Henry Hill in Goodfellas: top 20 screen deaths As Goodfellas inspiration Henry Hill dies in real life, Mark Monahan looks at the best ever on-screen deaths, including the infamous murder of Billy Batts in Martin Scorcese's 1990 film, with Ray Liotta playing Hill. Kevin Spacey (LA Confidential, 1997) Sick of his sleazy existence within the LA police force, Spacey's celebrity cop Jack Vincennes decides at last to do some good. His resulting shooting is brilliantly sudden, and shocking every time, although Vincennes still has the last laugh.