Legacy of Death
The Killing Fields
of Series 6 (1968–9)
of
The Avengers
Page 2
These pages list all the people killed in the Tara King episodes of The Avengers; as well as the people doing the killing, and their modi operandi.
Speaking trivially, Homicide and Old Lace is the most bloodthirsty episode, in which nine people are unceremoniously dispatched, although four are in footage recycled from Emma Peel episodes — so the mantle is passed to Have Guns — Will Haggle and the appropriately-named Killer with eight unfortunates apiece. There are no episodes in which no-one dies at all, although False Witness, Invasion of the Earthmen and The Morning After only have one each.
The guide is in three parts, use the links below to navigate them (or use those at the bottom of the pages).
All the screen grabs on this page are
Victim | Killer | Method |
---|---|---|
Have Guns — Will Haggle | ||
Smith | Conrad | assault rifle |
Crayford | Conrad | silenced pistol |
Giles | Conrad | assault rifle |
Mercenary | Mercenary | assault rifle |
Mercenary | John Steed | ?? |
Mercenary | John Steed | ?? |
Conrad | John Steed | knife |
Col. Nsonga | John Steed | hit by debri from exploding ammunition depot |
They Keep Killing Steed | ||
Impostor | Arcos | revolver |
Nadine | - | failed plastic surgery |
Georgio | Mintoff | stabbed? (mistaken for Steed) |
Perova | Mintoff | strangled? (mistaken for Steed) |
Bowler | John Steed | shot with his own revolver in a struggle |
Mintoff | Baron von Curt | rapier thrust |
Werner | Golda | impaled on steel rod |
Golda | Baron von Curt | rapier thrust |
Arcos | Zerson | revolver (mistaken for Steed) |
The Interrogators | ||
Wilson | Blackie | arrow fired from victim’s composite bow |
Izzy Pound | Blackie | sniper rifle |
Fillington | Blackie | sniper rifle |
Blackie | Mr. Puffin | revolver |
The Rotters | ||
Sir James Pendred | George | pistol |
Sir James’ manservant | George | pistol |
Professor Palmer | Sandford | thrown knife |
Pym | Kenneth | causes bell tower to collapse on him |
Mervyn Sawbow | Sandford | shotgun |
Jackson | Victor Forsythe | unarmed combat (off camera) Jackson dies according to the synopsis, there’s no other evidence to suggest his death on screen. |
Invasion of the Earthmen | ||
Grant | Boa constrictor | squeezed and eaten |
Killer | ||
Wilkington | REMAK | clubbed, poisoned, shot, spiked, stabbed, strangled, suffocated, neck broken |
Trancer | Brinstead | shot |
Freddie | Merridon | strangled |
Gillars | REMAK | crushed |
Calvin | REMAK | garotted |
Lawson | REMAK | heart pierced with sharp instrument |
REMAK | John Steed | ordered to self-destruct |
Merridon | John Steed | killed by explosion of self-destructing Remak |
The Morning After | ||
Cartney | Sergeant Hearn | Firing squad |
The Curious Case of the Countless Clues | ||
Dawson | Earle & Gardiner | pistol |
Scott | Earle & Gardiner | rifle |
Wish You Were Here | ||
James Brevitt | Vickers ? | ? |
Maple | Kendrick | hit and run |
Stay Tuned | ||
Kreer | Tara | impaled on his own sword-stick |
Collins | Proctor | revolver shot (silenced) |
Take Me to Your Leader | ||
Holland | Shepherd | sword hidden in clarinet |
Trent | (Captain Andrews) | motorcycle accident |
Shepherd | Steed | impaled on cello stand |
Colonel Stonehouse | (Tara) | opened wrong case, which was boobytrapped |