William Reynolds, who performed Particular Agent Tom Colby in six seasons of the tv sequence The F.B.I., and Richard Roat, a personality actor who appeared in exhibits equivalent to Seinfeld and Buddies, have each handed away.
Roat died on Friday, August 5, in Orange County, CA, in line with his household. He was 89. There aren’t any different particulars regarding a reason for demise. Born on July 3, 1933, in Hartford, CT, Roat started his profession in small TV components earlier than touchdown the function of Dr. Jerry Chandler within the NBC cleaning soap opera The Docs in 1962, showing in additional than 170 episodes throughout the present’s first yr.
He went on to visitor star on a 1965 episode of The Fugitive earlier than turning into a prolific character actor within the Seventies and past. Over his profession, he has appeared in iconic TV exhibits equivalent to Hawaii 5-O, The Mary Tyler Moore Present, Dallas, Glad Days, Murphy Brown, Lois & Clark, The Contemporary Prince of Bel-Air, Cheers, and plenty of extra.
One in all Roat’s most memorable roles got here in a 1998 episode of Seinfeld, “The Bundle,” the place he performed one of many medical doctors who discovered Julia Louis-Dreyfus‘ Elaine Benes to be a “tough affected person.” He had one other vital sitcom look when he starred in a 2000 episode of Buddies because the professor who busts David Schwimmer‘s Ross for courting a scholar.
Reynolds, in the meantime, died on Wednesday, August 24, from non-Covid pneumonia issues, in line with his son Eric Reynolds. He was 90. Born on December 9, 1931, in Los Angeles, CA, Reynolds signed with Common Studios in 1952 and appeared in movies equivalent to Carrie (1952), the place he performed Laurence Olivier’s son. Taking part in the son of the main character grew to become widespread, for instance of Jane Wyman in All That Heaven Permits and Fred MacMurray in There’s At all times Tomorrow.
After turning into bored with his stereotyped roles in films, Reynolds transitioned to tv in 1958, the place he appeared in exhibits equivalent to Maverick, Pete Kelly’s Blues, and The Islanders. However his large break got here in 1966 when he visitor starred within the first two seasons of ABC’s The F.B.I. earlier than turning into a sequence common as Particular Agent Tom Colby from 1967 to 1973. Reynolds left showbusiness after The F.B.I. ended its run.
