Richard Folmer obit

Shreveport theater icon, actor and teacher Richard Folmer dead at age 79

 

He was not on the list.

Richard Sloan Folmer, a beloved staple in the Shreveport arts community, died on Tuesday, Jan. 11 according to the Shreveport Little Theatre's Facebook page.

Folmer co-founded The Company Repertory Theatre and served as its artistic director. He also served as the drama teacher at Caddo Magnet High School, the theatre director at Emmett Hook Center Theatre and was the artistic director at the East Bank Theatre for the Bossier Arts Council.

He was a well-known actor, appearing in a variety of notable stage plays, television shows and films, including "Walker, Texas Ranger," "Murder in the Heartland," and "Straw Dogs."

His cause of death has not been released.

Folmer is preceded in death by his son Sloan Folmer and survived by his wife, Ginger Folmer.

Filmography

 

    JFK (1991)

    Doublecrossed (1991, TV)

    Fatal Justice (1993)

    Murder in the Heartland'" (1993, TV)

    Dangerous Curves (1993, TV Series)

    Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald (1993, TV)

    The St. Tammany Miracle (1994)

    Walker, Texas Ranger (1995–1997, TV Series)

    Heaven & Hell: North & South, Book III (1994, TV Miniseries)

    Occhio Pinnochio (1994)

    Last Fair Deal (1995)

    The Stars Fell on Henrietta (1995)

    Kingfish (1995, TV)

    The Man Next Door (1997)

    Just Sue Me (2000)

    Seventy-8 (2004)

    Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know (2005)

    Factory Girl (2006)

    Mad Money (2008)

    Straw Dogs (2011)

 

Theatre

 

    Death of a Salesman

    Shadowlands

    My Fair Lady

    Sunshine Boys

    Gene

    Harvey

    Zorba

    Inherit the Wind

    Fiddler on the Roof

    Broadway Bound

    The Nerd

    Brighton Beach Memoirs