Michael Alaimo, a theater and movie actor identified for his roles in “House Jam” and the Oscar-nominated “The China Syndrome,” died Friday, Might 2, in Burbank, Calif. He was 86.

Alaimo’s loss of life was confirmed to Selection by Alaimo’s daughter, longtime TV PR and communications govt Gabriella Alaimo Thomas. Whereas a reason behind loss of life was not disclosed, an official assertion stated that he “handed away peacefully.”

As a multifaceted artist who labored in avant-garde theater and appeared in dozens of movies and reveals, Alaimo notably had roles in “House Jam,” “Mr. Mother,” “The China Syndrome” and “All I Need for Christmas.” In “House Jam,” he performed a physician, the place he appeared alongside Michael Jordan, Wayne Knight and Invoice Murray. He additionally had a protracted TV profession with roles in “Cheers,” “The Marvel Years,” “Scrubs,” “Barney Miller,” “Mr. Belvedere,” “Hill Road Blues” and “Betty White’s Off Their Rockers.”

Previous to shifting to Los Angeles, Alaimo acquired his begin learning theater at Brooklyn School. From 1961 to 1964, he participated in Joseph Papp’s NY Shakespeare in Central Park, the place he led a commedia dell’arte troupe and was concerned in political activism with East Harlem’s extremely influential Intestine Theatre.

Alaimo finally moved to San Francisco, the place he toured with the anti-war present “F.T.A.” earlier than touchdown in Los Angeles in 1973. There, his profession took off with early roles in “The Six Million Greenback Man,” “Cannon” and “Harry O.”

Alaimo is survived by his spouse, Louise, daughters Gabriella and Giovanna, son-in-law David and granddaughters Isabella and Malia.