Prolific TV actor Robert Hogan has died aged 87 after suffering pneumonia complications, his family has confirmed.
The screen star, known for his roles in cult TV shows like The Wire, Murder, She Wrote and Law & Order, died in his home in Maine on May 27.
Hogan had been living with vascular Alzheimer’s disease since 2013.
With his career spanning six decades, fans of Baltimore-based crime drama The Wire will remember Hogan as retired shipwright Louis Sobotka.
Hogan’s portfolio features some of the best-loved TV shows of the twentieth century, with credits in the likes M*A*S*H, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Six Million Dollar Man, and Operation Petticoat.
Appearing in over 100 different TV shows over the course of his varied career, he also landed gigs on Days of Our Lives, Another World, and The Young Marrieds.
Originally from Queens, Hogan joined the US Army at an early age and served in Korea, before returning to New York to work in engineering.
However, the world of theatre came calling, and he attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Manhattan, honing his craft.
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His Broadway debut came in 1989, starring in A Few Good Men produced by Aaron Sorkin, heralding the dawn of his long-running career as an actor.
TV acclaim aside, Hogan also appeared in several 60s films, like FBI Code 98 and Greenwich Village Story, as well as the 70s disaster flick Heatwave!
His theatre career underpinned his TV success, winning the Outer Critics Circle Award in 1998 for his stage role as attorney Clarence Darrow in Never the Sinner.
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More recently, in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, one scene sees Leonardo DiCaprio’s Rick Dalton praise Hogan’s acting in an episode of The F.B.I.
Hogan is survived by his novelist wife of 38 years, Mary, his three children from a previous marriage, and his two grandchildren.
In Hogan’s honour, his family have requested donations be made to NYC’s DOROT, which assists the ageing population, or the Alzheimer’s Association.
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
