Pete Postlethwaite

Pete Postlethwaite (1946 - 2011)
==Film Deaths==
*Hamlet (1990) [Player King]: "Dies" in a play-within-the-play sequence when another actor pours poison in his ear, while Mel Gibson watches Alan Bates' reaction.
*Alien 3 (1992 [David Postlethwaite]: Killed by the alien after it sneaks up behind him while Pete is running through the tunnels; we see the alien's inner jaws smash through Pete's head and the window on the other side of the locked door.
*The Last of the Mohicans (1992) [Captain Beams]: Stabbed to death by a Huron warrior during a battle, while trying to help Madeleine Stowe and Jodhi May run to safety.
*In the Name of the Father (1993) [Giuseppe Conlon]: Dies of cardiopulmonary edema while in prison. He is last seen being rushed out of the prison to a hospital, while his son (Daniel Day-Lewis) requests to stay with him, only to be ordered to remain in the prison. Pete's death is confirmed when Daniel is told that he did not survive.
*Suite 16 (1995) [Glover]: Head smashed through a window during a fight with Antonie Kamerling, after Pete kills Geraldine Pailhas.
*Crimetime (1996) [Sidney]: Stabbed/slashed and bludgeoned to death at the end of a struggle with Stephen Baldwin.
*When the Sky Falls (2000) [Martin Shaughnessy]: Shot in the chest by a hitman in his apartment; his body then falls through the window and onto a parked car below.
*Æon Flux (2005) [Keeper]: Killed in an explosion when Charlize Theron and Marton Csokas blows up the airborne laboratory.
*The Omen (2006) [Father Brennan]: Impaled by a lightning rod (and slashed by falling glass) that falls from the church building. (See also Patrick Troughton in the 1976 original.)
*Solomon Kane (2009) [William Crowthorn]: Stabbed repeatedly during a sword battle with Samuel Roukin's followers; he dies in Alice Krige's arms while talking to James Purefoy.
*Clash of the Titans (2010) [Spyros]: Drowned, along with Elizabeth McGovern and Sinead Michael, after Ralph Fiennes uses his godly powers to sink their fishing boat, as Sam Worthington attempts to save them. (Mythological inaccurate: The character he is based on, Dictys, survives the myth of Perseus and becomes king of Seriphus.)
*Inception (2010) [Maurice Fischer]: Dies (off-screen) of an unspecified illness; his death is confirmed when Ken Watanabe informs Leonardo DiCaprio and Ellen Page. He is shown on his deathbed in a dream reality experienced by his son (Cillian Murphy).
*The Town (2010) [Fergus 'Fergie' Colm]: Shot multiple times in the chest, stomach and legs in a shoot-out with Ben Affleck in Pete's flower shop. As Pete lies dying on the ground, Ben aims his gun at Pete's crotch and fires, with the screen cutting to black as he shoots. Pete's death is confirmed when Titus Welliver informs Jon Hamm that Pete and Dennis McLaughlin had both been found dead.
==Television Deaths==
*Treasure Island (1990 TV) [George Merry]: Stabbed in the chest with a sword by Charlton Heston at the end of their fight, with Charlton pushing Pete's corpse into a pit after killing him.
*Sharpe's Enemy (1994) [Obadiah Hakeswill]: Shot multiple times in the chest by a firing squad while he is tied to a post, which fails to kill him, with Pete insisting that he cannot be killed. However, the officer in charge of the firing squad instead proceeds to shoot Pete in the heart at point-blank range with a flintlock pistol, killing him instantly as Sean Bean looks on.
==Gallery==
PetePostlethwaite-TreasureIsland-StabbedWithASword.png|Pete Postlewaite in Treasure Island
PetePostlethwaite-Hamlet-StagedPoisoning.png|Pete Postlewaite's play-within death in Hamlet
Pete Postlethwaite.png|Pete Postlewaite's death in Alien 3
Petepostlethwaite.jpg|Pete Postlethwaite in Suite 16
Pete Postlethwaite (2).PNG|Pete Postlethwaite in The Omen
ClashOfTheTitans-BoatDestruction.png|Pete Postlehwaite's death in Clash of the Titans
PetePostlethwaite-Inception-Cancer.jpeg|Pete Postlethwaite in Inception
PetePostlethwaite-TheTown-ShotToDeath.jpeg|Pete Postlethwaite (left) in The Town
==Noteworthy Connections==
*Father of Billy Postlethwaite.
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