There are plenty of actors who don't become household names but bring rich talent to the table as character actors that everyone recognizes. The Wire and House of Cards star Reg E. Cathey was one of those actors, and sadly he's no longer with us.
The American actor was best known for playing barbecue joint owner Freddy Hayes in House of Cards and Baltimore politician Norman Wilson in The Wire. David Simon, creator of The Wire, announced Cathey's death on Twitter on Friday, hailing him as a "fine, masterful actor" and "one of the most delightful human beings".
The beloved actor passed away at his home in New York, surrounded by friends and family. We're told he'd been battling lung cancer.
Actor John Gavin, best know for his role in Alfred Hitchcock's cult horror "Psycho," has died. He was 86. "A sad day, my great friend John Gavin died This morning," director William Friedkin wrote on Twitter.
John Gavin, the tall, strikingly handsome actor who appeared in "Spartacus," ''Psycho" and other hit films of the 1960s before becoming President Ronald Reagan's ambassador to Mexico, has died at age 86. Budd Burton Moss is the manager of Gavin's wife, actress Constance Towers. He says Gavin died Friday.
24, 1985 file photo, first lady Nancy Reagan and U.S. Ambassador to Mexico John Gavin, left, view earthquake damage in Mexico City. Gavin died Friday, Feb. 9, 2017.
24, 1985 file photo, first lady Nancy Reagan and U.S. Ambassador to Mexico John Gavin, left, view earthquake damage in Mexico City. Gavin died Friday, Feb. 9, 2017, according to manager Budd Burton M... .
The 1968 Roman Polanski movie stars Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes as a Manhattan couple who move into a historic Central Park West apartment building only to learn it houses a coven of witches and devil worshipers. Based on the best-selling novel by Ira Levin, the hit film launched a series of occult thrillers that would include "The Exorcist" and "The Omen."
As he wrote what has become one of the top-selling novels so far in 2018, "The Woman in the Window," the author who calls himself A.J. Finn was thinking of a certain master of suspense: Alfred Hitchcock. "Hitchcock proved that suspense can be just as effective - if not more so - than surprise; that restraint and taste could trump sensational scare tactics and cheap tricks; that style might enhance a story rather than overwhelm it," Finn, pen name for the critic and literary editor Daniel Mallory, told The Associated Press recently.