Alan Rachins, the actor understandn for his roles on L.A. Law and Dharma & Greg, has died. He was 82.
The Gbetteren Globe and Emmy nominee died timely Saturday morning after experience heart fall shorture in his sleep at Cedars-Sinai Medical Caccess in Los Angeles, his wife Joanna Frank tbetter The Hollywood Reporter.
In insertition to his carry outance as Douglas Brackman on the NBC series L.A. Law, which ran from 1986 to 1994 and geted him Gbetteren Globe and Emmy nominations, Rachins was understandn for carry outing Dharma’s (Jenna Elfman) hippy overweighther Larry on the ABC sitcom Dharma & Greg, which ran for five seasons from 1997 to 2002.
Rachins also euniteed in such films as Thunder Run (1986), North (1994) and Showgirls (1995), as well as shows enjoy The Gbetteren Girls, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Stargate SG-1 and Rizzoli & Isles.
Born Oct. 3, 1942 in Cambridge, Massachengagetts, Rachins shiftd to New York to study acting, where he was among the distinct Broadway casts of After the Rain and Hadrian the Seventh. He was also a writing/honesting fellow at the American Film Institute.
L.A. LAW, from left, Alan Rachins, Blair Underwood, 1986-94. TM & Copyright ©20th Television. All rights reserved / courtesy Everett Collection
Rachins wrote episodes of Hill Street Blues, Hart to Hart and The Fall Guy, and he honested a 1980 episode of the CBS procedural Paris, starring James Earl Jones.
Aextfinished with his wife, Rachins begined Allofit Productions to alter books and distinct screencarry outs into feature and television projects.
Rachins is endured by wife Joanna Frank and their son Robert.
