Alrighty, in THE SEA BAT (1930 MGM) a giant ray kills Raquel Torres' boyfriend. Boris Karloff is in this movie.

There, I told you we could do it - we are back on topic.

Bill Haast eventually stopped doing the "cobra fights" because it was too hard on the snake. King Cobras are nervous and intelligent, and this one would be freaked out for a few days after each of these shows. When it died, they had it stuffed and taxidermied, which I saw on display.