In Disney’s latest live-action remake, “Lilo & Stitch,” David Hekili Kenui Bell has a short but memorable role in which he is so bewildered to see aliens that he lets his shaved ice plop to the ground. The appearance was his first in a feature film. Mr. Bell, who had played minor roles in a few productions, died on Thursday. He was 46.

Bell's sister remembered him as a "diamond in the rough." Walt Disney Studios paid tribute to "Lilo & Stitch" actor David Hekili Kenui Bell, after his death at age 46. In an Instagram post Tuesday, Disney shared a photo of Bell from his scene in the film,