Harvey Atkin, 'Cagney & Lacey' and 'Meatballs' Actor, Dies at 74
He was not on the list.
The Canadian actor's breakout role was Morty in Ivan
Reitman's 1979 comedy, opposite Bill Murray.
Harvey Atkin, best known for playing staff sergeant captain
Ronald Coleman on Cagney and Lacey and Judge Ridenour on the NBC crime drama
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, has died. He was 74.
His longtime agent Larry Goldhar on Tuesday announced that
Atkin died Monday night in Toronto after a long illness. "It is with great
sadness that we can confirm our beloved friend, husband, father and
grandfather, Harvey, passed away peacefully last night following his battle
with cancer," Goldhar said in a statement.
Born in Toronto on Dec. 18, 1942, Atkin turned in his
breakout role as camp director Morty Melnick in Ivan Reitman's 1979 comedy
Meatballs, in which he starred opposite Bill Murray, Kate Lynch and Chris
Makepeace. From 1981-88, Atkin also appeared regularly on TV's Cagney &
Lacey opposite Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless.
The CBS drama also starred Al Waxman, with whom Atkin
appeared back in Canada on the long-running CBC comedy King of Kensington.
Famous for his glasses, nose and mustache combination, Atkin also had film and
TV credits that included Ticket to Heaven, Beetlejuice, Silver Streak and
Atlantic City.
His voice acting included work on a slew of TV commercials,
including a long-running gig as the voice of Leon's Furniture.
Atkin is survived by his wife, Celia; daughter, Lisa; son,
Danny; three sisters; and five grandchildren.
Filmography
Film performances Year Title
Role Notes
1976 Silver Streak
Conventioneer
1978 High-Ballin' Buzz
1978 Power Play Anwar
1979 Meatballs Morty Melnick
1980 Atlantic City
Bus Driver
1980 Funeral Home Harry Browning
1981 The Incubus Joe Prescott
1981 Improper
Channels Sergeant
1981 The Last Chase
1981 Heavy Metal Alien / Henchman Voice
1981 Ticket to
Heaven Mr. Stone
1982 If You Could
See What I Hear Bert
1982 Rubberface
1982 Visiting
Hours Vinnie Bradshaw
1983 All in Good
Taste
1984 Finders
Keepers
1985 Carried Away Voice
1985 Joshua Then
and Now Dr. Jonathan Cole
1986 Separate
Vacations
1987 Mr. Nice Guy Jerry Reeman
1989 Speed Zone Gus Gold
1989 Mindfield
1989 Eddie and the
Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! Lew Eisen
1991 Snake Eater
II: The Drug Buster
1991 The Lump Voice
1991 Every Dog's
Guide to the Playground Voice
1991 The
Apprentice Voice
1993 Guilty as Sin
Judge Steinberg
1996 The Stupids Deli Guy
1997 Love and
Death on Long Island Lou
1997 Critical Care
Judge Fatale
1998 One Tough Cop
Rudy
1998 Jo's Wedding
2010 Barney's
Version
Television film performances Year Title Role Notes
1977 The War
Between the Tates
1992 Terror on
Track 9
1994 Seasons of
the Heart
1994 Janek: The
Silent Betrayal;
1995 Between Love
and Honor
1995 Family of
Cops
1996 Radiant City
1996 Rebound: The
Legend of Earl "The Goat" Manigault
2000 Out of Sync
2001 Club Land
2006 Why I Wore
Lipstick to My Mastectomy
Television series performances Year Title Role Notes
1975 Down Home
Country Chuck Wagon
1977–1980 King
of Kensington various 4 episodes
1982–1988 Cagney
& Lacey Sergeant
Ronald Coleman 95 episodes
1982 Claim to Fame
1986–1993 Under
The Umbrella Tree The Great
Goldberg
1987–1989 ALF:
The Animated Series Additional
Voices Voice
1988–1989 AlfTales
Additional Voices Voice
1989 The Super
Mario Bros. Super Show! King Koopa
Voice
1989–1991 Beetlejuice
Lipscum Voice
1990 Piggsburg
Pigs! Additional Voices Voice
1990 The
Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 King
Koopa Voice
1991 Super Mario
World King Koopa Voice
1992 Stunt Dawgs Badyear Voice
1996 Goosebumps Mr. Malik Episode:
"Bad Hare Day"
1997 The
Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police Sam
Voice
1998 Bad Dog Mr. Potanski Voice
1998–2001 Bob
and Margaret Additional Voices Voice
2000–2009 Law
& Order: Special Victims Unit Judge
Alan Ridenour 18 episodes
2001-2002 The
Ripping Friends Crag, The
Indigestible Wad and Pungent Puss Voice
2003 Jacob Two-Two
Morty Voice
2006–2008 6teen
George Bickerson 3 episodes
2010–2013 Scaredy
Squirrel 7
episodes
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