Overview
- The actor died peacefully Thursday at his home in Saranac Lake, New York, with no cause released.
- His death was confirmed by the official Back to the Future site, by Industrial Light and Magic, by Amblin, with Bob Gale reiterating the news.
- He became widely known as disciplinarian Mr. Strickland in the Back to the Future trilogy and as Commander Stinger in Top Gun.
- His five-decade career followed brief Navy service and a move to New York with $75 for acting study, with his final screen role in 2015's Bone Tomahawk.
- Colleagues shared tributes on social media, including Thomas F. Wilson, as the official notice asked for donations to animal-welfare groups in his memory.