Veteran stage and display actor Tom Troupe, who appeared in episodes of Star Trek, Cheers, and Cagney & Lacey, has died. He was 97.
In accordance with The Hollywood Reporter, Troupe handed away on Sunday morning (July 20) at his house in Beverly Hills, California. A household spokesperson advised the outlet he died from pure causes simply 5 days after his 97th birthday.
Born on July 15, 1928, in North Kansas Metropolis, Missouri, Troupe started his appearing profession on the stage, showing in native theater productions earlier than transferring to New York Metropolis in 1948. There, he studied with stage star Uta Hagen on the Herbert Berghof Studio in Manhattan and made his Broadway debut within the 1957 manufacturing of The Diary of Anne Frank.
He spent nearly all of his profession as a stage performer, showing in numerous performs over time, together with The Lion in Winter, The Gin Sport, Father’s Day, Similar Time Subsequent 12 months, Romantic Comedy, and The Diary of a Madman.
Troupe relocated to Los Angeles in 1958, the place he made his on-screen movie debut within the 1959 historic drama The Huge Fisherman. He’d go on to visitor star in lots of traditional collection, together with Rawhide, The Fugitive, Mission: Unattainable, The Wild, Wild West, CHiPs, Knots Touchdown, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Star Trek, The F.B.I., and extra.
He landed a few of his most memorable roles within the Nineties, taking part in Jack Favor in Gus Van Sant’s 1991 coming-of-age movie My Personal Non-public Idaho, along with a three-episode run as Father Marconi on the ABC sitcom Who’s the Boss?. He additionally appeared in episodes of Knots Touchdown, Frasier, Child Speak, and ER.
Extra not too long ago, Troupe starred within the webseries Break a Hip and the 2019 quick movie Time Out.
He’s survived by his son Christopher Troupe, his daughter-in-law Becky Coulter, his granddaughter Ashley Troupe and his nieces and nephews. He’s predeceased by his spouse, actress Carole Cook dinner, who died in 2023 of coronary heart failure at 98 years outdated.