Tom Troupe, who appeared in TV shows such as Mission: Impossible, has passed away at the age of 97.
Across his career, the actor also had credits in the likes of Cheers, Cagney And Lacey and 1991 film My Own Private Idaho.
According to a family spokesperson, Troupe passed away over the weekend in Beverly Hills from natural causes, just five days after his birthday.
The star was born in Missouri, eventually moving to New York in the late 1940s before serving in the Korean War. He later made his Broadway debut in The Diary of Anne Frank‘s original production in 1957, playing the role of Peter van Daan.
He went on to have a successful career in film and TV over the next few decades, notably appearing as David Day in the original Mission: Impossible TV series in 1967 and Lt. Harold in Star Trek the same year.
The former franchise would go on to be rebooted into the Tom Cruise movie series three decades later, the latest of which was released earlier this year.
Other notable roles were appearances in TV shows E.R., Frasier, Murder, She Wrote, Summer School and The Devil’s Brigade, as well as theatre productions of The Lion in Winter, The Gin Game and his own one-man show The Diary of a Madman.
Troupe’s last credited role was in 2019 short Time Out, and also appeared in TV series Break A Hip and Caravaggio And My Mother The Pope in the years before that.
His wife, actress Carole Cook, passed away in 2023 aged 98, and was famous for appearing in The Lucy Show, American Gigolo and Sixteen Candles.
He is survived by son Christopher, as well as a daughter-in-law, granddaughter and a number of nieces and nephews. His family have requested donations to Entertainment Community Fund or the Pasadena Humane Society instead of flowers.
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