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John Beasley, the veteran character actor who played a kindly school bus driver on the TV drama.

Aylward also starred as Willy Loman in the Arthur Miller play “Death of a Salesman” in 1998, per Film Reference.Īylward is survived by his wife Mary Fields. John Beasley, character actor who played bus driver on Everwood, dead at 79. He co-founded the Empty Space Theatre in Seattle in 1973 and worked regularly as a company member of the Seattle Repertory Theatre before making it in the film and television world.Īylward’s theater chops helped pave his path to stardom, after “ER” producer Carol Flint asked him to audition for the show after spotting him in a Los Angeles production of 'Psychopathia Sexualis' in 1996, according to AllFamous. Tony Sirico, who portrayed an aging and wisecracking gangster on the HBO hit show The Sopranos, has died, his manager said. John Beasley, an actor best known for his roles on the TV shows Everwood and The. Oscar-winning actor William Hurt whose classic good looks and erudite persona made him one of the most recognizable male leads in the 1980s died Sunday, his family said. Aylward’s last role was Freddie Laffter in the USA Network crime drama “Briarpatch.”Īylward graduated from the University of Washington in 1971 with a bachelor’s degree in drama, according to the university’s official website. Actor John Beasley, Known for Everwood and The Soul Man, Dies at 79. 'Sopranos' actor Tony Sirico, known for role as Paulie Walnuts, dead at 79 Anthony Robledo USA TODAY 0:00 1:43 Actor Tony Sirico, known for playing Peter Paul 'Paulie Walnuts' Gualtieri on. The Seattle-born actor also made it to the White House in the final season of the Aaron Sorkin political drama “The West Wing,” playing Barry Goodwin, former DNC chair and head of transition. WireImage John Beasley, who is known primarily for his roles on the family drama Everwood and the sitcom The Soul Man, died Tuesday at the age of 79. Marnie Schulenburg: 'As the World Turns,' 'One Life to Live' star dies from cancer at 37 Bobby Rydell, the pop singer and teen idol from Philadelphia who starred opposite Ann-Margaret and Dick Van Dyke in Bye Bye Birdie, has died. 'His music will live on forever': Vangelis, 'electronic sound trailblazer,' dies at 79

Actor dies today at 79