Actors who died during the run of a series

[TV Memories]

Ward Bond, the star of Wagon Train, died less then two months into the third season. Series continued for 5 more seasons.
Ann Sheridan, the star of Pistols and Petticoats, died less then 4 months after the series premiered. Series was immediately cancelled.
Joseph Kearns, Mr Wilson on Dennis the Menace, died 5 months into the third season. Series continued for one more season.
Bea Benaderet, star of Petticoat Junction, died one month into the fifth season. Series continued for two more seasons.
Barbara Pepper, Mrs Ziffel on Green Acres, died between the third and fourth seasons. She appeared in one or two episodes of the fourth season. Series continued for three more seasons.
Henry Kulky, the Chief on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, died five months into the first season. Series continued for three more seasons.
Larry Keating, Addison on Mister Ed, died between the second and third seasons. He appeared in a couple third season episodes. Series continued for three more seasons.
Dan Blocker, Hoss Cartright on Bonanza, died during the eighth month of season thirteen. Series continued for one final season.
Alice Pearce, snoopy next-door neighbor Mrs Kravits on Bewitched, died three days into the sixth month of the second season. Series continued for six more seasons.
Marion Lorne, bumbling Aunt Clara on Bewitched, died during the eighth month of season four. Series continued for four more seasons.
Smiley Burnette, Charley Pratt the train engineer on Petticoat junction, died during the fifth month of the fourth season. Series continued for three more seasons.
Byron Foulger, Wendall Gibbs the train engineer on Petticoat Junction, died during the seventh month of the seventh and final season.

[Sherry]

Oh yes, I remember watching Ward Bond.

What's My Line? was on for 17 years; Fred Allen was a regular panelist. He died of a heart attack. After that they would just have guest panelists in his spot.
Dorothy Kilgallen was a panelist on the show for most of the run but committed suicide 2 years before the end of the series.

Jay Stewart, announcer on many game shows. He was the announcer on Let`s Make a Deal for its entire fourteen year run. He was announcing on Scrabble and died during its sixth and final season. A number of his episodes aired after his death.

[Robert]

That's interesting. How did the writers of Bonanza write it so that Dan Blocker (Hoss Cartright) was no longer in the story?

I guess all the princple characters of Bonanza are now dead except for Pernell Roberts. I always liked that show.

[Jeff Easley]

Jack Soo"Nick Yamana" on" Barney Miller" died during that run.Remember him as "Rocky" on "Valentines Day" with Tony Franciosa?

[Jeff Easley]

I guess George Reeves of"Superman" and Freddy Prinze of "Chico and the Man"both committed suiside while their shows were still running.Perhaps Peter Duel,of "Alias Smith and Jones" and the fellow whose name I can't remember from "Suddenly Susan"also...correct?

[john]

Of course in Reeves' case there's a chance it could have been murder.

I didn't know Dan Blocker died while Bonanza was still going on. Always heard a rumor that he was going to originally play the father from 'Little House on the Prairie' until his untimely death and the producers went with Michael Landon instead. The show ran until 73 which I believe is roughly around the time little house began.

Question: Didn't one of the lead actors from Rawhide die and this was the cause of the show being cancelled?

[Jeff Easley]

I don't remember if Rawhide was still on,but I recall that Eric Fleming"Gil Favor"drowned while filming a movie.

[Dale Sherman]

Just to tack on: Jack Soo even got a tribute show on Barney Miller - a very nice farewell, with the actors all out-of-character talking about him along with a few great clips of Soo in action.

John Ritter was getting ready to film a new season of "8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter" when he passed away.

Redd Foxx died on the set when getting ready to film an episode of his series, "The Royal Family" (which was showing signs of becoming a well-needed hit for Foxx).

Phil Hartman was not only still filming NewsRadio, but had filmed the first half of a season-end cliffhanger for 3rd Rock From the Sun when he was killed. If I remember correctly Jon Lovitz stepped in for him in both cases.

There was also a short-lived crime-drama in the early 1980s that costarred a man who accidentally shot himself with a gun full of blanks, not realizing that blanks can just as easily kill as bullets when you put the gun to your head. He was quickly replaced and the show lasted all of three episodes. Can't think of the man's name, however!

Nicholas Colasanto, who played Coach on "Cheers" died while the third season was in the middle of production. They worked around the character for the rest of the season and then wrote him out for good at the start of the fourth with the introduction of the Woody character.

I'm sure there's more, but those are off the top of my head.

[jeff easley]

Jon Erik Hexum was starring in "Cover Up" when he died from the blank gun accident.Let me recommend [www.imdb.com]as an excellent resource for credits for movies and TV shows.

[Pete Miller]

How about Diana Hyland from 8 is enough? I know she was in the first few episodes. She played John Travolta's mother in the made for TV movie The bot in a plastic bubble and ended up dating him after.

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