Overview
- The Hollywood Reporter confirmed his death at his home in Saranac Lake, according to Il Messaggero.
- He was 94 years old.
- Audiences knew him as the strict principal Mr. Strickland in the Back to the Future films and as Commander Stinger in Top Gun.
- His long run on screen included work with Sidney Lumet, Woody Allen, and Warren Beatty on titles such as Serpico, Love and Death, and Dick Tracy.
- Born in Michigan and trained in New York at the Actors Studio, he also made his mark on stage and television and is survived by his wife, Parmelee.