Overview

• He died September 15 in New York City of complications from Parkinson’s disease, according to obituary reports.
• A stalwart of the stage, he notched 16 Broadway credits including Hurlyburly, The Iceman Cometh, Beauty and the Beast and The Goodbye Girl.
• His screen work spanned films such as Moonstruck, Awakenings, In & Out, The Hurricane and The Village, with TV roles on The Sopranos and New Amsterdam.
• Diagnosed in 2003, he continued performing for nearly two decades, a journey chronicled as he prepared Beckett’s Endgame with fellow actor Dan Moran.
• A LAMDA-trained founder of Shakespeare & Company, he later gained recognition as a translator, with a Cherry Orchard revival winning the 2012 Lortel Award, and he is survived by his wife, MaryBeth Coudal, and their three children.