Kevyn Main Howard, an actor identified for enjoying Rafterman in Full Steel Jacket, has died.
The 69-year-old died on Friday, February 14, at a hospital in Las Vegas with family members at his facet, his household informed TMZ. Howard’s reason for dying isn’t but identified, however his household defined he’d been within the hospital and coping with respiratory points for weeks.
Full Steel Jacket costar Matthew Modine paid tribute to Howard in an X put up the next day, sharing a photograph of the 2 of them on the set of the 1987 conflict movie alongside fellow solid members Sal Lopez, Gary Landon Mills, and Adam Baldwin.
“Kevyn Main Howard gave and gave and gave a lot to the world and particularly the women and men of our armed forces,” Modine wrote in his put up. “He turned well-known for his position of Rafterman in Stanley Kubrick’s Full Steel Jacket. His portrayal gave him a singular entrée into the world of the U.S. Marine Corps. This led him on a decades-long journey to be in service of our nation’s bravest. Thanks on your dedication to others and to America. Might all of the gods bless you, Kevyn. Relaxation in peace. #SemperFidelis.”
Modine and Howard remained mates over the following years and spoke by cellphone shortly earlier than Howard’s dying, per TMZ.
Kevyn Main Howard gave and gave and gave a lot to the world and particularly the women and men of our armed forces. He turned well-known for his position of ‘Rafterman’ in Stanley Kubrick’s FULL METAL JACKET. His portrayal gave him a singular entrée into the world of the US Marine Corps.… pic.twitter.com/Kc2dYFEwb6
— Matthew Modine (@MatthewModine) February 16, 2025
Howard was born on January 27, 1956, in Montreal, Quebec, and moved to Los Angeles after faculty to begin an appearing profession, the location provides.
He made almost three dozen movie and tv appearances within the Nineteen Eighties and Nineteen Nineties, his filmography exhibits, together with guest-starring roles on the TV collection Trapper John, M.D., CHiPs, T.J. Hooker, Cagney & Lacey, The A-Crew, MacGyver, Magnum, P.I.,Miami Vice, Superboy, and The Outsiders.
His final appearing credit score got here in a 1999 episode of the Babylon 5 spinoff collection Campaign, although he did executive-produce the 2022 biographical drama movie Yolo County O.G.
Howard’s movie roles, in the meantime, included elements alongside Charles Bronson (Demise Want II), Al Pacino (Scarface), Clint Eastwood (Sudden Impression), and James Caan (Alien Nation).
The actor is survived by spouse Tiffanie, step-daughter Kayla, sister Kim, and brother Kelsey, in keeping with TMZ.