Overview

• His family announced his death in an online obituary, stating he died in New York on August 23, 2025.
• Born in Brooklyn on February 4, 1929, he spent decades backstage on Broadway, including serving as stage manager for the original 1956 My Fair Lady.
• He moved into acting after age 60, making a first television appearance in 1991 before gaining wide recognition as Herman “Hesh” Rabkin on HBO’s The Sopranos.
• His screen résumé included recurring roles in Rescue Me, The Good Wife, Transparent, Mad About You and Broad City, along with film work for Woody Allen, Charlie Kaufman and J. C. Chandor.
• He later returned to Broadway as a performer in 2000 and 2015, and he is survived by his wife, psychologist Joan Laxman.