Tom Troupe, a stage and TV actor who appeared in “Star Trek,” “Homicide, She Wrote” and “Cheers,” died Sunday morning at his dwelling in Beverly Hills. He was 97.

Troupe’s loss of life was confirmed by his PR reps.

All through his profession, Troupe appeared in additional than 75 in style collection, together with “The Fugitive,” “Mission: Inconceivable,” “The Wild, Wild West,” “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman,” “Cagney & Lacey,” “CHiPs,” “Knots Touchdown,” “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.,” “This Is the Life,” “Fraiser” and “Archie Bunker’s Place.”

On the movie aspect, Troupe’s credit embody “The Huge Fisherman,” “The Satan’s Brigade,” “Kelly’s Heroes,” “Summer season Faculty” and “My Personal Personal Idaho.”

Born in Kansas Metropolis, Mo., Troupe started performing in native theaters earlier than shifting to New York Metropolis in 1948. After serving within the Korean Battle, he made his Broadway debut in 1957 taking part in Peter van Daan in “The Diary of Ann Frank” alongside Joseph Schildkraut. He relocated to Los Angeles in 1958, the place he started his profession in TV and movie.

Additionally on stage, he co-starred together with his spouse, Carole Cook dinner, in productions of “The Gin Recreation,” “The Lion in Winter” and “Fathers Day.” Different stage credit embody the nationwide tour of “Identical Time Subsequent 12 months” with Barbara Rush, the Broadway run of “Romantic Comedy” with Mia Farrow and his one-man play “The Diary of a Madman.

Troupe is survived by his son Christopher Troupe, his daughter-in-law Becky Coulter, his granddaughter Ashley Troupe and his nieces and nephews. Cook dinner, his spouse, died in 2023 of coronary heart failure at age 98.