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The Golden Gate Bridge has made an appearance in countless films, and for some reason filmmakers just to destroy it.. Here’s a supercut of the GGB’s movie cameos:


At this point the bridge has probably died in as many movies as Sean Bean..

Who, despite popular belief (and a ton of memes), isn't actually the most "dying actor"

John Hurt

Actor | Nineteen Eighty-Four

This transatlantic talent was born John Vincent Hurt on January 22, 1940 in Shirebrook, a coal mining village near the busy market town of Chesterfield, in Derbyshire, England. He is the son of Phyllis (Massey), an engineer and one-time actress, and Arnold Herbert Hurt, an Anglican clergyman and ...

-Has died in more than 40 movies, which include:"The Wild And The Willing","Gideon's Way","Sinful Davey","10 Rillington Place","The Ghoul","I, Claudius","East Of Elephant Rock","Spectre","Watership Down","Alien","The Elephant Man","Heaven's Gate","The Osterman Weekend","The Hit","After Darkness","The Black Cauldron","Jake Speed","Spaceballs","Aria","Deadline","Little Sweetheart","Scandal","L'oeil qui Ment","Monolith","Even Cowgirls Get The Blues","Contact","The Climb","All The Little Animals","You're Dead","Lost Souls","Hellboy","Tabloid","The Proposition","Beyond The Gates","V For Vendetta","Masters Of Science Fiction","Outlander","Whistle And I'll Come To You","Sailcloth","Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy","Snowpiercer","Only Lovers Left Alive","Hercules"

Max von Sydow

Actor | Minority Report

Max von Sydow was born Carl Adolf von Sydow on April 10, 1929 in Lund, Skåne, Sweden, to a middle-class family. He is the son of Baroness Maria Margareta (Rappe), a teacher, and Carl Wilhelm von Sydow, an ethnologist and folklore professor. His surname traces back to his father's partial German ...

-Has died in: "The Seventh Seal", "Winter Light", "The Kremlin Letter", "The Exorcist", "Illustrious Corpses", "Black Journal", "Brass Target", "Flash Gordon", "Strange Brew", "Dreamscape", "Dune", "Samson and Delilah", "Ghostbusters II", "Until the End of the World", "Judge Dredd", "Solomon (TV movie)", "Sleepless", "Minority Report", "Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King", "The Final Inquiry", "Rush Hour 3", "Solomon Kane", "Robin Hood", "Branded", "Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens", "Game of Thrones (TV show)"

Christopher Lee

Actor | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee was perhaps the only actor of his generation to have starred in so many films and cult saga. Although most notable for personifying bloodsucking vampire, Dracula, on screen, he portrayed other varied characters on screen, most of which were villains, whether it ...

-Has died in: "Met by Moonlight", "Beyond Mombasa", "The Curse of Frankenstein", "Horror of Dracula", "Corridors of Blood", "A Tale of Two Cities", "The Mummy", "The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll", "Pirates of Blood River", "The Devil Ship Pirates", "Horror Castle", "The Whip and the Body", "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: The Sign of Satan", "The Torture Chambers of Dr. Sadism", "Rasputin: The Mad Monk", "Dracula: Prince of Darkness", "Theater of Blood", "Dracula has Risen From the Grave", "She", "The Oblong Box", "Count Dracula", "Taste the Blood of Dracula", "Scars of Dracula", "I, Monster", "Dracula A.D.", "The Satanic Rites of Dracula", "The Four Musketeers", "The Man with the Golden Gun", "Airport '77", "Captain America II: Death Too Soon", "The Last Unicorn", "The Return of Captain Invincible", "Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf", "Treasure Island", "Gremlins 2: The New Batch", "Tale of the Mummy", "Jinnah", "Gormenghast", "The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Extended edition)", "Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith", "Alice in Wonderland", "The Resident"

Vincent Price

Actor | The Abominable Dr. Phibes

Actor, raconteur, art collector and connoisseur of haute cuisine are just some of the attributes associated with Vincent Price. He was born of Welsh ancestry to prosperous parents ("not rich enough to evoke envy but successful enough to demand respect"). His uniquely cultivated voice and persona ...

-Has died in: "Tower of London", "Green Hell", "Brigham Young", "The Long Night", "Rogues Regiment", "Dangerous Mission", "The Mad Magician", "The Ten Commandments", "The Bat", "House of Usher", "Master of the World", "The Pit and the Pendulum", "Nefertiti", "Queen of the Nile", "Tales of Terror", "Tower of London", "Diary of a Madman", "The Haunted Palace", "Twice-Told Tales", "The Comedy of Terrors", "The Last Man on Earth", "The Masque of the Red Death", "The Tomb of Ligeia", "Witchfinder General", "More Dead Than Alive", "Scream and Scream Again", "Cry of the Banshee", "Theatre of Blood", "Scavenger Hunt", "House of the Long Shadows", "The Great Mouse Detective", "From a Whisper to a Scream", "Catchfire" and "Edward Scissorhands"

Christopher Plummer

Actor | Beginners

Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer was born in Toronto, Ontario. He is the only child of Isabella Mary (Abbott), a secretary to the Dean of Sciences at McGill University, and John Orme Plummer, who sold securities and stocks. He is a great-grandson of John Abbott, who was Canada's third Prime Minister...

-Has died in: "Producer's Showcase: Cyrano de Bergerac", "Hallmark Hall of Fame: Cyrano de Bergerac (TV show)", "Hamlet", "The Fall of the Roman Empire", "The Royal Hunt of the Sun", "The Day That Shook the World", "The Spiral Staircase", "The Moneychangers (TV show)", "The Silent Partner", "Somewhere in Time", "Eyewitness", "Dreamscape", "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country", "Crackerjack", "Skeletons (TV movie)", "The Clown at Midnight", "Dracula 2000", "Agent of Influence (TV movie)", "Cold Creek Manor", "National Treasure", "The Lake House", "Already Dead", "9", "The Last Station", "Up" and "Beginners"

Sean Bean

| The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Sean Bean's career since the eighties spans theater, radio, television and movies. Bean was born in Handsworth, Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, to Rita (Tuckwood) and Brian Bean. He worked for his father's welding firm before he decided to become an actor. He attended RADA in London and ...

-Has died in more than 20 films, which include: 'Equilibrium', 'Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring', ' 007 Goldeneye', 'The Hitcher' 'Patriot Games','Cash','The Island',"Death Race 2","Outlaw","Don't Say a Word","Game of Thrones","Airborne","Caravaggio","Clarissa","Essex Boys","Far North","The Field","Henry VIII","Lorna Doone","Scarlett","Tell Me That You Love Me","The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion","Black Death", "War Requiem" and "Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV" FOR NOW !


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The Golden Gate Bridge

(Click to enlarge) Three years after completing the transcontinental railroad, Charles Crocker, a railroad executive, made a presentation to the Marin County Board of Supervisors in which he laid out plans for a bridge that would span the Golden Gate Strait, the entrance to the ocean from San Francisco Bay.


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