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'Homeland' Actor James Rebhorn Dead at 65


James Rebhorn, the busy character actor who played the father of Claire Danes' troubled CIA officer Carrie Mathison on the Showtime dramaHomeland, has died. He passed away on Friday, his agent Dianne Busch confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. He was 65.


"He died from melanoma, which had been diagnosed in 1992," Busch stated. "He fought it all this time. He died Friday afternoon at his home in New Jersey, where he had been receiving hospice care for a week and a half."

Rebhorn also had a recent recurring role on the USA Network hit White Collar as Special Agent Reese Hughes, head of the FBI's Manhattan white-collar crime unit.

During his prolific five-decade career, the Philadelphia native also was memorable as the district attorney that sent Jerry, Elaine, George and Kramer to jail on the Seinfeld finale in 1998 and as the prosecution’s FBI expert automotive witness in the hilarious film My Cousin Vinny (1992). He also had stints as attorneys on the David E. Kelley shows The Practice and Boston Legal and recurring roles on Third Watch, The Book of Daniel, Law & Order and Big Lake.


Rebhorn played the school's headmaster Mr. Trask in Scent of a Woman (1992) and was President Signoff in The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000).

His vast film résumé also includes Silkwood (1983), The House on Carroll Street (1988), Desperate Hours (1990), Regarding Henry (1991), Shadows and Fog (1991), Basic Instinct (1992), Lorenzo's Oil (1992), Guarding Tess (1994), Independence Day (1996), The Game (1997), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Snow Falling on Cedars (1999), Meet the Parents (2000), Far From Heaven (2002),Cold Mountain (2003), Real Steel (2011) and The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)

Rebhorn was a mainstay of the Roundabout Theatre Company and most recently starred as a father stricken with Alzheimer's in Too Much, Too Much, Too Many, which opened in November at the Black Box Theatre in New York.

He appeared onstage in the original production of I'm Not Rappaport in 1985 and in the revivals ofOur Town, The Man Who Had All the Luck, Dinner at Eight, Twelve Angry Men and Prelude to a Kiss.

He also was seen on the TV shows Kate & Allie, The Equalizer, Wiseguy, Enlightened and 30 Rock.


"USA Network is deeply saddened about the passing of James Rebhorn, who so brilliantly played Reese Hughes on White Collar. Our sympathies go out to his family, friends and loved ones," the TV network said in a statement.


Rebhorn is survived by his wife, Rebecca, and daughters Hanna and Emma.

Filmography

Film

Year       Title       Role       Notes

1976      The Yum Yum Girls          Casting Director               

1980      He Knows You're Alone Professor Carl Mason    

1982      Soup for One      Lawyer

1983      Silkwood              Los Alamos Doctor          

1985      Cat's Eye              Drunk Businessman       

1986      Whatever It Takes            Michael Manion               

1988      The House on Carroll Street         The Official        

1988      Heart of Midnight            Richard                

1990      Desperate Hours              Prosecutor         

1991      Regarding Henry               Dr. Sultan           

1991      Shadows and Fog             Vigilante             

1992      My Cousin Vinny               George Wilbur  

1992      Basic Instinct      Dr. McElwaine  

1992      White Sands       FBI Agent Flynn                

1992      Wind     George

1992      Scent of a Woman           Mr. Trask            

1992      Lorenzo's Oil      Ellard Muscatine              

1993      Carlito's Way      Bill Norwalk       

1994      Blank Check        Fred Waters      

1994      8 Seconds            Clyde Frost         

1994      Guarding Tess    Howard Schaeffer           

1994      I Love Trouble    Mando, The Thin Man   

1996      White Squall       Tyler     

1996      Up Close and Personal   John Merino      

1996      If Lucy Fell           Simon Ackerman             

1996      Independence Day          Albert Nimzicki

1996      My Fellow Americans     Charlie Reynolds              

1997      The Game           Jim Feingold      

1998      All of It Bill Holbeck        

1999      Snow Falling on Cedars Alvin Hooks        

1999      The Talented Mr. Ripley                Herbert Greenleaf          

2000      The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle                President Signoff             

2000      Meet the Parents             Dr. Larry Banks

2001      Scotland, PA       Norm Duncan   

2001      Last Ball                Mr. Corcoran    

2002      The Adventures of Pluto Nash    Belcher                

2002      Far from Heaven              Dr. Bowman      

2003      The Trade            John Torman     

2003      Head of State     Senator Bill Arnot            

2003      Vacuums              Dirk Bentley      

2003      Cold Mountain Doctor

2004      The Last Shot     Abe White          

2006      How to Eat Fried Worms               Principal Nelson Burdock             

2006      Bernard and Doris            Waldo Taft         

2007      Spinning into Butter        President Winston Garvey           

2007      Anamorph           Chief Lewellyn Brainard                

2008      Baby Mama        Judge   

2008      An American Affair          Lucian Carver    

2009      The International             New York D.A.  

2009      Don McKay         Dr. Lance Pryce

2009      The Box                Norm Cahill        

2010      A Little Help        Dr. Bronstein     

2010      The Sparrow and the Tigress       Ernest  

2011      The Line               The Man              Short

2011      Real Steel            Marvin

2012      Sleepwalk with Me          Frank    

2012      The Odd Life of Timothy Green Joseph Crudstaff             

2012      The Perfect Wedding      Richard Fowler

2013      Before I Sleep    Priest     final film role

Television

Year       Title       Role       Notes

1977      The Doctors        Tom Carroll        

1982      Will: G. Gordon Liddy     Peter Maroulis Television film

1983      Texas     John       1 episode

1983      Sessions               Harry     Television film

1983-1985/ 1989              Guiding Light      Bradley Raines   Cast member

1984      He's Fired, She's Hired    Man on Phone   Television film

1985      ABC Weekend Special    Charlie Riley       Episode: "The Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary Finn"

1985      North and South               Major Anderson               Episode: "Episode Six"

1985      Kane and Abel   Federal Prosecutor          Episode: "Episode Two"

1985–1986          Search for Tomorrow      Al Miller              

1985–1986          Kate & Allie         Derek    2 episodes

1985–1987          Spenser: For Hire              Father Hoyt / Paul Manning         2 episodes

1986      Rockabye             Arthur Reardon                 Television film

1986      A Deadly Business            Corbett                 Television film

1986–1988          The Equalizer     Gant / Eric           2 episodes

1987      Kojak: The Price of Justice             Quibro Television film

1989      Great Performances       Dr. Gibbs              Episode: "Our Town"

1989      Kojak: Fatal Flaw               Slusher Television film

1989      ABC Afterschool Special                 Dan Jensen         Episode: "A Town's Revenge"

1989      Kojak: Ariana      Slusher Television film

1990      H.E.L.P.                 Perry     Episode: "Fire Down Below"

1990      Against the Law                Mayor   Episode: "We, the Jury"

1990      Wiseguy               Agent White       3 episodes

1990      Everyday Heroes              Jim         Television film

1990      As the World Turns          Angus Oliver / Henry Lange          3 episodes

1991      Sarah, Plain and Tall        William Wheaton             Television film

1991      Plymouth             Ezra        Television film

1991      Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace                Timothy Lanigan               Television film

1992      I'll Fly Away         Roger Thorne     Episode: "The Slightest Distance"

1992      Deadly Matrimony           Lieutenant Lloyd Butler Television film

1992–2008          Law & Order       Charles Garnett / Dr. Horace Garrison / Albert Lawrence Cheney                7 episodes

1993      JFK: Reckless Youth         St. John                2 episodes

1993      Skylark William Wheaton             Television film

1994      The Adventures of Pete & Pete John McFlemp   2 episodes

1995      The Buccaneers                Mr. Closson        Episode: "Invasion"

1995      The Wright Verdicts        Will Garrett        Episode: "Special Prosecutor"

1996      Mistrial                 Mayor Taylor     Television film

1997      New York Undercover    Tuckett                 Episode: "The Promised Land"

1998      From the Earth to the Moon        Harrison Storms                Episode: "Apollo One"

1998      Seinfeld                District Attorney Hoyt    Episode: "The Finale"

1998      A Bright Shining Lie         Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker    Television film

1999–2002          Third Watch       Captain Elchisak                6 episodes

2000      Now and Again General Frederick Augustus Irving             2 episodes

2000      Hopewell             John Melville      Television film

2001      Amy & Isabelle Avery Clark         Television film

2001      The Practice       Attorney John Rapherson             2 episodes

2001      UC: Undercover                Deputy Warden Richard Petrocelli            Episode: "The Siege"

2003      Hack      Richard Farrell   2 episodes

2004      Reversible Errors              Erno Erdai           Television film

2006      Waterfront         Thomas Porter 2 episodes

2006      The Book of Daniel          Bertram Webster             6 episodes

2006      Candles on Bay Street    Farmer Frieden Television film

2007      The Knights of Prosperity              Harrison Plunk   Episode: "Operation: Rent Money"

2008      Comanche Moon              Gov. Elisha Pease             Miniseries

2008      Canterbury's Law             Dr. Allen Petch Episode: "Baggage"

2008      Boston Legal       Wade Mathis     2 episodes

2009      Royal Pains         Will        Episode: "No Man Is an Island"

2009–2013          White Collar       Reese Hughes    16 episodes

2010      30 Rock                Dr. Kaplan           2 episodes

2010      Big Lake                Carl Franklin       10 episodes

2011–2013          Homeland           Frank Mathison                 8 episodes, (final appearance)

2012      Blue Bloods         Archbishop McGovern   Episode: "Leap of Faith"

2012      Coma    Oren      Miniseries

2012      Made in Jersey Judge Hudnut    Episode: "Ridgewell"

2013      The Good Wife Wilkes Ingersol Episode: "Boom De Yah Da"

2013      Enlightened        Charles Szidon