Mission: Not possible and Star Trek actor Tom Troupe died on Sunday, July 20, on the age of 97. A veteran actor of each the stage and display screen, Troupe was particularly prolific on tv. He had many memorable guest-starring roles, notably taking part in IMF operative David Day in Mission: Not possible, Star Trek Starfleet officer Lt. Harold, and Decide William E. Gray in Cheers.
Tom Troupe Left Behind A Lasting Legacy On The Small Display screen
He Had Over 70 Tv Credit To His Identify
Within the virtually 65 years he was lively in Hollywood, Troupe made tv guest-acting an artwork type. Not often showing in a sequence for multiple episode, the actor’s credit additionally embrace The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Fugitive, Cagney & Lacey, CHiPS, Quincy, M.E., Homicide, She Wrote, Frasier, and ER.
Tom Troupe’s Notable Tv Roles
The Fugitive (1964)
Dr. Bloch
Mission: Not possible (1967)
David Day
Star Trek (1967)
Lt. Harold
Cheers (1987)
Decide William E. Gray
ER (1998)
Tancred Baumgartner
Hailing from North Kansas Metropolis, Missouri, Troupe determined to pursue appearing and moved to New York in 1948. Earlier than his profession may take off, he first served within the Korean Warfare and earned a Bronze Star. Troupe would return to New York following his service, and made his Broadway debut in 1957, taking part in Peter in The Diary of Anne Frank.
A decade later, Troupe moved to Los Angeles, a profitable transfer that launched his spectacular tv profession. Along with his TV credit, the actor appeared within the movie My Personal Personal Idaho and co-wrote and starred in Sofi, an adaptation of a play primarily based on “Diary of a Madman,” a brief story by Nikolai Gogol.
Tom Troupe Was Married To Late Actress Carole Prepare dinner
They Appeared In A number of Performs Collectively
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Troupe married actress Carole Prepare dinner in 1964. Although Prepare dinner was most well-known for her appearances in Lucille Ball’s sequence The Lucy Present and Here is Lucy, she was additionally a stage actor like her husband. The couple appeared in productions resembling The Lion in Winter, Father’s Day, and The Gin Recreation. Prepare dinner died in 2023, two years earlier than her husband.
Troupe and Prepare dinner are survived by their son, Christopher Troupe, and daughter-in-law, Becky Coulter. In a shifting tribute, Troupe’s nephew, Mark Cocanougher, shared a submit devoted to his uncle on Instagram. Cocanougher wrote that Troupe and Prepare dinner “touched many lives, and I’m grateful for any positive impact they have had among so many friends and fans through their work and generous spirit.”
