Erich Anderson, a veteran working actor who discovered his breakout position in “Friday the thirteenth: The Closing Chapter” and was a recurring character in reveals together with “Felicity,” “Bosch” and “Thirtysomething,” has died. He was 67.
Anderson’s spouse, actor Saxton Trainor, confirmed the information through Instagram however declined to publish an announcement as a result of she was “too bereft now to jot down something.” As an alternative, she shared an announcement from Anderson’s brother-in-law, Michael O’Malley, that mentioned the actor died Friday after a “brutal battle with most cancers.”
“Erich was such an incredible particular person,” Anderson’s supervisor, Chris Carbaugh, instructed The Occasions. “He was a terrific actor, creator, prepare dinner, husband, buddy and human being. … Erich was an avid sports activities fan and he beloved cheering on his beloved San Diego Padres baseball group. He was at all times the neatest and funniest particular person within the room and had such a giant coronary heart. … Erich will probably be missed dearly.”
O’Malley, in the meantime, wrote that his brother-in-law “was a wise and humorous man, a incredible prepare dinner; he wrote three nice novels. … I’ll miss him however his ordeal is over.”
Anderson first discovered success when — as O’Malley characterised it — “he was killed in a basement” within the “Friday the thirteenth” sequel. He went on to seem in “Thirtysomething” as Billy Sidel, blind date-turned-husband to Ellyn Warren (Polly Draper), and in “Felicity” as Dr. Edward Porter, father of Keri Russell’s title character.
He appeared in single episodes of reveals together with “Homicide, She Wrote,” “CSI,” “CSI: Miami,” “Star Trek: The Subsequent Technology,” “Home,” “Bones” and “NCIS.” All instructed, per his web site, he appeared in additional than 300 tv episodes, 50 theater productions and 20 function movies.
The actor, who was born in 1957 in Sagamihara, Japan, later graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a bachelor’s diploma in biochemistry and molecular biology.
He was a prolific author of episodic tv scripts and, in accordance with his web site, had a “submitting cupboard filled with unproduced screenplays.” Anderson revealed three novels: “Hallowed Be Thy Title,” “Thy Kingdom Come” and “Rabbit: A Golf Fable.”
Eve Gordon, who performed Anderson’s onscreen spouse, Barbara Porter, in “Felicity,” posted a touching tribute to her co-star on Instagram, calling the actor “an impressive a part of the world.”
“I beloved him,” she wrote. “I want you’d identified him, there was nobody like him. So humorous, so open to regardless of the day introduced him, so wickedly cynical and joyous directly.”
Gordon described how even after their characters divorced on “Felicity” they usually not noticed one another on set, they’d run into one another round Los Angeles and speak for hours.
“Ah, take a look at this Erich, I’m utilizing the previous tense,” she wrote. “My buddy, I hope I see you once more in desires and different dimensions. Fly excessive, my buddy.”
