Josef Sommer

Josef Sommer (1934 - )
==Film Deaths==
*Hanky Panky (1982) [Adrian Pruitt]: Gets blown up in a helicopter along with Richard Widmark, Johnny Sekka, and Jay O. Sanders when Gene Wilder throws a torch on the gas truck as the helicopter got near.
*Still of the Night (1982) [George Bynum]: Stabbed to death, off-screen by Sara Botsford in his car; his body is shown falling out of the car afterwards.
*Target (1985) [Barney Taber]: Killed in an explosion (along with Herbert Berghof) while being tied to a chair.
*D.A.R.Y.L. (1985) [Dr. Stewart]: Shot by a state trooper while driving through a police road block with Barret Oliver; he dies afterwards while talking to Barret.
==TV Deaths==
*Mourning Becomes Electra (1978 miniseries) [Ezra Manning]: Poisoned by his wife (Joan Hackett); he dies shortly afterwards while talking to his daughter (Roberta Maxwell). (I haven’t seen this version, but I’ve seen Raymond Massey’s death in the 1947 version.)
*Agatha Christie’s Sparkling Cyanide (1983 TV) [George Barton]: Poisoned at a dinner party when he drinks champagne that Pamela Bellwood had laced with cyanide.
*Brotherly Love (1985 TV) [Mr. Rafferty]: Shot in the chest with an arrow by Judd Hirsch in the woods, after Josef shoots at Judd.
*Great Performances: Hamlet (1990) [Polonius]: Stabbed to death by Kevin Kline, who had mistaken him for Brian Murray.
*Early Edition: The Wall: Part 2 (TV Series; 1997) [Secret Agent John Dobbs/J.T. Marley]: Shot to death in the back by Ron Dean. And saving the President of the United States for being assassinated. Framing Gary Hobson as a newspaper hero.
==Gallery==
Still of the Night 1982 Josef Sommer.jpg|Josef Sommer in Still of the Night.
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