# The Opposite Sean Bean - actors who never die in movies(open spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 7, 2013, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sean-bean-actors-who-never-die-in-movies-open-spoilers/670629 "2013-10-07T22:21:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sean-bean-actors-who-never-die-in-movies-open-spoilers/670629/1 "2013-10-07T22:21:19Z")
What actors and actresses are in the most movies with the fewest deaths? My first thought was Tom Hanks, though I can name his deaths in a few movies, namely: Philadelphia - he does die in this, doesn’t he? Cloud Atlas - kind of a cop out since he plays several roles and his biggest one survives The Ladykillers - again, he does die in the end, right? What else has he died in? Also, who has more big appearances with only a few deaths? ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sean-bean-actors-who-never-die-in-movies-open-spoilers/670629/2 "2013-10-07T22:24:01Z")
I don’t think Tom Cruise has had many movie deaths. Sylvester Stallone hasn’t, either. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sean-bean-actors-who-never-die-in-movies-open-spoilers/670629/3 "2013-10-07T22:24:08Z")
Saving Private Ryan. I’d vote for John Wayne, just off the top of my head. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sean-bean-actors-who-never-die-in-movies-open-spoilers/670629/4 "2013-10-07T22:25:05Z")
Has Harrison Ford died? He’s made a lot of movies, so surely he has. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sean-bean-actors-who-never-die-in-movies-open-spoilers/670629/5 "2013-10-07T22:25:24Z")
Did John Wayne ever do a death scene? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sean-bean-actors-who-never-die-in-movies-open-spoilers/670629/6 "2013-10-07T22:26:07Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > I’d vote for John Wayne, just off the top of my head. The Cowboys comes to mind, as does The Shootist. ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sean-bean-actors-who-never-die-in-movies-open-spoilers/670629/7 "2013-10-07T22:43:35Z")
> [@Cuckoorex](#): > > I don’t think Tom Cruise has had many movie deaths. That depends how you interpret **Vanilla Sky**. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sean-bean-actors-who-never-die-in-movies-open-spoilers/670629/8 "2013-10-07T22:55:36Z")
Wouldn’t this have to be specified as “name above the title” performers? (Given that there must be zillions of character actors who’ve never had a filmed death, I mean.) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sean-bean-actors-who-never-die-in-movies-open-spoilers/670629/9 "2013-10-07T23:01:00Z")
The Cowboys The Shootist Sands of Iwo Jima The Wake of the Red Witch Just off the top of my head. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sean-bean-actors-who-never-die-in-movies-open-spoilers/670629/10 "2013-10-07T23:03:57Z")
> [@Flywheel](#): > > That depends how you interpret **Vanilla Sky**. And possibly Minority Report, though it would be death only via eternal suspension. Does he die in Collateral? ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sean-bean-actors-who-never-die-in-movies-open-spoilers/670629/11 "2013-10-07T23:06:40Z")
Julia Roberts died in **Steel Magnolias** but has she had any death scenes since then? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sean-bean-actors-who-never-die-in-movies-open-spoilers/670629/12 "2013-10-07T23:06:48Z")
I read Stallone died in Death Race? How about Eddie Murphy? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sean-bean-actors-who-never-die-in-movies-open-spoilers/670629/13 "2013-10-07T23:08:04Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Wouldn’t this have to be specified as “name above the title” performers? (Given that there must be zillions of character actors who’ve never had a filmed death, I mean.) Yes. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sean-bean-actors-who-never-die-in-movies-open-spoilers/670629/14 "2013-10-07T23:08:04Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > The Cowboys > The Shootist > Sands of Iwo Jima > The Wake of the Red Witch > > Just off the top of my head. There was a meme (before the idea was invented) that John Wayne never died, but obviously that wasn’t strictly true. The Alamo, for one – it’d be hard for him to star in it without dying, unless he played Santa Anna. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sean-bean-actors-who-never-die-in-movies-open-spoilers/670629/15 "2013-10-07T23:12:50Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > And possibly Minority Report, though it would be death only via eternal suspension. > > Does he die in Collateral? Yes, also in **Valkyrie** and **Oblivion**. > [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Has Harrison Ford died? He’s made a lot of movies, so surely he has. Harrison Ford died in **What Lies Beneath**. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sean-bean-actors-who-never-die-in-movies-open-spoilers/670629/16 "2013-10-07T23:13:14Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > The Ladykillers - again, he does die in the end, right? Yes, he does. He was the first actor I thought of but it looks like he’s done his share of dying on screen. ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sean-bean-actors-who-never-die-in-movies-open-spoilers/670629/17 "2013-10-07T23:31:40Z")
Jason Statham? He plays a lot of action hero roles which strangely don’t die very often. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sean-bean-actors-who-never-die-in-movies-open-spoilers/670629/18 "2013-10-07T23:36:39Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > Harrison Ford died in **What Lies Beneath**. He’s done more than 50 movies I think…any others? Even Sean Bean survives now and then. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sean-bean-actors-who-never-die-in-movies-open-spoilers/670629/19 "2013-10-07T23:38:57Z")
> [@Wolverine](#): > > Jason Statham? He plays a lot of action hero roles which strangely don’t die very often. True. You can kind of count Crank, but not really. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sean-bean-actors-who-never-die-in-movies-open-spoilers/670629/20 "2013-10-08T00:09:18Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > He’s done more than 50 movies I think…any others? Even Sean Bean survives now and then. Yea, but the question is more interesting if we limit it to actors who have never died in a major role. The list of actors that rarely die is gigantic. (that said, I suggest we discount “he got better” type deaths, as in **Oblivion** ) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opposite-sean-bean-actors-who-never-die-in-movies-open-spoilers/670629.md?page=2)