) We only see the flash of the gunshots from behind the building. David's body is shown later on (along with Christian's) when Thomas Haden Church, Kevin Pollak, and the other marshals investigate the crime scene.
*The Darwin Awards (2006) [Harvey]: Killed in a car crash after he attaches a jet engine to his car, sending it flying through the air and into a mountain.
*The Tripper (2006) [Muff]: Neck snapped by Christopher Allen Nelson in the woods.
*Bone Tomahawk (2015) [Purvis]: Eaten by the troglodytes (off-screen). We learn of his death afterwards when Lili Simmons informs Kurt Russell.
*High Voltage (2018) [Jimmy]: Killed (along with Ryan Donowho and Erik Stocklin) by a bolt of lightning caused by Allie Gonino/Perrey Reeves' powers (off-screen). His death is revealed during his narration.
*Mob Town (2019) [Ed Croswell]: Dies (off-screen) of emphysema years after the film's events. His death is mentioned in the on-screen text at the end of the movie.
*Spree (2020) [Kris Kunkle]: Shot to death by his son (Joe Keery) as Sasheer Zamata looks on in shock.
*Scream (2022) [Dewey Riley]: Stabbed and sliced open in the stomach and back by Ghostface (Mikey Madison) after he stays behind to hold her off and help Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega and Jack Quaid escape. The police recovered his body as Courteney Cox mourns him. (Note: Originally, there was gone to be a line that reveals that David's character is alive and was being operated on in the hospital in case the filmmakers change their mind about David's character surviving or not.)
==Television Deaths==
*Riding the Bullet (2004; TV movie) [George Staub]: Killed in a car crash, though he appears as a ghost throughout the rest of the movie.
*Creepshow: Night of the Paw/Times is Tough in Musky Holler (2019) [Sheriff Deke]: Mauled to death by a zombie.
*Mrs. Davis: The Final Intercut: So I'm Your Horse (2023) [Monty]: Dies (off-screen) of a heart attack while he was hiding in a piano during his fake funerals. His body is discovered years later by Elizabeth Marvel and Betty Gilpin. 
==Music Video Deaths==
*What If (2000) (Creed music video) [Dewey Riley]: Killed (off-screen) when Ghostface is shown jumping off a fire escape above him while talking to Scott Stapp, Mark Tremonti, Brian Marshall and Scott Phillips at the end of the clip.
==Video Game Deaths==
*The Quarry (2022) [Chris Hackett]: Depending on the player's choices, David can be shot with a silver shotgun shell by Justice Smith while David is in his werewolf form.
==Gallery==
David Arquette.PNG|David Arquette in Ravenous
Davidarquette-3000miles.jpg|David Arquette (ground) in 3000 Miles to Graceland
==Notable Connections==
*Grandson of Cliff Arquette
*Son of Lewis Arquette
*Brother of Rosanna Arquette, Patricia Arquette, Alexis Arquette, and Richmond Arquette
*Ex-Mr. Courteney Cox
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