Wai Ching Ho obit

Wai Ching Ho, the Legendary Madame Gao From Daredevil, Dies at 82

 She was not on the list.

Wai Ching Ho has died at the age of 82. Details surrounding her passing, including the date and cause of death, have not yet been made public. However, news of her death began circulating within the acting community, where collaborators from across her television, film, and stage career started sharing memories and tributes to an actor who spent nearly forty years shaping how Asian and Asian American characters were written and performed on major platforms. Ho was best known to modern audiences as Madame Gao, the soft-spoken crime boss she played across three seasons of Marvel Television’s Netflix era, but her career stretched back decades earlier through New York’s Off-Broadway scene, where she built her reputation long before Hell’s Kitchen came calling.

“I won’t ever forget you,” actor Peter Shinkoda wrote in a tribute on Instagram, becoming the first public figure to confirm Ho’s passing. “I learned every minute from you when we were together on and off set. We will meet again, my friend. You were beautiful.” Shinkoda’s message is particularly touching given the two actors’ Marvel history. On Daredevil and The Defenders, Shinkoda and Ho played the two central Asian crime figures operating in Hell’s Kitchen, Nobu Yoshioka and Madame Gao, at a time when Marvel Television gave few characters of East Asian descent this kind of narrative prominence. “My dear Wai, you deserve all the standing ovations- what a stellar human and a stellar artist. What an example of how to live,” actress Mahira Kakkar wrote in her own tribute. Kakkar starred alongside Ho in the National Asian American Theatre Company’s staging of Henry VI, across the production’s two-part adaptation of Shakespeare’s trilogy.

In the first season of Daredevil, Gao ran a heroin operation across Hell’s Kitchen while serving as one of the main crime bosses working under Wilson Fisk’s (Vincent D’Onofrio) underground alliance. In a world of bloodied fists and cracked skulls, Ho’s performance made clear that the character’s power came from patience and precision. Ho’s run with Marvel Television stretched across three series over three years, making Madame Gao one of the most consistently featured antagonists in Netflix’s corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Ho reprised the role in Iron Fist opposite Danny Rand (Finn Jones) and again in The Defenders, where Gao aligned herself with Alexandra Reid (Sigourney Weaver). Later revealed as one of the five fingers of The Hand, Gao withstood a forced interrogation using sodium pentothal without effect, matched wits with trained fighters twice her size, and outmaneuvered nearly every rival who crossed her path. Her fate was left unresolved following the Defenders’ final confrontation with the Hand, seemingly crushed by an imploding building. Death is never permanent in Marvel stories, especially when they happen off-screen, which is why fans still hope to see Madame Gao reappear in the Defenders revival, Daredevil: Born Again.

Beyond the MCU, Ho’s screen work included a supporting role in Hustlers and voice work as Grandma Wu in Pixar’s Turning Red, alongside a long-running presence across the Law & Order franchise that continued as recently as 2025. At the time of her death, she had an upcoming role in the short film Here and Again, still in post-production.

 

Actress

Here and Again

Ama

Post-productionShort

 

Aunties (2026)

Aunties

Podcast Series

Auntie Mei

2026

 

Radha Mitchell in The Gardener (2026)

The Gardener

5.1

Anna

2026

 

Capture (2025)

Capture

Short

Mrs. Feng

2025

 

Tony Goldwyn, Maura Tierney, Hugh Dancy, Reid Scott, David Ajala, and Odelya Halevi in Law & Order (1990)

Law & Order

7.8

TV Series

Li TanMrs. NgaiOwner ...

1992–2025

4 episodes

 

Nervous Energy (2025)

Nervous Energy

6.7

Short

Narrator

2025

 

Terry Chen and Mia SwamiNathan in Sight (2023)

Sight

6.6

Alian

2023

 

Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez in Only Murders in the Building (2021)

Only Murders in the Building

8.0

TV Series

Mei Mei

2023

1 episode

 

Georgina Campbell in Lovely, Dark, and Deep (2023)

Lovely, Dark, and Deep

4.9

Zhang

2023

 

Awkwafina in Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens (2020)

Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens

7.5

TV Series

Li-WeiGrandma #1

2020–2023

5 episodes

 

Christopher Meloni in Law & Order: Organized Crime (2021)

Law & Order: Organized Crime

7.7

TV Series

Sister Shu

2023

1 episode

 

Tzi Ma, Perry Yung, Kathleen Kwan, and Ronny Chieng in A Father's Son (2022)

A Father's Son

8.4

Short

Soo Hing Li

2022

 

Sami Ma and Karen Tsen Lee in Tender Ears (2022)

Tender Ears

Short

Teresa

2022

 

Judy Lei, Leonard Wu, and Vanessa Kai in The World's Greatest (2022)

The World's Greatest

Ms. Mui

2022

 

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Tristan Allerick Chen, Ava Morse, Hyein Park, and Rosalie Chiang in Turning Red (2022)

Turning Red

6.9

GrandmaGrandma Panda (voice)

2022

 

Song & Grace

Short

SongGrandmother

2021

 

Sanjit De Silva, Angel Desai, Wai Ching Ho, Florencia Lozano, Geoffrey Owens, Malka Wallick, Geneva Carr, Estelle Bajou, Mara Kassin, Elizabeth Narciso, Jonathan Chekroune, Sarah E. Williams, and Michelle Bossy in klutz. (2019)

klutz.

Short

Ailene

2019

 

Jennifer Lopez, Keke Palmer, Constance Wu, Lili Reinhart, Lizzo, and Cardi B in Hustlers (2019)

Hustlers

6.3

Destiny's Grandmother

2019

 

Two Sentence Horror Stories (2017)

Two Sentence Horror Stories

5.7

TV Series

Ma

2019

1 episode

 

Tsai Chin in Lucky Grandma (2019)

Lucky Grandma

6.3

Lei Lei the Fortune Teller

2019

 

Ryan Eggold in New Amsterdam (2018)

New Amsterdam

7.9

TV Series

June Chiang

2018

1 episode

 

Tony Danza and Josh Groban in The Good Cop (2018)

The Good Cop

7.0

TV Series

Dr. Kim

2018

1 episode

 

Justin Chon and Ellie Bamber in High Resolution (2018)

High Resolution

4.0

Paul's Mother

2018

 

Taye Diggs, Lucy Liu, Glen Powell, and Zoey Deutch in Set It Up (2018)

Set It Up

6.5

Kirsten's Mom (uncredited)

2018

 

Patrick Heusinger and Kat Foster in Accommodations (2018)

Accommodations

4.1

Chun

2018

 

Lucille Soong, Randall Park, Constance Wu, Forrest Wheeler, Ian Chen, and Hudson Yang in Fresh Off the Boat (2015)

Fresh Off the Boat

7.7

TV Series

Big Auntie

2016–2018

2 episodes

 

Keir Dullea, Kate Middleton, Celina Jade, and Jon Fletcher in April Flowers (2017)

April Flowers

5.8

Future April

2017

 

Charlie Cox, Krysten Ritter, Mike Colter, and Finn Jones in The Defenders (2017)

The Defenders

7.2

TV Mini Series

Madame GaoMadam Gao

2017

6 episodes

 

Finn Jones in Iron Fist (2017)

Iron Fist

6.4

TV Series

Madame Gao

2017

9 episodes

 

Charlie Cox in Daredevil (2015)

Daredevil

8.6

TV Series

Madame Gao

2015–2016

6 episodes

 

Adam Goldberg, Michael Ian Black, Jim Gaffigan, Ashley Williams, and Tongayi Chirisa in The Jim Gaffigan Show (2015)

The Jim Gaffigan Show

7.5

TV Series

Nai Nai Chow

2015

1 episode

 

Kate Mulgrew, Natasha Lyonne, Selenis Leyva, Laura Prepon, Taylor Schilling, Uzo Aduba, Dascha Polanco, and Danielle Brooks in Orange Is the New Black (2013)

Orange Is the New Black

8.0

TV Series

Mrs. Hu

2015

1 episode

 

Taylor Lautner in Tracers (2015)

Tracers

5.6

Chen

2015

 

Gregg Sulkin, Nicola Peltz Beckham, Grant Gustin, and Ben Rosenfield in Affluenza (2014)

Affluenza

4.8

Mary

2014

 

Cantonese Style! (2014)

Cantonese Style!

Short

Bessie

2014

 

Listen Up Philip (2014)

Listen Up Philip

6.3

Helen (uncredited)

2014

 

Compulsive Love (2013)

Compulsive Love

TV Series

Lily's Mom

2013

1 episode

 

Half of Her

Short

Ms. Yang

2012

 

Sweatshop Kid (2012)

Sweatshop Kid

Short

Grandmother

2012

 

Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Premium Rush (2012)

Premium Rush

6.5

Sister Chen

2012

 

Mariska Hargitay in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

8.1

TV Series

Gladys TangSusan Guan

2001–2011

2 episodes

 

Tina Chen, Ron Nakahara, and Ed Lin in The Potential Wives of Norman Mao (2011)

The Potential Wives of Norman Mao

Short

Ling Ling Ng

2011

 

Three Minutes (2010)

Three Minutes

Short

Mother

2010

 

Tom Selleck, Bridget Moynahan, Donnie Wahlberg, and Will Estes in Blue Bloods (2010)

Blue Bloods

7.7

TV Series

Stranger (uncredited)

2010

1 episode

 

Nicolas Cage, Jay Baruchel, and Teresa Palmer in The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010)

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

6.1

Chinese Woman

2010

 

5 Lessons and 9 Questions About Chinatown

Short

(voice)

2009

 

2B (2009)

2B

6.9

Expert #4Dr.Tanaka

2009

 

Flight of the Conchords (2007)

Flight of the Conchords

8.5

TV Series

Mrs. Lee

2009

1 episode

 

Crystal Chiu and Michael Chen in Children of Invention (2009)

Children of Invention

6.5

Doris

2009

 

Pierce Brosnan, Susan Sarandon, and Carey Mulligan in The Greatest (2009)

The Greatest

6.6

Piano Teacher

2009

 

Resolve

Short

Fong

2008

 

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in New Amsterdam (2008)

New Amsterdam

7.3

TV Series

Asian Woman

2008

1 episode

 

Jane Lynch, Michael McKean, Shoshannah Stern, Chi Ling Chiu, and Nick Kroll in Adventures of Power (2008)

Adventures of Power

5.8

Yolanda Fong

2008

 

Year of the Fish (2007)

Year of the Fish

6.4

Seamstress #2

2007

 

William Hurt, Julianna Margulies, Rita Wilson, and Michelle Trachtenberg in Beautiful Ohio (2006)

Beautiful Ohio

5.7

Elderly Woman

2006

 

Vincent D'Onofrio and Kathryn Erbe in Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

7.6

TV Series

Mrs. WongJane Yu

2001–2006

2 episodes

 

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004)

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

9.4

Video Game

Pedestrian (voice)

2004

 

A Boy and a Girl (2003)

A Boy and a Girl

2.3

Short

Mama

2003

 

Robot Stories (2003)

Robot Stories

6.0

Bernice

2003

 

Oliver Platt, Annabella Sciorra, Robert Loggia, and L. Scott Caldwell in Queens Supreme (2003)

Queens Supreme

7.4

TV Series

Foreperson #1

2003

1 episode

 

Lili Taylor, Bebe Neuwirth, Oliver Platt, and Tom Conti in Deadline (2000)

Deadline

6.4

TV Series

Doctor

2000

1 episode

 

Jenna Elfman, Edward Norton, and Ben Stiller in Keeping the Faith (2000)

Keeping the Faith

6.4

Confessional Woman #2

2000

 

Michelle Forbes, Billy Burke, Joelle Carter, Martin Donovan, Ted Levine, and Michael Jai White in Wonderland (2000)

Wonderland

7.6

TV Series

2000

1 episode

 

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Camryn Manheim, Jane Adams, and Dylan Baker in Happiness (1998)

Happiness

7.7

Student #1

1998

 

Renée Zellweger in A Price Above Rubies (1998)

A Price Above Rubies

6.5

Lady Vendor

1998

 

Dellaventura (1997)

Dellaventura

7.1

TV Series

Kimi Chang

1998

1 episode

 

2 Mayhem 3 (1996)

2 Mayhem 3

8.3

1996

 

Swans Crossing (1992)

Swans Crossing

7.5

TV Series

Dr. Kamber

1992

2 episodes

 

Whoopi Goldberg, Teri Hatcher, Kevin Kline, Elisabeth Shue, Robert Downey Jr., and Sally Field in Soapdish (1991)

Soapdish

6.6

Fan

1991

 

One Life to Live (1968)

One Life to Live

6.9

TV Series

Kim

1983–1990

7 episodes

 

Tim Robbins and Robin Williams in Cadillac Man (1990)

Cadillac Man

5.8

Asian Wife

1990

 

Soundtrack

Flight of the Conchords (2007)

Flight of the Conchords

8.5

TV Series

performer: "Stay Cool"

2009

1 episode

 

Self

The Wives of Henry Yuk (2011)

The Wives of Henry Yuk

Video

Self

2011

Lindsey Graham obit

Longtime GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham dies at 71 after 'brief and sudden illness'

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, the longtime South Carolina politician and influential voice on national security and the judiciary, has died at 71.

 He was not on the list.

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., has died at the age of 71 following what his office described as a "brief and sudden" illness.

In a statement released early Sunday morning, Graham's office confirmed his passing and said his family is requesting privacy as they mourn. The longtime South Carolina Republican had served in the U.S. Senate since 2003 after first being elected in 2002 and was seeking a fifth Senate term after winning the Republican primary last month.

President Donald Trump paid tribute to Graham on Truth Social, calling him "a true American Patriot" and saying he would be "greatly missed." South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster also honored Graham, describing him as an "irreplaceable" leader and a loyal friend.

During his more than three decades in elected office, Graham served on several influential Senate committees, including Appropriations, Judiciary, and Environment and Public Works.

Before joining the Senate, he represented South Carolina's 3rd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.Graham remained active in foreign policy until his death. He met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Friday and was scheduled to appear on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday.

A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, Air National Guard, and Air Force Reserve, Graham retired as a colonel in 2015 after 33 years of military service, including deployments during the Gulf War, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

Funeral arrangements have not yet been announced.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., as a steadfast defender of the U.S.-Israel alliance, saying his support reflected the broader stakes of American leadership as the Iran war tests the region.

“It takes people like Lindsey Graham to keep that alliance going,” Netanyahu told Sunday's "Fox & Friends," calling Graham “clear,” “candid” and “encouraging.”

Netanyahu said Graham understood that America’s role in the world remains essential, arguing that without U.S. leadership, “there would be no liberty in the world.”

"Lindsey Graham had it right: He knew that, in fact, if the Middle East were to collapse, to fall into the hands of Iran, which is now trying, has tried to do that, or the fall of American enemies, your, energy costs would skyrocket and would never come down. You'd be under perpetual blackmail of these tyrannical terrorist regimes.

"They would develop nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them to every American city. He saw that as something that is not only economically strangling. It could actually it could actually extinguish your lives. So he was he talked about that with me many times. It wasn't something that he put out as a as a spin. He believed it. And you know what? He was absolutely right."

The Israeli leader cast the U.S.-Israel partnership as rooted in shared democratic values, individual rights and a commitment to human life.

He contrasted that alliance with Iran’s regime, saying Israel and the U.S. “stand for something else.”

“We’re the only democracy in the Middle East,” Netanyahu said. “We represent individual rights. We value every human life.”

Netanyahu said Graham’s backing was not just political but personal, adding that his encouragement “went right to my heart.”

Chief congressional correspondent Chad Pergram joined "Fox & Friends Weekend" on Sunday to discuss the sudden passing of Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.

Pergram noted that Graham's death comes as Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., remains hospitalized and his health situation is unknown.

"The Senate is supposed to come back, obviously, in the coming days here so they have to figure out, you know, what his status is," Pergram said. "But now the Senate is, on the Republican side of the aisle, down to 51 votes."

"They have trouble moving things through the Senate right now, so what will they do to replace him?" he continued, adding that South Carolina law indicates someone will be appointed to fill Graham's seat.

Fox News' Sean Hannity paid his respects to Sen. Lindsey Graham in a statement on X early Sunday morning, calling the deceased senator a "dear friend."

"Most people do not know his life’s story. He grew up living over a bar run by his family. After the early death of his parents he personally stepped up to provide for, and raise, his younger sister. He then became a Congressman and later a Senator," Hannity wrote.

"Contrary to a public narrative that he was a war hawk, it was the opposite that is true. He wanted an end to the war with Russia and Ukraine and end all conflicts in the Middle East. There is no elected official that traveled to these regions more than Senator Graham. His dream for the Middle East was that of a lasting peace in the region between every nation and his hope was this could all be accomplished by the early fall. This is something he loved to discuss with President Trump and others day and night," he continued.

"I pray his dream of a lasting peace is realized sooner than later. There was simply nobody in elected office that loved his job and worked harder," he added.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune honored Sen. Lindsey Graham early Sunday morning, praising his deceased colleague as a "trusted adviser."

"My heart is heavy this morning to learn of the passing of my friend and colleague, Senator Lindsey Graham," Thune wrote on X.

"Lindsey’s long and dedicated service in the Air Force and in Congress carried him to far-flung regions of the world. He was a strong advocate for the United States and a strong ally to freedom-loving countries across the globe. He believed in the might of America to achieve good in the world and dedicated his life to advancing that cause," he continued.

"As South Carolina’s senior senator, Lindsey fought passionately for the Palmetto State. He was a trusted adviser and colleague to me and many others, and numerous presidents and heads of state have relied on his counsel. His influence on the federal judiciary, our national defense, and his beloved South Carolina will be felt for generations," he wrote.

"Kimberley and I pray for Lindsey’s friends and family, and we send our heartfelt condolences during this most difficult time," he added.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster released a statement early Sunday morning saying he is "devastated" by the news of Sen. Lindsey Graham's passing.

"Peggy and I – and our children – are devastated," he said in a statement. "Lindsey Graham is irreplaceable. The fiercest of fighters for South Carolina and America – and a loyal and steadfast friend. We grieve with Darline, his family and his developed staff. May God hold him gently in the palm of his hand. We shall not see his likes again."

Graham was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2002 and won reelection three times. He was seeking a fifth Senate term after winning the Republican primary last month.

Graham served as chairman of the Senate Budget Committee and sat on the Appropriations, Judiciary, and Environment and Public Works committees.

Before joining the Senate, Graham was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994, becoming the first Republican to represent South Carolina's 3rd Congressional District since 1877.

U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., is mourning the death of his longtime friend and colleague, Sen. Lindsey Graham, calling him a statesman who dedicated his life to serving South Carolina.

In a statement released Sunday, Scott said Graham led with "faith, family, and South Carolina first" throughout his decades in public office."South Carolina lost a statesman and I've lost a friend," Scott said. "My prayers are with his sister and the rest of his family."

Scott praised Graham's commitment to public service, saying he remained devoted to his work until the end and brought humor and perspective even during difficult moments.

"Lindsey remained committed to public service and doing what he loved," Scott said. "He always introduced levity and brought wit to the most challenging moments."

Scott concluded his tribute by saying simply, "Lindsey will be missed."Graham died Sunday at the age of 71 following what his office described as a "brief and sudden" illness.

The South Carolina Republican had served in the U.S. Senate since 2003 and was one of the state's longest-serving elected officials.

Randolph Mantooth obit

Randolph Mantooth Dies: ‘Emergency!’ Star Who Appeared On Soap Operas & Other Series Was 80

 

He was not on the list.

Randolph Mantooth, who starred as a Los Angeles paramedic on the NBC series Emergency! along with turns on soap operas including As the World Turns, One Life to Live and The City, has died. He was 80.

His family told our sister site The Hollywood Reporter that Mantooth died July 9 in hospice in Ventura, CA, after a long illness.

Born on September 19, 1945, in Sacramento, Mantooth began his screen career in the early 1970s, guesting on episodes of such popular series as The Virginian, McCloud, Adam-12, Marcus Welby, M.D. and Rod Serling’s Night Gallery. His big break came when he was cast as LAFD paramedic John Gage in Emergency, which was executive produced by Jack Webb and played like a fire department take on Dragnet.

Debuting as a midseason replacement show in January 1972, Emergency! was shot in a near-documentary style and followed the adventures — and mundane downtime firehouse banter — of Squad 51. Each week, Mantooth’s Gage, partner Roy De Soto (Kevin Tighe) and their firefighter colleagues would answer calls both routine and calamitous. Viewers knew it was one of the latter when an extended alarm would sound at the station. The cast also featured Robert Fuller, Julie London and Bobby Troup.

Running for five seasons into September 1977, the hourlong drama with comic elements never was a ratings hit, only denting the year-end primetime Top 30 once in the three-network universe. But it was solid counterprogramming against its 8 p.m. Saturday competition of CBS’ All in the Family and in its final two seasons, Norman Lear classic spinoff The Jeffersons.

During its run, rock band The Tubes named-checked Mantooth in the song “What Do You Want From Life?” from its 1975 debut LP. In it, singer Fee Waybill was rattling off a list of things the listening is “entitled to” as an American citizen. Among them was “a personally autographed picture of

Randy Mantooth.”

He also voiced the Gage character in Emergency+4, a Saturday morning cartoon series that aired for two seasons on NBC in 1973-74.

After his run in Emergency!, Mantooth went on to guest star in numerous series including Charlie’s Angels, Dallas, Murder She Wrote, The Fall Guy, L.A. Law, MacGyver, Walker, Texas Ranger and Criminal Minds, among many others. His last television credit was a two-episode guest spot as Wahewa chief Charlie Horse in Sons of Anarchy in 2011. His character presided over the wedding of Opie (Ryan Hurst) and Lyla (Winter Ave Zoli).

Mantooth also appeared in more than 380 episodes of the ABC daytime soap Loving from 1987-95 and nearly 200 episodes of the network’s daytime drama The City from 1995-97. His other work in the genre included about three dozen episodes of CBS’ As the World Turns in the mid-2000s and a dozen of ABC’s One Life to Live.

 

Actor

Killer Holiday (2013)

Killer Holiday

3.1

Detective Bodrogi

2013

 

Ron Perlman, Jimmy Smits, Katey Sagal, Drea de Matteo, Mark Boone Junior, Dayton Callie, Kim Coates, Rockmond Dunbar, Tommy Flanagan, Charlie Hunnam, Ryan Hurst, William Lucking, Michael Ornstein, Emilio Rivera, Theo Rossi, McNally Sagal, Winter Ave Zoli, Niko Nicotera, Maggie Siff, David Labrava, Chris Reed, Ryder Londo, and Rusty Coones in Sons of Anarchy (2008)

Sons of Anarchy

8.5

TV Series

Charlie Horse

2011

2 episodes

 

Bold Native (2010)

Bold Native

7.1

Richard Cranehill

2010

 

Truth... and everything else

Short

Travis

2010

 

Ghost Whisperer (2005)

Ghost Whisperer

6.5

TV Series

Allen Farber

2010

1 episode

 

Scream of the Bikini (2009)

Scream of the Bikini

6.0

Ambasador Cartwright

2009

 

Joe Mantegna, Paget Brewster, A.J. Cook, Adam Rodriguez, Aisha Tyler, Zach Gilford, Kirsten Vangsness, and RJ Hatanaka in Criminal Minds (2005)

Criminal Minds

8.1

TV Series

Mr. Patrick Gless

2009

1 episode

 

Flowers and Weeds (2008)

Flowers and Weeds

8.5

Short

Roger Lonergan

2008

 

On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres (2007)

On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres

8.6

Short

Arthur Mayler

2007

 

One Life to Live (1968)

One Life to Live

6.9

TV Series

Kirk Harmon

2007

11 episodes

 

Christian Slater, William H. Macy, and Elisha Cuthbert in He Was a Quiet Man (2007)

He Was a Quiet Man

6.7

Dr. Willis

2007

 

Fire Serpent (2007)

Fire Serpent

3.4

TV Movie

Dutch Fallon

2007

 

Price to Pay

2.4

Bert

2006

 

As the World Turns (1956)

As the World Turns

6.3

TV Series

Hal Munson

2003–2005

35 episodes

 

Dolph Lundgren in Agent Red (2000)

Agent Red

3.4

Admiral Edwards

2000

 

Time Share (2000)

Time Share

5.7

Ken Crandall

2000

 

Anthony Edwards, Julianna Margulies, Ming-Na Wen, Noah Wyle, Laura Innes, Alex Kingston, Eriq La Salle, Kellie Martin, Paul McCrane, Michael Michele, Erik Palladino, Maura Tierney, and Goran Visnjic in ER (1994)

ER

7.9

TV Series

Policeman (uncredited)

2000

1 episode

 

C. Thomas Howell, Beata Pozniak, and Lisa Thornhill in Enemy Action (1999)

Enemy Action

3.9

Solonsky

1999

 

Dick Van Dyke and Barry Van Dyke in Diagnosis Murder (1993)

Diagnosis Murder

6.9

TV Series

Mayor Bill TremontRandolph Mantooth

1997–1999

2 episodes

 

Gerald McRaney in Promised Land (1996)

Promised Land

7.1

TV Series

Ben Camden

1998

1 episode

 

Chuck Norris in Walker, Texas Ranger (1993)

Walker, Texas Ranger

5.7

TV Series

James Lee Crown

1997

1 episode

 

Catherine Bell, David James Elliott, and Tracey Needham in JAG (1995)

JAG

6.7

TV Series

Colonel Ron Barret

1997

1 episode

 

Morgan Fairchild in The City (1995)

The City

7.9

TV Series

Alex Masters

1995–1997

192 episodes

 

Loving (1983)

Loving

7.0

TV Series

Alex Masters #1

1987–1995

382 episodes

 

Finola Hughes, Maurice Benard, Steve Burton, Genie Francis, Kelly Monaco, Laura Wright, Donnell Turner, Tanisha Harper, Josh Kelly, Eden McCoy, Josh Swickard, and Tabyana Ali in General Hospital (1963)

General Hospital

6.7

TV Series

Richard Halifax

1993

1 episode

 

Pamela Anderson, Yasmine Bleeth, Alexandra Paul, David Hasselhoff, David Chokachi, Gena Lee Nolin, and Jaason Simmons in Baywatch (1989)

Baywatch

5.5

TV Series

Sam Dietz

1992

1 episode

 

CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984)

CBS Schoolbreak Special

6.9

TV Series

Mr. Leland

1992

1 episode

 

Before the Storm (1991)

Before the Storm

6.6

TV Movie

Bing Tupper

1991

 

Richard Dean Anderson in MacGyver (1985)

MacGyver

7.6

TV Series

Earl Stringer

1991

1 episode

 

China Beach (1988)

China Beach

8.2

TV Series

Joaquin

1991

1 episode

 

Tony Denison and Linda Purl in Under Cover (1991)

Under Cover

7.6

TV Series

Bing Tupper

1991

1 episode

 

L.A. Law (1986)

L.A. Law

7.1

TV Series

Gil Tecowsky

1988

1 episode

 

Lee Majors and Heather Thomas in The Fall Guy (1981)

The Fall Guy

7.1

TV Series

Jerry AndrewsVecklerLarry

1983–1986

3 episodes

 

Angela Lansbury in Murder, She Wrote (1984)

Murder, She Wrote

7.3

TV Series

Raymond Two Crows

1985

1 episode

 

Adrienne Barbeau in Terror at London Bridge (1985)

Terror at London Bridge

4.9

TV Movie

Joe Nez

1985

 

Orson Welles in Scene of the Crime (1984)

Scene of the Crime

7.0

TV Series

1985

1 episode

 

Victoria Principal, Barbara Bel Geddes, Patrick Duffy, Larry Hagman, Charlene Tilton, Jim Davis, Linda Gray, and Steve Kanaly in Dallas (1978)

Dallas

7.1

TV Series

Joe Don Ford

1984

1 episode

 

Insight (1960)

Insight

7.4

TV Series

Adam

1981

1 episode

 

Tony Curtis, Robert Urich, Phyllis Davis, and Judy Landers in Vega$ (1978)

Vega$

6.9

TV Series

Todd PetersonBobby Howard

1978–1981

2 episodes

 

Ricardo Montalban and Hervé Villechaize in Fantasy Island (1977)

Fantasy Island

6.6

TV Series

Dr. Paul Todd

1981

1 episode

 

Aloha Paradise (1981)

Aloha Paradise

6.9

TV Series

1981

1 episode

 

Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson, and Jaclyn Smith in Charlie's Angels (1976)

Charlie's Angels

6.6

TV Series

Mark Williams

1980

1 episode

 

Detective School (1979)

Detective School

6.8

TV Series

Eddie Dawkins

1979

13 episodes

 

The Seekers (1979)

The Seekers

6.5

TV Mini Series

Abraham Kent

1979

2 episodes

 

Jamie Lee Curtis, John Astin, Bond Gideon, Richard Gilliland, Melinda Naud, and Dorrie Thomson in Operation Petticoat (1977)

Operation Petticoat

6.5

TV Series

Lt. Mike Bender

1978–1979

10 episodes

 

Emergency! (1972)

Emergency!

7.9

TV Series

Paramedic John Gage

1972–1979

130 episodes

 

Noah Hathaway, Lorne Greene, Dirk Benedict, Richard Hatch, Maren Jensen, and Laurette Spang in Battlestar Galactica (1978)

Battlestar Galactica

7.2

TV Series

Michael

1979

1 episode

 

Fred Grandy, Bernie Kopell, Ted Lange, Gavin MacLeod, and Lauren Tewes in The Love Boat (1977)

The Love Boat

6.3

TV Series

Alan Billingsley

1979

1 episode

 

Project U.F.O. (1978)

Project U.F.O.

7.1

TV Series

Tim Jenkins

1978

1 episode

 

Testimony of Two Men (1977)

Testimony of Two Men

8.1

TV Mini Series

Father Frank McNulty

1977

3 episodes

 

Cos (1976)

Cos

3.2

TV Series

Mailman

1976

1 episode

 

Emergency +4 (1973)

Emergency +4

7.1

TV Series

Paramedic John Gage (voice)

1973–1974

23 episodes

 

Ernest Thompson in Sierra (1974)

Sierra

6.8

TV Series

Paramedic John Gage

1974

1 episode

 

Arthur Hill in Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1971)

Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law

6.9

TV Series

Keith RyderLonnie Roth

1971–1974

2 episodes

 

Kent McCord and Martin Milner in Adam-12 (1968)

Adam-12

7.7

TV Series

John GageNeil Williams

1971–1972

2 episodes

 

Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)

Marcus Welby, M.D.

7.0

TV Series

InternAlan Robb

1971–1972

2 episodes

 

George Peppard and Pernell Roberts in The Bravos (1972)

The Bravos

6.0

TV Movie

2nd Lt. Lewis

1972

 

Dennis Weaver in McCloud (1970)

McCloud

7.0

TV Series

Phillip YerbyIntern

1970–1971

2 episodes

 

George Kennedy in Sarge (1971)

Sarge

7.1

TV Series

Sarge's RoommateCorporal Finch

1971

2 episodes

 

The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1969)

The Bold Ones: The Lawyers

7.1

TV Series

Terry Kimble

1971

1 episode

 

Sally Field in Marriage: Year One (1971)

Marriage: Year One

6.2

TV Movie

Dan

1971

 

Rod Serling in Night Gallery (1969)

Night Gallery

7.9

TV Series

Elkins (segment "Class of '99")

1971

1 episode

 

Pete Duel and Ben Murphy in Alias Smith and Jones (1971)

Alias Smith and Jones

7.6

TV Series

Dan Loomis

1971

1 episode

 

Vanished (1971)

Vanished

6.8

TV Mini Series

Ensign

1971

 

James Drury, Doug McClure, and John McIntire in The Virginian (1962)

The Virginian

7.6

TV Series

Lt. Dorn

1971

1 episode

 

The Bold Ones: The Senator (1970)

The Bold Ones: The Senator

7.8

TV Series

Lt. Tony Caffey

1970

2 episodes

 

Vince Edwards in Matt Lincoln (1970)

Matt Lincoln

6.3

TV Series

Paul

1970

1 episode

 

Stunts

Emergency! (1972)

Emergency!

7.9

TV Series

stunts

1973–1976

4 episodes

 

Director

Emergency! (1972)

Emergency!

7.9

TV Series

segment directorDirector

1976–1978

3 episodes

 

Producer

Into the Unknown

executive producer

2024

 

Additional Crew

Emergency! (1972)

Emergency!

7.9

TV Series

segment director

1978

1 episode

 

Soundtrack

Emergency! (1972)

Emergency!

7.9

TV Series

performer: "Goodbye, My Coney Island Baby"

1974

1 episode

 

Thanks

Goodbye World (2013)

Goodbye World

5.4

special thanks

2013

 

Hometown Glory (2010)

Hometown Glory

7.1

special thanks

2010

 

Self

Actor? A Documentary (2014)

Actor? A Documentary

8.7

Self

2014

 

Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner in Entertainment Tonight (1981)

Entertainment Tonight

3.6

TV Series

Self

2009

1 episode

 

Hollywood Squares (1998)

Hollywood Squares

5.6

TV Series

Self - Panelist

2004

5 episodes

 

The Test (2001)

The Test

4.5

TV Series

Self - Panelist

2001

1 episode

 

The Waitresses in VH-1 Where Are They Now? (1999)

VH-1 Where Are They Now?

7.5

TV Series

Self

2000

1 episode

 

Television: The First Fifty Years (1999)

Television: The First Fifty Years

7.5

Video

Self - IntervieweeSelf - Paramedic John Gage

1999

 

The West (1996)

The West

8.4

TV Mini Series

Self (voice)

1996

1 episode

 

The 11th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards

TV Special

Self - Presenter

1995

 

Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos, and Michael Strahan in Good Morning America (1975)

Good Morning America

4.4

TV Series

Self

1986

1 episode

 

The Star Games (1985)

The Star Games

2.3

TV Series

Self (as Randy Mantooth)

1985

1 episode

 

Jeff Lowe in The American Sportsman (1965)

The American Sportsman

8.1

TV Series

Self (as Randy Mantooth)

1982

1 episode

 

Dinah Shore in Dinah! (1974)

Dinah!

7.0

TV Series

Self

1975–1976

2 episodes

 

Rich Little in The Rich Little Show (1975)

The Rich Little Show

6.8

TV Series

Self

1976

1 episode

 

Go (1973)

Go

TV Series

Self - Host

1974

1 episode

 

Archive Footage

Fan des années 80 (2009)

Fan des années 80

2.8

TV Series

Alan Billingsley (archive footage)

2010

1 episode

 

Remembering 'Battlestar Galactica'

9.0

Video

Self - Michael (archive footage, uncredited)

2004

 

Jack Klugman in Quincy, M.E. (1976)

Quincy, M.E.

7.3

TV Series

Firefighter on Engine No. 6 (archive footage, uncredited)

1982

1 episode

Peter Van Norden obit

Peter Van Norden Dies: ‘Police Academy 2’ & ‘The Naked Gun 2½’ Actor Was 75

 He was not on the list.

Peter Van Norden, the actor who appeared in Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment and The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear, has died. He was 75.

The actor’s wife Wendy was by his side as he died peacefully Thursday morning in a Southern California hospice facility, where he was struggling with multiple health conditions, according to TMZ.

Born December 16, 1950 in New York City, Van Norden graduated magna cum laude from Colgate University in Upstate NY before moving to Los Angeles in the 1970s, making his onscreen debut in the Lloyd Kaufman-helmed ’79 comedy Squeeze Play!.

Van Norden later appeared in the Troma Entertainment founder’s 1981 comedy Waitress!, also starring in films like Headin’ for Broadway! (1980), Hard to Hold (1984), Roadhouse 66 (1984), The Accused (1988) and Gigli (2003).

In 1985, he joined the Police Academy franchise with the second installment, playing Officer Vinnie Schtulman. Van Norden later played George H.W. Bush’s chief of staff John H. Sununu in The Naked Gun 2½ (1991).

On TV, Van Norden appeared in shows like Cheers, TJ Hooker, St. Elsewhere, Family Ties, Hill Street Blues, Newhart, Matlock, LA Law, The Stand, Tales from the Crypt, Murder She Wrote, Nash Bridges, Family Matters, ER, Days of Our Lives and 9-1-1.

Van Norden is survived by wife Wendy and son Robert.

 

Filmography

           

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (July 2026)

Film

Year     Title     Role     Notes

1979    Squeeze Play!  Beauty Parlor Manager          

1980    Headin' for Broadway Auditioner      

1981    Waitress!          Policeman       

1984    Hard to Hold   Casserole        

Roadhouse 66 Moss   

1985    Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment    Officer Vinnie Schtulman      

1988    The Accused   Paulsen           

1991    The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear          John Sununu  

2003    Gigli    Morgue Attendant      

Television

Year     Title     Role     Notes

1982    Cheers Cymbals Player           Episode: "Friends, Romans, and Accountants"

1982–1983      St. Elsewhere  Patient / Bill Fulkerson           2 episodes

1982    T. J. Hooker    Lenny  Episode: "Thieves' Highway"

1983    Malibu Bumbo TV movie

Blood Feud     Pierre Salinger

1985    Three's a Crowd          Herbert Potts   Episode: "A Friend in Deed"

Silver Spoons  Larry   Episode: "All the Principal's Men"

Family Ties     Janitor  Episode: "The Real Thing: Part 2"

1989–1996      Murder, She Wrote      Henryk Stuyvesant / Dr. Sid Lantz / CIA Agt. Dennis Quinlan         3 episodes

1990    In the Heat of the Night          Sgt. D'Agostino           2 episodes

1991    Matlock           Nick Saddler   Episode: "The Suspect"

1994    The Stand        Ralph Brentner            Miniseries; 4 episodes

Barbara Ling obit

Barbara Ling, Oscar-Winning Production Designer on ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,’ Dies at 73

Her credits also included ‘The Pee-Wee Herman Show,’ ‘Falling Down, ‘The Doors,’ ‘Fried Green Tomatoes’ and ‘Michael.’ 

She was not on the list.

Barbara Ling, the production designer who turned back time and won an Oscar for re-creating 1969 Los Angeles for Quentin Tarantino’s acclaimed Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, has died. She was 73.

Ling died Thursday in Santa Barbara after a battle with cancer, a spokesperson for WME announced.

A Los Angeles native, Ling also tooled around her hometown for the present-day, Michael Douglas-starring Falling Down (1993), then reteamed with director Joel Schumacher to set up the fictional Gotham City for Batman Forever (1995) and Batman & Robin (1997).

In a career that spanned more than four decades, Ling served as the production designer on two 1991 classics, Oliver Stone’s The Doors and Jon Avnet’s Fried Green Tomatoes, on which she also was an associate producer.

She also teamed with director Scott Hicks on Hearts in Atlantis (2001), No Reservations (2007), The Lucky One (2012) and Fallen (2016).

Most recently, she worked on Marc Forster’s A Man Called Otto (2022), starring Tom Hanks, and on the blockbuster biopic Michael (2026), directed by Antoine Fuqua.

On Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), Ling shared the Oscar for best production design with set decorator Nancy Haigh; the two had worked together once before, on the 1988 film Checking Out.

Tarantino’s “main thing from the moment we sat down was, ‘I want this to be real. I want to see. I want to smell and I feel that Hollywood. I don’t want to do green screen over here or have the digital interpretation. Let’s really change the billboards, and let’s put the real facades back on,’” Ling said in a 2019 interview.

“That is, to me, very exciting. It’s something we don’t do much of anymore. I knew that what he wanted was to encompass himself and the actors into an environment that you could feel is real. You’re not just staring at something that’s a piece of green screen where we piece together later. That was the starting ground of this.

“I had to go out and figure out where I could attach real things to. It was quite an engineering feat to do, particularly on Hollywood Boulevard, to say, ‘I want the Pussycat Theater back.’ To build those marquees, it’s added weight. These are old and fragile buildings that we were working with. We had to also work with engineers to make sure we weren’t going to pull the facade off once we rebuilt the old signs. It was laborious but well worth it.

“The night of the first shoot when all the neon lit up and the period cars came out and [Arianne Phillips’] costumes were out there, you absolutely believed you were in 1969 because everything was real. It was a movie filming a real street. We pretty much carried that theme through Westwood [to re-create the Bruin Theater] and everywhere we shot.”

After winning her Oscar, Ling lamented to reporters backstage that “L.A. is not a preservation city, never has been. Now there’s been a nonstop movement of apartment building and glass towers. … What we did will be impossible to do next year. It’s unfortunate. We hope this will bring some nostalgia back and stop things from being torn down.”

Born in August 1952, Barbara Claire Ling began her career designing sets and lighting for more than 200 theater, opera and musical productions. Among her early efforts was the 1981 HBO special The Pee-Wee Herman Show, taped at the Roxy in West Hollywood.

She made the leap to filmmaking when David Byrne enlisted her to design his directorial debut, True Stories (1986).

Her credits also included Heaven (1987), Less Than Zero (1987), V.I. Warshawski (1991), With Honors (1994) and Sydney Pollack’s Random Hearts (1999), among the films that demonstrated she was equally comfortable with period authenticity, contemporary realism and stylized fantasy.

Survivors include her wife, Lindsay, and their sons, Clay and Will.

 

Filmography

Year     Film     Director           Notes

1986    True Stories     David Byrne   

1987    Making Mr. Right       Susan Seidelman        

Heaven            Diane Keaton  Documentary

Less than Zero Marek Kanievska       

1989    Checking Out  David Leland 

1990    Men Don't Leave        Paul Brickman

1991    The Doors       Oliver Stone   

V.I. Warshawski          Jeff Kanew     

Fried Green Tomatoes Jon Avnet        

1993    Falling Down  Joel Schumacher        

1994    With Honors    Alek Keshishian         

1995    Batman Forever          Joel Schumacher        

1997    Batman & Robin        

2001    Hearts in Atlantis         Scott Hicks     

2007    No Reservations         

2012    The Lucky One          

2016    Fallen 

2019    Once Upon a Time in Hollywood       Quentin Tarantino       Academy Award for Best Production Design

Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film

Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Production Design

Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Production Design

Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Art Direction and Production Design

2022    A Man Called Otto      Marc Forster   

2026    Michael           Antoine Fuqua