Jack Kehler, a prolific character actor, died Saturday from problems resulting from leukemia at Cedars-Sinai Medical Heart in Los Angeles, California. He was 75 years outdated.
Kehler’s loss of life was confirmed by his son, Eddie Kehler.
Born Could 22, 1946 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Kehler set his profession off in performing on the age of 24 by starting to work in theatre. In 1982, Kehler fell in with Sanford Meisner and Wynn Handman, starting his tenure as a lifelong member of the Actors Studio.
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Quickly after, Kehler relocated to Los Angeles the place he started to accrue supporting roles in movie and tv. His first display screen credit score got here in 1983 with Michael Laughlin’s sci-fi launch Unusual Invaders, starring Paul Le Mat and Nancy Allen. Kehler is credited as a fuel station attendant within the movie.
Kehler spent the rest of the Eighties primarily working in tv, making appearances on Hill Avenue Blues, Fresno, Cagney & Lacey and St. Elsewhere. Within the ’90s, he grew to become a vibrant presence in motion movies, together with The Final Boy Scout, Wyatt Earp and Waterworld. Kehler additionally discovered himself within the highlight of cult movie for his function as the owner to Jeff Bridges’ the Dude in Joel and Ethan Coen’s 1998 crime comedy The Huge Lebowski.
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Kehler continued working late into his life, with a recurring function on The Man within the Excessive Citadel and visitor appearances throughout numerous tv sequence. His most up-to-date credit score is as a landlord within the Disney+ sequence Love, Victor. He’ll star within the crime film The Platinum Loop, which is presently in post-production.
Past display screen performing, Kehler additionally produced a stay one-man present that includes himself.
Kehler is survived by his spouse, Shawn Casey; his son, Eddie Kehler; his daughter-in-law, Mari-Anne; and his grandson, Liam.
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