Veteran actor Harris Yulin, who appeared in movies equivalent to Scarface and Coaching Day, in addition to TV reveals like Frasier and Ozark, has died. He was 87.
Yulin handed away on Tuesday (June 10) of cardiac arrest in New York Metropolis, his household and supervisor, Sue Leibman, confirmed. “Yulin was a part of the vanguard of a era who cared passionately concerning the craft of appearing,” his household mentioned in a press release on Folks.
The assertion added, “This deep, lifelong dedication led to extraordinary, resonant performances that have been a present to audiences, the actors he labored with, and the artwork of appearing itself.”
Born on November 5, 1937, in Los Angeles, California, Yulin studied appearing on the College of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) earlier than shifting to New York to ascertain a profession on stage. He starred alongside James Earl Jones and Estelle Parsons within the James Saunders play Subsequent Time I’ll Sing to You earlier than showing in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Evening’s Dream in 1964, Richard III in 1966 and King John in 1967.
WIOU, Harris Yulin, 1990-91. picture: © Orion Televison / Courtesy: Everett Assortment
He made his large display screen debut in 1970 within the comedy-drama Finish of the Street. The next 12 months, he portrayed Wyatt Earp within the Western film Doc, based mostly on Doc Holliday. He additionally performed J. Edgar Hoover within the 1974 TV movie The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Quantity One.
One in every of his most memorable movie roles got here as a corrupt Miami detective in Scarface (1983). He additionally had notable turns in Clear and Current Hazard (1994) and Coaching Day (2001). Yulin additionally appeared in Evening Strikes (1975), St. Ives (1976), One other Girl (1988), Slim Margin (1990), Homicide at 1600 (1997), Bean (1997), Cradle Will Rock (1999), Chelsea Partitions (2001), Rush Hour 2 (2001), and Norman (2016).
Harris Yulin in Ozark; Jessica Miglio / ©Netflix / courtesy Everett Assortment
On TV, Yulin earned a guest-star Emmy nomination in 1996 for enjoying clever man Jerome Belasco in Frasier. He additionally performed Quentin Travers, head of the Watchers’ Council, on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, NSA director Roger Stanton on 24, and Orson Snyder on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.
Extra just lately, he starred as Buddy Dieker within the Netflix drama Ozark, a pal of the Byrde household with ties to the Kansas Metropolis Mob. His last tv function got here in a 2022 episode of FBI: Most Needed.
His different TV appearances over time embrace Kojak, Ironside, Dynasty, How the West Was Received, Because the World Turns, Star Trek: Deep Area 9, Legislation & Order, Third Watch, Nikita, Billions, and plenty of extra.
Yulin is survived by his second spouse, actress Kristen Lowman, his son-in-law Ted, nephew Martin, and godchildren Marco and Lara. He was predeceased by his first spouse, actress Gwen Welles, and his daughter, actress Claire Lucido.