Franchot Tone

Franchot Tone (1905 - 1968)
==Film Deaths==
*Today We Live (1933) [Lieutenant Ronnie Boyce-Smith]: Killed in an explosion, along with Robert Young, when they sacrifice themselves by crashing their boat into a German battleship.
*Phantom Lady (1944) [Jack Marlow]: Commits suicide by jumping out of an apartment window rather than by arrested by Thomas Gomez.
*Advise & Consent (1962) [The President]: Dies of a terminal illness in the Oval Office, while anxiously awaiting the news of the vote on Henry Fonda's confirmation. We only hear him collapse after he walks off-camera. His death is confirmed when Lew Ayres receives the news and makes the announcement to the Senate.
==TV Deaths==
* Bonanza: Denver McKee (1960) [Denver McKee]: Shot to death in a shoot-out with Lorne Greene.
==Noteworthy Connections==
*Ex-husband of Joan Crawford.
*Ex-husband of Jean Wallace.
*Ex-husband of Barbara Payton.
*Ex-husband of Dolores Dorn.
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