Alan Rachins, the actor recognized for his roles on L.A. Legislation and Dharma & Greg, has died. He was 82.
The Golden Globe and Emmy nominee died early Saturday morning after expertise coronary heart failure in his sleep at Cedars-Sinai Medical Middle in Los Angeles, his spouse Joanna Frank advised The Hollywood Reporter.
Along with his efficiency as Douglas Brackman on the NBC collection L.A. Legislation, which ran from 1986 to 1994 and earned him Golden Globe and Emmy nominations, Rachins was recognized for enjoying Dharma’s (Jenna Elfman) hippy father Larry on the ABC sitcom Dharma & Greg, which ran for 5 seasons from 1997 to 2002.
Rachins additionally appeared in such movies as Thunder Run (1986), North (1994) and Showgirls (1995), in addition to reveals like The Golden Ladies, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Stargate SG-1 and Rizzoli & Isles.
Born Oct. 3, 1942 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Rachins moved to New York to review performing, the place he was among the many authentic Broadway casts of After the Rain and Hadrian the Seventh. He was additionally a writing/directing fellow on the American Movie Institute.
L.A. LAW, from left, Alan Rachins, Blair Underwood, 1986-94. TM & Copyright ©twentieth Tv. All rights reserved / courtesy Everett Assortment
Rachins wrote episodes of Hill Avenue Blues, Hart to Hart and The Fall Man, and he directed a 1980 episode of the CBS procedural Paris, starring James Earl Jones.
Alongside together with his spouse, Rachins launched Allofit Productions to adapt books and authentic screenplays into function and tv tasks.
Rachins is survived by spouse Joanna Frank and their son Robert.
