When he played Doc Holliday in “Tombstone,” he filled his bed with ice for the final scene to mimic the feeling of dying from tuberculosis. To play Morrison, he wore leather pants all the time, asked ...

As the world mourns the loss of actor Val Kilmer, who passed away earlier this week at age 65, the town of Tombstone, Arizona, reflects on his enduring legacy.

These are the key factors that make not just Doc Holliday, but Tombstone as a whole, land as an epic Western. The film introduces Doc Holliday stabbing a man over a poker game, then making off ...

Serving as the show-stealing co-lead in the already stacked Tombstone ensemble is Val Kilmer as John “Doc” Holliday. The film depicts the 19th-century legend’s reputation as an expert ...

In 1993’s Tombstone, Kilmer delivered one of the most indelible performances in the genre’s history as the tubercular dentist and gambler John Henry “Doc” Holliday. Beset by coughing fits ...