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Erich Anderson, a prolific tv actor maybe greatest identified for his portrayal on Felicity because the title character’s father, died of most cancers Might 31 in Los Angeles. He was 67.
His demise was introduced on social media by spouse and actor Saxon Trainor.
Launching his movie profession in 1984 with a task in Friday the thirteenth: The Ultimate Chapter, Anderson was additionally featured on the identical time within the TV collection Bay Metropolis Blues. TV visitor appearances stored him busy for the subsequent years, with roles on The Paper Chase, Tour of Responsibility, and Quantum Leap, amongst others.
In 1990 he landed a recurring position that will turn into certainly one of his most recognizable: On seven episodes of thirtysomething, he performed Billy Sidel, a romantic accomplice for Polly Draper’s Ellyn Warren. After a generally rocky path, the 2 characters have been married late within the collection.
The ’90s additionally noticed appearances on Star Trek: The Subsequent Technology (as Commander Kieran MacDuff within the episode, “Conundrum”), Melrose Place, Matlock, Sisters, seventh Heaven, Touched By An Angel, NYPD Blue, Jag and, in 1998, as Dr. Edward Porter, father of star Keri Russell’s Felicity within the collection of that title.
Anderson stayed busy on tv effectively into the twenty first Century, with appearances on Main Crimes, Franklin & Bash, and a six-episode run on Bosch, amongst different exhibits.
In her put up asserting Anderson’s demise, spouse Trainor wrote that she was “too bereft” to jot down something intensive, however shared the next assertion from brother-in-law Michael O’Malley: “My brother in regulation Erich Anderson handed this morning after a brutal wrestle with most cancers. He had a protracted profitable profession as an actor—he was on that outdated present 30something; he was Felicity’s father on “Felicity;” he was killed in a basement in a Friday the thirteenth film: he was on Star Trek and dozens of different exhibits. He was a sensible and humorous man, a improbable cook dinner; he wrote three nice novels which you will discover on Amazon. I’ll miss him however his ordeal is over.”
Full data on survivors was not instantly out there.
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