Actor Alan Fudge dies at 77

Character actor Alan Fudge, most broadly noted for recurring roles in TV series including "Guy From Atlantis," "Eischied" "Paper Dolls" and, most recently, "seventh Paradise," died March. 10 in La of lung and liver cancer, they have been fighting for approximately yearly. He was 77. Fudge gathered almost 140 smallscreen credits throughout the time of 37 years furthermore to roles in 17 films including "Capricorn One," "Chapter Two," "The Border," "Brainstorm," "NaturalInch (he carried out Robert Redford's father but did not have lines) and "Edward Scissorhands." Author-producer Graham Yost mentioned of Fudge: "Personally, Alan was most likely probably the most generous, kind and caring males I have seen. The majority of the roles he carried out over time reflected that side of him. After which it there has been the roles where he arrived at go really dark and twisted -- people were the roles that made the majority of us who understood him smile and applaud. He will be a great actor together with an excellent guy." Fudge was produced in Wichita, Kan., and gone after Tucson, Ariz., along with his family at 5. He graduated within the U. of Arizona, where he will be a theater major. In 1962-63 he will be a part of Tucson folk group the Ash Alley Entertainers. Later he gone after NY and increased being an connect in the APA repertory troupe, turning up in lots of mostly small roles on Broadway from 1967-69, including in productions of "You Can't Accompany You,Inch "The Cherry Orchard" and "Hamlet." The actor made his smallscreen debut in the 1972 episode of "Gunsmoke" and labored continuously inside the medium for your better part of 4 decades. Fudge guest starred in the memorable 1975 episode of "MASH" just like a wounded captain who thinks he's Jesus. In NBC's 1977-78 sci-fi series "Guy From Atlantis," starring Patrick Duffy, Fudge carried out C.W. Crawford he carried out Det. Commissioner Kimbrough on NBC crime drama "Eischied" (1979), starring Joe Don Baker. In another recurring stint, he carried out Dr. Van Adams in ABC's fashion-industry sudser "Paper Dolls" (1984). Inside the 1992-93 CBS crime drama "Physiques of Evidence," which starred Lee Horsley and George Clooney, Fudge carried out Chief Frank Leland. None of individuals shown being extended-running series, however. Fudge had recurring roles on "Empire" and "L.A. Law," nevertheless the actor came out frequently on television it had not been uncommon for him to appear multiple occasions around the series in a variety of roles, while he did on "Hawaii Five-O," "Lou Grant," "The A-Team," "Columbo" and "Murder, She Written." Fudge also came out in several telepics, including "Nowhere Dark evening," "Kids of the Lac" and "I Realize I'm Steven." He gained his last bigscreen appearance inside the Coen brothers' 2001 film "The Man Who Wasn't There." Fudge ongoing to use continuously until 2009, yearly through which he guested in cases of "Large Love," "The Closer" and "WorkInch and came out inside the Hallmark Funnel telepic "Relative Stranger." He's managed to get by his wife, Kathy a boy and a pair of kids together with a great boy. Contact Carmel Dagan at carmel.dagan@variety.com