Overview
- He died Tuesday, January 6, at his home in Rye, New York, according to his family.
- He created notable Broadway roles including Peter and Robert in Company, Nikos in Zorba, Nicholas Pym in The Sisters Rosensweig, Flan Kittredge in Six Degrees of Separation, John Adams in 1776, and Captain E. J. Smith in Titanic.
- On film, he was seen as a father figure in Mystic Pizza and Dead Poets Society, with additional credits ranging from The Big Fix to Nixon and Shaft.
- His television work spanned soaps such as The Secret Storm, The Doctors, Search for Tomorrow, One Life to Live and Loving, plus eight Law & Order appearances between 1991 and 2008.
- A longtime Rye resident who co-founded the Playwrights and Players fundraising series with Frances Sternhagen, he is survived by his wife Carolyn, three children, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, with memorial donations requested to the Entertainment Community Fund.