Veteran cleaning soap actor Doug Sheehan has died at 75.
Sheehan “passed away peacefully” June 29 at his home in Significant Horn, Wyoming, “with his loving wife at his aspect,” according to an announcement from Kane Funeral Home. The result in of dying was not introduced.
Sheehan was recognised for his roles on “General Hospital” and “Knots Landing,” showing in about 100 episodes of each show.
Born in Santa Monica, Calif., in 1949, Sheehan acquired his start showing up in a 1978 episode of “Charlie’s Angels.”
Right after that, he was a collection standard playing law firm Joe Kelly on “General Hospital,” showing in a whopping 205 episodes from 1979-82.
The function acquired him a Daytime Emmy nomination for Superb Actor in a Supporting Job in a Daytime Drama Collection.
He then joined the solid of CBS’s “Dallas” spinoff “Knots Landing.” He was in around 100 episodes of that collection, from 1983-88, participating in reporter Ben Gibson. Sheehan departed the exhibit in Year 8, when Ben went to South The us and didn’t return.
On a 1989 episode of “The Arsenio Hall Display,” Sheehan mentioned, “Hollywood, as we all know, is not operate by the producers, it’s run by casting directors. Casting directors never view what you’re on…so I’ve invested my entire time kind of breaking down the partitions, with the daytime, the evening time, and fifty percent hour comedy. They do not know if I can do complete-hour comedy yet, so I have to split as a result of.”
Sheehan’s career was generally on the little display screen, but he also appeared on the big screen in a few flicks: “10” in 1979, “Victor/Victoria” in 1982 and “Cops n Roberts” in 1995.
In the 1990s, he performed Cher’s father in the “Clueless” television series based mostly on the motion picture.
He also starred on the comedy “Day by Day,” created by Andy Borowitz and Gary David Goldberg, which aired for two seasons on NBC from 1988-89, and he was in episodes of “Cheers,” “Columbo,” “MacGyver,” “Diagnosis Murder” and others.
His closing display screen roles were in 2003, in “What I Like About You” and in “Sabrina The Teenage Witch,” enjoying as Sabrina’s (Melissa Joan Hart) father Edward Gibson.
Sheehan was married to Cate Abert from 1981 until eventually his demise.
