In the history of film and television, accidents have occurred during shooting, such as cast or crew fatalities or serious accidents that plagued production. From 1980 to 1990, there were 37 deaths relating to accidents during stunts; 24 of these deaths involved the use of helicopters. According to an article by the New York Times following the fatal shooting incident on the film set of Rust, there have been at least 194 serious accidents in American television and film sets from 1990 to 2014, and at least 43 deaths, quoted by Associated Press. This is sorted not in release date order, but the order that it is on Wikipedia. Additional incidents I missed: The Messenger (2002). Russian actor and director Sergei Bodrov, Jr. and 42 film crew members were killed in the Kolka–Karmadon rock ice slide after finishing the second day of shooting on 20 September.

Edmund Cobb, Grace McHugh, and Ted Hardcastle in Across the Border (1914)

Films and TV series where people died on set

Jean-Paul Belmondo in The Professional (1981)

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