10 actors who have died most in films, from John Hurt to Christopher Lee

There's officially a new number one

The actors who have died in the most number of films have been revealed in a new study.

A project counted the deaths of characters played by 1,500 famous actors using IMDb and Cinemorgue, and the findings saw the former number one – Christopher Lee – toppled into second place.

Lee originally topped the list with 60 on-screen fatalities. The new champ, who you can discover in the below gallery, beats him with five additional character deaths and counting.

Those who are expecting to see Sean Bean on the list will be disappointed. Despite having a track record for playing characters who continually get killed off, Bean failed to make the top 10; he’s died on-screen a grand total of 23 times.

E​ric Roberts, who sits at number 10, has had 35 film deaths.

Bean did not even make the top five of the list naming the most likely person to perish in their next film. After all of the living actors’ deaths were cross-referenced with their complete filmography to date, the actor who finished top was Kit Harington.

Click through the bellow gallery to see who made the list, which was compiled by Buzzbingo.

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