Tyler Christopher obit

General Hospital Actor Tyler Christopher Dead at 50: 'A Sweet Soul and Wonderful Friend'

Christopher was known for his roles on 'General Hospital' and 'Days of Our Lives', which earned him multiple Daytime Emmy nominations over the course of his career

 He was not on the list.

Tyler Christopher, best known for his Emmy-winning role General Hospital, has died. He was 50.

Christopher's former GH costar Maurice Benard confirmed the actor's death on Instagram.

"It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of Tyler Christopher," he wrote. "Tyler passed away this morning following a cardiac event in his San Diego apartment."

Benard continued, "Tyler was a truly talented individual that lit up the screen in every scene he performed and relished bringing joy to his loyal fans through his acting. Tyler was a sweet soul and wonderful friend to all of those who knew him."

Benard also noted that "Tyler was an advocate for better mental health and substance use treatment who openly spoke about his struggles with bipolar depression and alcohol. We are beyond devastated by the loss of our dear friend and pray for his children and his father."

General Hospital Executive Producer Frank Valentini told PEOPLE in a statement: “I am heartbroken over the news of Tyler Christopher’s passing. He was kind, an incredible actor, and dear friend, who was beloved by our GH family and fans of Nikolas Cassadine."

Valentini added, "On behalf of everyone at General Hospital, our heartfelt sympathies go out to his loved ones during this difficult time.”

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Christopher portrayed Nikolas Cassadine on the legendary medical soap opera from 1996 to 2016. He also had an Emmy-nominated turn as Stefan DiMera on Days of Our Lives from 2018 to 2019.

In 2008, Christopher married former ESPN reporter Brienne Pedigo and reportedly divorced in 2021. The former couple share two children: Greysun James Christopher and Boheme Christopher. He was also previously married to Desperate Housewives alum Eva Longoria from 2002 to 2004.

Back in July, the actor, who was placed under the guardianship of his sister Susan Asmo Baker since 2019, spoke out about regaining control of his life in an interview with Bloomberg.

“I never thought in a million years that I would be taken advantage of by a family member,” he said.

Shortly after the article was published, Christopher captioned photo of himself on Instagram, writing, “Sharing is part of the healing process.”

Christopher was first placed under his sister's guardianship during a bout of alcohol withdrawal. He fell, hit his head and underwent life-saving surgery after internal bleeding. While Christopher was hospitalized, his sister filed for guardianship.

In a previous court filing, Christopher alleged that Asmo Baker used up to $40,000 of finances that should have been for his guardianship to pay off her own credit cards and buy her son a laptop, among other things. Asmo Baker denied the allegations.

Back in May, Christopher was arrested at the Hollywood Burbank Airport for public intoxication. He was released on $250 bail. It wasn’t his first public intoxication arrest, as Christopher was first arrested for a similar incident in 2019 when he fell asleep in the back of an Uber. He pled guilty, and a judge denied a request by law enforcement that Christopher be sentenced to an alcohol treatment program.

Filmography

 

 

Year     Film            Role            Notes

1996–2016            General Hospital            Nikolas Cassadine

Connor Bishop

July 15, 1996 – 1999, April 21, 2003 – July 30, 2011, March 22, 2013 to June 16, 2016

October 26, 2004–January 25, 2005

1999    Catfish in Black Bean Sauce   Michael           

2000    Face the Music            Dan     

The Pretender            Ethan            2 episodes: "The Inner Sense" (part 1 & 2)

Charmed            Anton            1 episode

Angel   Bret Folger  1 episode

Family Law            Neil Lumston            1 episode

2001    The Pretender 2001            Ethan   

Days of Our Lives    Signore Christofero            1 episode

Felicity            Clubgoer         1 episode

Out of the Black   Cole Malby 

Sam's Circus            Sgt. Samuel Van Handle

Special Unit 2            Det. David Scott            1 episode

2002            Frogmen Operation Stormbringer            Captain Rick Jeffries     

The Division            Seaman Stan Bellows            1 episode

JAG     GSGT Joe Akers            1 episode

Boomtown            Holden McKay            1 episode

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation            Billy Rattison            1 episode

The Twilight Zone    Dr. Jay Ferguson            Episode: "One Night at Mercy"

2003            Crossing Jordan            Officer Fisher   1 episode

2005    Into the West    Jacob Wheeler Jr.            unknown episodes

2006    Secrets of a Small Town   Grant Wilson  Unaired television pilot

2009    Raven            Vlad    

The New York City Kitties            Alexandar Vander Platt/Handsome Devil   

2011–2013            The Lying Game            Dan Whitehorse            Recurring role, 27 episodes

2017–2019            Days of Our Lives            Stefan DiMera            Series regular

 

Ken Mattingly obit

 

NASA Administrator Remembers Apollo Astronaut Thomas K. Mattingly II

He was not on the list.

The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on the passing of former NASA astronaut Rear Adm. (ret.) Thomas K. (TK) Mattingly II.

“We lost one of our country’s heroes on Oct. 31. NASA astronaut TK Mattingly was key to the success of our Apollo Program, and his shining personality will ensure he is remembered throughout history.

“Beginning his career with the U.S. Navy, TK received his wings in 1960 and flew various aircraft across multiple assignments. Once he joined the Air Force Aerospace Research Pilot School as a student, NASA chose him to be part of the astronaut class in 1966. Before flying in space, he aided the Apollo Program working as the astronaut support crew and took leadership in the development of the Apollo spacesuit and backpack.

“His unparalleled skill as a pilot aided us when he took on the role of command module pilot for Apollo 16 and spacecraft commander for space shuttle missions STS-4 and STS 51-C. The commitment to innovation and resilience toward opposition made TK an excellent figure to embody our mission and our nation’s admiration.

“Perhaps his most dramatic role at NASA was after exposure to rubella just before the launch of Apollo 13. He stayed behind and provided key real-time decisions to successfully bring home the wounded spacecraft and the crew of Apollo 13 – NASA astronauts James Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise.

“TK’s contributions have allowed for advancements in our learning beyond that of space. He described his experience in orbit by saying, ‘I had this very palpable fear that if I saw too much, I couldn’t remember. It was just so impressive.’ He viewed the universe’s vastness as an unending forum of possibilities. As a leader in exploratory missions, TK will be remembered for braving the unknown for the sake of our country’s future.”

Mattingly was scheduled to fly on the Apollo 13 mission, but three days prior to launch, he was replaced by Jack Swigert due to exposure to German measles (which Mattingly did not contract). Mattingly later flew as Command Module Pilot for Apollo 16 and made 64 lunar orbits, making him one of 24 people to fly to the Moon. Mattingly and his commander from Apollo 16, John Young, are the only people to have flown to the Moon and also a Space Shuttle mission (Fred Haise, his former training crewmate from Apollo 13, did atmospheric flight testing of the Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests).

During Apollo 16's return flight to Earth, Mattingly performed an extravehicular activity (EVA) to retrieve film cassettes from the exterior of the spacecraft, the command and service module. It was the second "deep space" EVA in history, at great distance from any planetary body. As of 2023, it remains one of only three such EVAs which have taken place, all during the Apollo program's J-missions.

Taraja Ramsess obit

Taraja Ramsess, Stunt Performer in Marvel Films, Dies at 41

He and three of his children were killed in a car crash in Atlanta on Halloween night. 

He was not on the list.

Taraja Ramsess, a stuntman, actor and martial artist known for his work on the “Black Panther” and “Avengers” movies, is being mourned after he and three of his children were killed as a result of a car crash in Georgia last week.

He was 41.

Atlanta TV station WSB-TV reported that the crash occurred just before midnight on Halloween after the vehicle Ramsess and his children were traveling in collided with a tractor trailer that had broken down in the left lane of an exit off the interstate.

His mother, Akili Ramsess, a photojournalist who is executive director of the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA), announced his death and that of two of his daughters in an Instagram post.

“My beautiful, loving, talented son Taraja @chop.saki, along with two of my grand babies, his 13 yo daughter Sundari and his 8-week old newborn daughter Fujibo, were killed the previous night in a horrific traffic accident,” she wrote.

She also wrote that two of Ramsess’ daughters survived the accident, with his three-year-old, Shazia, being hospitalized with his 10-year-old son, Kisasi, who she wrote was on life support.

In a subsequent post, she shared that Kisasi had also died.

His long-time friend and X3 Sports trainer Tony Tucci told WSB-TV, “When I first heard about it, I broke down. I had to sit down.”

“He was always a family man,” Tucci said. “They would come and sit and watch him train, and they would jump in and start training too.”

Famed director Ava DuVernay was also a friend and posted about the loss on her Instgram account.

“My goodness, did he love his children. A happy, whole love. Beautiful to behold,” she wrote. “He loved making movies and TV too. Held many positions over the years. Immersing himself in all aspects of the craft.”

Ramsess’ credits include “Avengers: End Game,” “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” “Creed III,” “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” and “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.”

CNN has reached out to Marvel Studios for comment.

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Art Department

Taraji P. Henson and Tracy Morgan in What Men Want (2019)

What Men Want

5.4

on set dresser

2019

 

Sylvester Stallone and Dave Bautista in Escape Plan 2: Hades (2018)

Escape Plan 2: Hades

3.9

on-set dresser

2018

 

When the Streetlights Go On (2017)

When the Streetlights Go On

6.6

TV Series

on set dresser

2017

 

Demetrius Shipp Jr. in All Eyez on Me (2017)

All Eyez on Me

5.9

on set dresser

2017

 

Corey Hawkins in 24: Legacy (2016)

24: Legacy

6.3

TV Series

on set dresser (uncredited)

2016–2017

6 episodes

 

Table 19 (2017)

Table 19

5.8

on set dresser

2017

 

Lucas Till in MacGyver (2016)

MacGyver

5.4

TV Series

on set dresser

2016

2 episodes

 

Larenz Tate, Bre Blair, Michael Raymond-James, Derek Phillips, David Lyons, Katie Kelly, McCarrie McCausland, and Judah Lewis in Game of Silence (2016)

Game of Silence

7.0

TV Series

on set dresser

2016

9 episodes

 

Ice Cube, Anthony Anderson, Cedric The Entertainer, Regina Hall, Common, Eve, Deon Cole, J.B. Smoove, Lamorne Morris, and Nicki Minaj in Barbershop: The Next Cut (2016)

Barbershop: The Next Cut

5.9

on set dresser

set dresser

2016

 

Kate Bosworth and Hayden Christensen in 90 Minutes in Heaven (2015)

90 Minutes in Heaven

4.9

on set dresser

2015

 

Furious 7 (2015)

Furious 7

7.1

set dresser

2015

 

Matt Ryan in Constantine (2014)

Constantine

7.5

TV Series

on-set dresser

2014–2015

13 episodes

 

Ken Jeong, Mae Whitman, Robbie Amell, and Bella Thorne in The DUFF (2015)

The DUFF

6.4

on-set dresser

2015

 

Sam Lerner, Allen Evangelista, Jonny Weston, and Virginia Gardner in Project Almanac (2015)

Project Almanac

6.3

on-set dresser

2015

 

Ana Ortiz, Judy Reyes, Roselyn Sanchez, and Dania Ramirez in Devious Maids (2013)

Devious Maids

7.8

TV Series

on-set dresser (uncredited)

2014

8 episodes

 

Omar Epps and Landon Gimenez in Resurrection (2013)

Resurrection

7.3

TV Series

on-set dresser

2014

5 episodes

 

Halt and Catch Fire (2014)

Halt and Catch Fire

8.4

TV Series

on-set dresser (uncredited)

2014

1 episode

 

Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

7.5

on set dresser: second unit

2013

 

TLC in CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story (2013)

CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story

7.5

TV Movie

leadman

2013

 

Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy in Identity Thief (2013)

Identity Thief

5.7

set dresser

2013

 

Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, John Goodman, and Kelly Reilly in Flight (2012)

Flight

7.3

art department foreperson

2012

 

Revolution (2012)

Revolution

6.6

TV Series

on set dresser

2012

 

Robin Lee Maggy in Coma (2012)

Coma

5.8

TV Mini Series

set dresser

2012

2 episodes

 

Denise Richards, Eugene Levy, Romeo Miller, and Tyler Perry in Madea's Witness Protection (2012)

Madea's Witness Protection

4.9

set dresser

2012

 

Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf, and Jessica Chastain in Lawless (2012)

Lawless

7.2

set dresser

2012

 

Andrew Lincoln in The Walking Dead (2010)

The Walking Dead

8.1

TV Series

on-set dresser

set dresser (uncredited)

2010–2012

15 episodes

 

Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd in Wanderlust (2012)

Wanderlust

5.6

set dresser (uncredited)

2012

 

Kenny Wormald and Julianne Hough in Footloose (2011)

Footloose

5.8

set dresser

2011

 

Jude Law, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, and Marion Cotillard in Contagion (2011)

Contagion

6.8

set dresser (uncredited)

2011

 

Tyler Posey, Daniel Sharman, Rene Mousseux, Brian Bascle, Cody Christian, Shelley Hennig, Colton Haynes, Brad James, Dylan Sprayberry, Madison McLaughlin, Keahu Kahuanui, Walter Hendrix III, Michael Johnston, and Micaela Wittman in Teen Wolf (2011)

Teen Wolf

7.7

TV Series

set dresser

2011

2 episodes

 

Stacey Dash, LisaRaye McCoy, and Charity Shea in Single Ladies (2011)

Single Ladies

6.2

TV Series

set dresser

2011

1 episode

 

Vin Diesel, Jordana Brewster, Dwayne Johnson, Sung Kang, Ludacris, Elsa Pataky, Matt Schulze, Tyrese Gibson, Paul Walker, Tego Calderon, Don Omar, and Gal Gadot in Fast Five (2011)

Fast Five

7.3

set dresser

2011

 

Marry Me (2010)

Marry Me

6.6

TV Mini Series

set dresser (uncredited)

2010

1 episode

 

Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis in Due Date (2010)

Due Date

6.5

set dresser: Atlanta

2010

 

Ian Somerhalder, Paul Wesley, and Nina Dobrev in The Vampire Diaries (2009)

The Vampire Diaries

7.7

TV Series

props

2009–2010

2 episodes

 

Detroit 1-8-7 (2010)

Detroit 1-8-7

7.6

TV Series

set dresser

2010

 

The Glades (2010)

The Glades

7.4

TV Series

set dresser

2010

 

Katherine Heigl and Ashton Kutcher in Killers (2010)

Killers

5.4

on-set dresser

2010

 

Janet Jackson, Richard T. Jones, Sharon Leal, Lamman Rucker, Jill Scott, Tasha Smith, Michael Jai White, Malik Yoba, and Tyler Perry in Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010)

Why Did I Get Married Too?

4.7

props

set dresser

2010

 

Preacher's Kid (2010)

Preacher's Kid

5.0

key art production assistant

2010

 

My Super Psycho Sweet 16 (2009)

My Super Psycho Sweet 16

6.0

TV Movie

leadman

2009

 

Tyler Mane in Halloween II (2009)

Halloween II

4.8

set dresser (uncredited)

2009

 

8Dazeaweakend (2009)

8Dazeaweakend

set designer

2009

 

Stunts

Cruel Encounters (2023)

Cruel Encounters

6.2

TV Movie

stunt double: Blake

2023

 

Jamie Foxx, Teyonah Parris, and John Boyega in They Cloned Tyrone (2023)

They Cloned Tyrone

6.6

stunt driver

2023

 

Creed III (2023)

Creed III

6.8

stunts

2023

 

Demetrius 'Lil Meech' Flenory and Da'Vinchi in BMF (2021)

BMF

7.5

TV Series

stunt double: Da'Vinchi

2021–2023

4 episodes

 

Will Smith in Emancipation (2022)

Emancipation

6.2

stunts

2022

 

Angela Bassett, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o, Tenoch Huerta, Alex Livinalli, Letitia Wright, Mabel Cadena, and Winston Duke in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

6.7

stunts

2022

 

Pierce Brosnan, Aldis Hodge, Dwayne Johnson, Sarah Shahi, Noah Centineo, Bodhi Sabongui, and Quintessa Swindell in Black Adam (2022)

Black Adam

6.2

stunts

2022

 

Donald Glover, Brian Tyree Henry, LaKeith Stanfield, and Zazie Beetz in Atlanta (2016)

Atlanta

8.6

TV Series

stunt performer (uncredited)

2022

2 episodes

 

Tatiana Maslany in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022)

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law

5.3

TV Series

stunt performer

2022

2 episodes

 

A Jazzman's Blues (2022)

A Jazzman's Blues

6.7

stunts

2022

 

All the Queen's Men (2021)

All the Queen's Men

6.7

TV Series

Stunt Double: Roman

2022

1 episode

 

The Harder They Fall (2021)

The Harder They Fall

6.6

stunts

2021

 

Grant Show, Daniella Alonso, Robert Christopher Riley, Elizabeth Gillies, Rafael de la Fuente, and Sam Adegoke in Dynasty (2017)

Dynasty

7.3

TV Series

stunt performer (uncredited)

2021

1 episode

 

Sylvester Stallone, Steve Agee, Idris Elba, John Cena, Joel Kinnaman, David Dastmalchian, Margot Robbie, and Daniela Melchior in The Suicide Squad (2021)

The Suicide Squad

7.2

stunts

2021

 

Ray McKinnon, Mads Mikkelsen, David Oyelowo, Kurt Sutter, Mylène Dinh-Robic, Nick Jonas, Tom Holland, Daisy Ridley, and Cynthia Erivo in Chaos Walking (2021)

Chaos Walking

5.7

stunt performer: Prentisstown Army

2021

 

The 24th (2020)

The 24th

6.4

stunt double: Mo McRae

2020

 

Lailah (2020)

Lailah

Short

stunts

2020

 

Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in Bad Boys for Life (2020)

Bad Boys for Life

6.5

stunts

2020

 

Samuel L. Jackson, Regina Hall, Richard Roundtree, and Jessie T. Usher in Shaft (2019)

Shaft

6.4

stunt double

2019

 

Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., Josh Brolin, Bradley Cooper, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Brie Larson, Jeremy Renner, Paul Rudd, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Danai Gurira, and Karen Gillan in Avengers: Endgame (2019)

Avengers: Endgame

8.4

stunts

2019

 

Step Up: High Water (2018)

Step Up: High Water

7.2

TV Series

stunt double: Zo

2019

1 episode

 

Boomerang (2019)

Boomerang

5.6

TV Series

stunt driver

2019

1 episode

 

American Soul (2019)

American Soul

7.1

TV Series

stunt performer

2019

1 episode

 

Taraji P. Henson and Tracy Morgan in What Men Want (2019)

What Men Want

5.4

stunt performer

2019

 

Black Lightning (2017)

Black Lightning

6.1

TV Series

stunts (uncredited)

2018

1 episode

 

Queen Latifah, Ryan Destiny, Jude Demorest, and Brittany O'Grady in Star (2016)

Star

6.7

TV Series

stunt double: Maurice

2018

1 episode

 

Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., Josh Brolin, Vin Diesel, Paul Bettany, Bradley Cooper, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Elizabeth Olsen, Chris Pratt, Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana, Benedict Wong, Anthony Mackie, Chris Hemsworth, Dave Bautista, Benedict Cumberbatch, Chadwick Boseman, Sebastian Stan, Danai Gurira, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Letitia Wright, and Tom Holland in Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

Avengers: Infinity War

8.4

stunt performer: Border Tribe

stunts (uncredited)

2018

 

Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Martin Freeman, Michael B. Jordan, Andy Serkis, Chadwick Boseman, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o, Daniel Kaluuya, and Letitia Wright in Black Panther (2018)

Black Panther

7.3

stunt performer

2018

 

Matt Barr and Christina Ochoa in Valor (2017)

Valor

6.0

TV Series

stunts

2017

3 episodes

 

The Gifted (2017)

The Gifted

7.2

TV Series

stunts

2017

1 episode

 

Corey Hawkins in 24: Legacy (2016)

24: Legacy

6.3

TV Series

stunt performer

2017

1 episode

 

Lucas Till in MacGyver (2016)

MacGyver

5.4

TV Series

stunts: prison guard

stunts

2016

2 episodes

 

Larenz Tate, Bre Blair, Michael Raymond-James, Derek Phillips, David Lyons, Katie Kelly, McCarrie McCausland, and Judah Lewis in Game of Silence (2016)

Game of Silence

7.0

TV Series

stunt double: Terry Bauch

stunt performer

2016

2 episodes

 

George Young in Containment (2016)

Containment

7.1

TV Series

stunt performer

2016

1 episode

 

Matt Ryan in Constantine (2014)

Constantine

7.5

TV Series

stunt double: Papa midnite

2015

1 episode

 

Camera and Electrical Department

LeThomas Lee and Asia Jae in Quarantine Bae (2021)

Quarantine Bae

second camera operator

2021

 

Grant Show, Daniella Alonso, Robert Christopher Riley, Elizabeth Gillies, Rafael de la Fuente, and Sam Adegoke in Dynasty (2017)

Dynasty

7.3

TV Series

digital utility

2017

2 episodes

 

Demetrius Shipp Jr. in All Eyez on Me (2017)

All Eyez on Me

5.9

assistant camera

2017

 

Corey Hawkins in 24: Legacy (2016)

24: Legacy

6.3

TV Series

camera utility (uncredited)

2017

1 episode

 

Lucas Till in MacGyver (2016)

MacGyver

5.4

TV Series

digital utility

2016

3 episodes

 

Larenz Tate, Bre Blair, Michael Raymond-James, Derek Phillips, David Lyons, Katie Kelly, McCarrie McCausland, and Judah Lewis in Game of Silence (2016)

Game of Silence

7.0

TV Series

digital utility

2016

1 episode

Peter S. Fischer obit

Peter S. Fischer, ‘Murder, She Wrote’ Co-Creator and ‘Columbo’ Writer, Dies at 88

The crime-writing specialist and three-time Emmy nominee spent seven seasons on the Angela Lansbury starrer after working on 'Ellery Queen' and 'The Eddie Capra Mysteries.'

 He was not on the list.

Peter S. Fischer, the late-blooming TV writer and producer who co-created Murder, She Wrote after serving on such other crime-solving series as Columbo, Baretta and Ellery Queen, has died. He was 88.

Fischer died Monday at a care facility in Pacific Grove, California, his grandson Jake McElrath announced.

He became a prolific novelist after he exited Hollywood, writing murder mysteries, of course.

Fischer, who had worked with Columbo co-creators Richard Levinson and William Link on the iconic Peter Falk series as well as on the Jim Hutton-starring Ellery Queen, accompanied the pair to a meeting with CBS executives in 1984, he recalled in a 2011 interview.

“CBS wanted to do a murder mystery and they called Dick, who was our ringleader. He said, ‘OK, I’ll bring the boys,'” Fischer said. “We went over there and pitched a premise called Blacke’s Magic, about a retired magician who solves mysteries. It became very apparent they didn’t want Blacke’s Magic.

“They were looking for a murder mystery with a female lead. They didn’t specify whether she should be old or young. We came up with the idea for Murder, She Wrote, which basically was Agatha Christie and Miss Marple sort of molded into one character — Jessica Fletcher.”

After being turned down by former All in the Family star Jean Stapleton, they approached three-time Oscar nominee Angela Lansbury about portraying Jessica, a retired English teacher, mystery writer and amateur detective.

Lansbury had never done a TV series but had another offer to topline a Norman Lear-produced show opposite Charles Durning, Fischer said. “She read [the scripts for] both of them over a weekend and decided to do ours,” he said.

Fischer penned the pilot episode, “The Murder of Sherlock Holmes,” which aired on Sept. 30, 1984, and wrote or co-wrote nearly three dozen episodes — and served as executive producer — during his seven-season tenure with the Universal Television drama.

Along the way, he received an Edgar Award and three Emmy nominations for outstanding drama series from 1985-87. (Murder, She Wrote infamously never won that top trophy or any major Emmy, for that matter.)

“I left after seven years because I didn’t know how, as a writer, to keep finding really fresh ideas,” he said in 2012. “I knew we could rehash old plots with different locales and different names and the ratings would hold up, but I would have been bored and we would have been shortchanging the audience.”

Murder, She Wrote, however, went five more seasons without him.

Born in 1935, Peter Steven Fischer studied drama at Johns Hopkins University and did summer stock but discovered “he was not an actor and decided to become a writer,” he said in 2011.

Fischer was 34, living on Long Island and editing and publishing a magazine called Sports Car News when he sent a movie he had written to his younger brother, Geoff, a casting director at Universal Studios.

“He said, ‘You know, this is pretty good, but the format — the form for a script — is completely wrong,'” he told the Monterey Herald in 2013. “So he sent me three Hollywood scripts to use as a guide and suggested I write something else.”

His second attempt would become ABC’s The Last Child, a 1971 Aaron Spelling-produced sci-fi telefilm that starred Michael Cole (The Mod Squad) and Janet Margolin and brought Fischer to Los Angeles in 1971 to pursue screenwriting as a profession.

He sold scripts for such series as Marcus Welby, M.D., Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law and Griff before one he wrote for Columbo became the third-season 1974 episode “Publish or Perish,” featuring guest stars Jack Cassidy and Mariette Hartley.

“Dick Levinson and Bill Link got on my bandwagon, and that was the beginning of a great relationship,” he said. He wrote and produced for the duo on another NBC show they developed, 1974-75’s Ellery Queen — like Jessica Fletcher, Hutton’s character was a crime-solving author, too — then joined Columbo as a story editor and writer.

In the ’70s, Fischer also wrote episodes of ABC’s Baretta, CBS’ Kojak and NBC’s McMillan & Wife and wrote and produced two high-profile miniseries for Universal/NBC: the nine-hour Once an Eagle, starring Sam Elliott, and the five-hour Black Beauty, starring Eileen Brennan and Martin Milner.

Fischer also created, produced and wrote the 1978-79 NBC series The Eddie Capra Mysteries, starring Vincent Baggetta.

Later, NBC wound up buying Blacke’s Magic, starring Hal Linden (as that magician) and Harry Morgan, though the midseason show lasted just 13 episodes in 1986.

Fischer also created the 1987-88 Murder, She Wrote spinoff The Law and Harry McGraw, starring Jerry Orbach and Barbara Babcock.

Several years after he quit Hollywood, Fischer became a full-time author, writing 2013’s Me and Murder, She Wrote and a series of 22 novels under a “Hollywood Murder Mysteries” banner that revolved around a studio press agent named Joe Bernardi. “Joe, like Jessica, has no business being involved in an actual murder,” he said.

The self-published whodunits begin in 1947, and readers encounter the likes of Alfred Hitchcock, Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Jack Warner, Montgomery Clift, Billy Wilder, Robert Wagner and Falk on the pages.

“The famous people in my books — Bogart, or Cagney, or James Dean, or Jane Wyman, or Karl Malden — are peripheral characters,” said Fischer. “They don’t become killers, or suspects, or victims, but they are all integrated into the story, which, I think, makes it a lot of fun.”

He retired from Hollywood in 2002 and moved full-time to Pacific Grove four years later. Survivors include his children, Megan and Christopher, and grandchildren Peter, Nicholas, Samantha, Jake, Molly and Eden. His wife of nearly 60 years, Lucille, died in May 2017.

 

Filmography

Films

Year     Film            Credit            Notes

1971    The Last Child            Written By       

1975    A Cry for Help            Written By       

1977    Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging            Story By, Screenplay By, Produced By        Co-Wrote Story with "Richard Levinson" and "William Link"

1979            Donovan's Kid Story By       

1981            Hellinger's Law Story By, Screenplay By        Co-Wrote screenplay with "Ted Leighton" and "Jack Laird"

1991    Tagget            Screenplay By Co-Wrote screenplay with "Janis Diamond" and "Richard T. Heffron"

Stranger at My Door    Written By       

1992            Coopersmith    Written By       

1995    Cops n Roberts            Written By, Executive Producer         

1996    Dead Man's Island            Screenplay By Based on the novel of the same name by "Carolyn Hart"

 

Television

Year     TV Series   Credit            Notes

1972-73            Marcus Welby, M.D.            Writer            3 Episodes

Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law     Writer            2 Episodes

1973-74            Griff            Writer            3 Episodes

1974-75            McMillan & Wife            Writer            3 Episodes

1974-95            Columbo          Writer, Executive Producer, Executive Story Consultant            Multiple Episodes

1975    Baretta            Writer            1 Episode

Kojak  Writer            1 Episode

1975-76            Ellery Queen  Writer, Producer            22 Episodes

1976            Delvecchio      Writer            1 Episode

Once an Eagle            Writer, Producer            4 Episodes

1977-78            What Really Happened to the Class of '65?      Writer            2 Episodes

1978    Black Beauty  Writer, Executive Producer         

Richie Brockelman, Private Eye            Writer, Producer            5 Episodes

1978-79            The Eddie Capra Mysteries            Writer, Creator, Producer, Executive Producer            12 Episodes

1979    The Magical World of Disney            Writer            2 Episodes

1981-82            Darkroom       Writer, Executive Producer         

1984-96            Murder, She Wrote            Writer, Creator, Executive Producer            Multiple Episodes

1986            Blacke's Magic            Writer, Executive Producer            14 Episodes

1987-88            The Law & Harry McGraw            Writer, Creator, Executive Producer         

 

Novels

The Hollywood Murder Mysteries

Jezebel in Blue Satin (2010)

We Don't Need no Stinking Badges (2011)

Love Has Nothing to Do with It (2011)

Everybody Wants an Oscar (2012)

The Unkindness of Strangers (2012)

Nice Guys Finish Dead (2013)

Pray For Us Sinners (2013)

Has Anybody Here Seen Wyckham? (2013)

Eyewitness to Murder (2014)

A Deadly Shoot in Texas (2016)

Everybody Let's Rock (2016)

A Touch of Homicide (2016)

Some Like Em Dead (2016)

Dead Men Pay No Debts (2016)

Apple Annie and the Dude (2017)

Till Death Us Do Part (2017)

Cue the Crows (2017)

Murder Aboard the Highland Rose (2018)

Ashes to Ashes (2018)

The Case of the Shaggy Stalker (2018)

Warner's Last Stand (2018)

The Man in the Raincoat (2019)

 

Other novels

The Blood of Tyrants (2009)

The Terror of Tyrants (2010)

Expendable: A Tale of Love and War (2015)

Aaron Spears obit

Renowned session drummer Aaron Spears has died, aged 47

 The news of Aaron's passing was broken by his wife Jessica earlier today

He was not on the list.

World-renowned session drummer, clinician and educator, Aaron Spears has passed away, aged 47. The news was broken via a social media post to Spears’ accounts by his wife, Jessica earlier today (30 October), just four days after he celebrated his birthday.

“It is with a heavy heart and overwhelming sadness that I share the news of the passing of my beloved husband, Aaron Spears”, Jessica writes.

“Aaron was not only an incredibly accomplished drummer admired by many for his unparalleled talent and passion for music, but he was also a devoted father to our precious son, August.

“His love, guidance, and warmth were the pillars of our family, and his absence leaves a void that words cannot describe. We were blessed to have him in our lives, and his legacy will live on through the beautiful rhythms he created and the love that he shared with us.

"We appreciate all the thoughts and prayers during this difficult time. Please remember Aaron for the incredible person he was and the amazing music he brought into our world. At this time we ask for privacy as we work our way through this.”

Aaron Spears grew up in Washington DC, where he gained a real-world education in drumming from a young age via his church attendance. After joining DC-based Gideon Band, Spears’ talent caught the attention of Valdez Brantley, musical director for R'n'B star Usher.

 It was a connection that would prove to be pivotal in Spears’ career, giving him the opportunity to produce two tracks on Usher’s Grammy-winning album, Confessions.

Perhaps just as important, though, was Spears’ chop-filled performance of Usher’s hit, Caught Up, which, along with his hugely popular DVD, Behind the Chops, brought his jaw-dropping playing to the attention of millions of fans worldwide as one of the standout drummers in gospel.

He went on to secure many high profile gigs, working on stage and in the studio with the likes of Lil Wayne, Carrie Underwood, Chaka Khan, Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande and more.

In 2017, Spears was the drummer for Ariana Grande on her Dangerous Woman tour, which included the tragic show on 22 May when the Manchester Bombing occurred. The terrorist attack claimed the lives of 22 audience members, and injured over 1000 of the people in attendance.

Reflecting on the events via Instagram the following day, Spears wrote of the horror, which began immediately after Grande’s set hat finished. “We finished the show and were walking back to our dressing rooms and BOOM!!!! We could hear people panicking…

“Security came in and informed us that we had to evacuate the building immediately...It was then that we realized that this was serious...Initially we thought that the sound was all kinds of things but it didn't hit that this was a bomb until we were evacuated and they told us exactly what was going on…

“It's so heartbreaking because so many little ones attend our shows...I just keep thinking about them...I'm extremely thankful that no one on the touring crew was physically hurt but this painful memory and the weight associated with the lives lost will live with us all forever...I'm still just in disbelief....It's so surreal…”

In recent years, Aaron Spears turned his focus towards television work, taking the role of the house drummer on NBC’s Songland and serving as Musical Director for season 3 of the US version of The Masked Singer.

He went on to release the Aaron Spears Drum Notation book, containing transcriptions of six of his most popular performances in 2020

At the time of writing, no information has been publicly released relating to the cause of Aaron Spears’ death. He is survived by his wife Jessica and son, August.

Frank Howard obit

Legendary MLB Slugger Frank Howard Has Died

 

He was not on the list.

One of the best sluggers in Major League Baseball history has died on Monday.

Frank Howard, an all-time slugger for the Washington Senators, has died. The Washington Nationals confirmed the news on Monday afternoon.

"We are deeply saddened to share that Washington Senators legend Frank Howard has passed away at the age of 87. We join Frank’s loved ones in mourning," the team announced on Monday.

Howard played in the majors from 1958 until 1973. He spent most of his career with the Washington Senators/Texas Rangers.

The legendary MLB slugger finished his career with 382 home runs and 1,119 RBI. Howard was a four-time All-Star and the Rookie of the Year in 1958. He won a World Series in 1963.

Howard went on to have a lengthy coaching career, coaching in the majors from 1977-99.

Our thoughts are with his friends and family members during this difficult time on Monday afternoon.

Howard was named the National League's Rookie of the Year in 1960 for the Dodgers. He twice led the American League in home runs, and total bases and once each in slugging percentage, runs batted in, and walks. His 382 career home runs were the eighth most by a right-handed hitter when he retired; his 237 home runs and 1969 totals of 48 home runs and 340 total bases in a Washington uniform are a record for any of that city's several franchises. Howard's Washington/Texas franchise records of 1,172 games, 4,120 at bats, 246 home runs, 1,141 hits, 701 RBI, 544 runs, 155 doubles, 2,074 total bases, and a .503 slugging percentage have since been broken.

Frank Oliver Howard was born in Columbus, Ohio, to John and Erma Howard, the third of six children. His father was a machinist for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and had played semi-professional baseball, later on encouraging his son's interest in the game.

Howard attended South High School in Columbus, Ohio, and Ohio State University, where he played college baseball and college basketball for the Ohio State Buckeyes. He was an All-American in both basketball and baseball. He averaged 20.1 points and 15.3 rebounds per game in 1957, and was drafted the following year by the Philadelphia Warriors of the National Basketball Association.

Howard instead signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers organization. Howard spent the 1958 season with the Green Bay Bluejays of the Class B Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League. He led the league with 37 home runs and 119 runs batted in (RBIs). The Dodgers promoted him to the major leagues after the minor league season, and he hit his first MLB home run over 29 at bats. He began the 1959 season with the Victoria Rosebuds of the Double-A Texas League, and he hit .356 with 27 home runs and 79 RBIs in 261 at-bats before the Dodgers again promoted Howard to the major leagues. He batted .105 in 19 at bats for the Dodgers before they demoted him to the Spokane Indians of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League on July 1. In 76 games for Spokane, Howard had a .319 average, 16 home runs, and 47 RBIs across 295 at bats. He won The Sporting News Minor League Player of the Year Award.

Howard succeeded former Brooklyn Dodger All-Star Carl Furillo as Los Angeles' right fielder in 1960. He was named the NL's Rookie of the Year after batting .268 with 23 home runs and 77 RBIs. His teammates gave him the nickname "Hondo" after the character in a John Wayne film.

Howard hit 98 home runs in the following four seasons. In the 1962 campaign, he batted .296 with 31 home runs and finished among the NL's top five players in RBIs (119) and slugging (.560). He won the NL Player of the Month award in July with a .381 average, 12 home runs, and an incredible 41 RBIs. As an outfielder starting 127 games (completing just 91), Howard was credited with 19 outfield assists (the league leader, Johnny Callison, starting 147 games had just five more). The season ended with the Dodgers and San Francisco Giants tied for first place. In the three-game pennant playoff that followed Howard had only a single in 11 at-bats and struck out three times against Billy Pierce in the first game, including the final out; but he had a run and an RBI in the second contest, an 8–7 win. The Giants took the pennant in three games, but Howard ended up ninth in the MLB Most Valuable Player award voting.

In 1963 his production dropped off to a .273 average, 28 homers and 64 RBIs; but the Dodgers won the pennant, and his upper-deck solo home run off Whitey Ford broke a scoreless tie in the fifth inning of Game 4 of the World Series, helping Los Angeles to a 2–1 win and a sweep of the New York Yankees. He again hit over 20 home runs in 1964, and on June 4 his three-run home run in the seventh inning provided all the scoring in Sandy Koufax's third no-hitter, a 3–0 defeat of the Philadelphia Phillies; Howard had also homered for the final run in Koufax's first no-hitter on June 30 two years earlier, a 5–0 win over the New York Mets. But the team's 1962 move into pitcher-friendly Dodger Stadium hurt power hitters, and speedier outfielders like spray-hitting Willie Davis were seen as more in line with the club's future. Howard batted .226 in 1964.

On December 4, 1964, the Dodgers traded Howard, Phil Ortega, Pete Richert, and Dick Nen to the Washington Senators for Claude Osteen, John Kennedy, and cash. Howard went from a fourth outfielder with Los Angeles to an every day player with the Senators. In 1965, his first season in Washington, he batted .289 with 21 home runs in 143 games. In 1967, Howard hit 36 home runs, third in the AL behind Harmon Killebrew and Carl Yastrzemski. During an one-week stretch from May 12–18, 1968, Howard hit 10 home runs in 20 at bats. He hit 13 home runs in 16 games, a mark that still stands, matched only by Albert Belle in 1995. Howard finished the season leading the AL with 44 home runs, a .552 slugging percentage and 330 total bases, and was second to Ken Harrelson with 106 RBI; he made his first of four consecutive All-Star teams that year. Beginning in 1968, Howard appeared semi-regularly at first base in order to limit the wear and tear of playing the outfield daily.

Ted Williams became manager of the Senators in 1969, and he helped Howard to become a more patient hitter. He encouraged Howard to lay off the first fastball he saw, and work pitchers deeper into the count, advice which resulted in Howard's walk totals nearly doubling and 45 fewer strikeouts the first year. A year later, Howard added 32 more walks to lead the AL with 132.

In 1969, he hit career highs with 48 homers (one behind Killebrew's league lead), 111 runs (second in the AL to Reggie Jackson), a .296 batting average and a .574 slugging mark. On Howard's broad shoulders, the Senators had their best year ever, 86–76, but still finished far behind the Baltimore Orioles in the Eastern Division. He again led the AL with 340 total bases, the most ever by a Washington player, and added 111 RBI; his fourth-place finish in the MVP vote was the highest of his career. In 1970 he led the AL both in home runs (44) and RBI (126); his 132 walks in that year also topped the league, and remain a franchise record. On September 2, he received three intentional walks from flamethrowing southpaw Sam McDowell—two of them to lead off an inning. He came in fifth in the 1970 MVP race, and received one first-place vote.

Howard hit the last regular-season home run for the Senators in RFK Stadium in his final at bat on September 30, 1971 off Yankees pitcher Mike Kekich. After waving to the cheering fans, Howard tossed his hat into the stands, and blew a kiss to the crowd.

The Senators moved to Dallas/Fort Worth in 1972, becoming the Texas Rangers. Howard hit the first ever home run for the Rangers, but batted only .244 with nine home runs in 95 games before his contract was sold to the Detroit Tigers in August for the $20,000 waiver price. He had just one home run in 33 games for division champion Detroit, and was left off its postseason roster. His final big league season was 1973, batting .256 with 12 home runs playing DH. Unable to find a job in the majors in 1974, Howard signed to play in Japan's Pacific League for the Taiheiyo Club Lions. In his first at bat there he swung mightily and hurt his back, and never played again.

In 16 Major League seasons Howard batted .273, had a .499 slugging percentage, hit 382 home runs, and drove in 1,119 RBI in 1,895 games played. His lifetime marks included 864 runs, 1,774 hits, 245 doubles, 35 triples, eight stolen bases and a .352 on-base percentage; his 1,460 strikeouts, the product of a long swing, fence-busting power, and an enormous strike zone, were then the fifth highest total in major league history.

Following his retirement as a player Howard coached for the Milwaukee Brewers from 1977 to 1980 before being named manager of the 1981 San Diego Padres. The team finished in last place in both halves of that strike-marred season, and Howard was let go. Catching on as a coach with the Mets in 1982, he took over as manager for the last 116 games in 1983 after George Bamberger resigned, but again finished in last place.

In all he posted a 93–133 career managerial record. Howard also coached again for the Brewers (1985–86), Mets (1994–96), Seattle Mariners (1987–88), Yankees (1989, 1991–93), and Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1998–99). Since 2000 he worked for the Yankees as a player development instructor.

Back in 1972 Howard had thought that before much time had passed another president would deliver the opening-day pitch in the capital; he was only off by over three decades. On April 14, 2005, baseball returned to Washington. Reflecting on its '71 departure he remarked, "I thought that within five years it would be back. Well, 34 years later, here we are." During pregame ceremonies before the Washington Nationals–Arizona Diamondbacks game at RFK Stadium which featured players from both former Senators clubs, Howard walked out to left field and was greeted by a raucous ovation. At age 68, he joked, "I know I'm going to left field – if I can make it that far without having a coronary! I used to be able to sprint out there but I don't even know if I'll be able to jog. I told (former Senator Ed) Brinkman, 'For crissakes, call 911 if I have a blowout in left field.'"

Howard helped raise money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Matthew Perry obit

Matthew Perry, ‘Friends’ actor, dies of apparent drowning at 54

On the '90s sitcom “Friends,” Perry played Chandler Bing, a statistical analyst who used sarcasm and one-liners. 

He was not on the list.

LOS ANGELES — Matthew Perry died Saturday of an apparent drowning at his Pacific Palisades home, a representative for the actor and a law enforcement source say.

Perry was 54.

A 911 call came in at 4:07 p.m. local time and was treated as a water rescue, according to a law enforcement source.

Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson Brian Humphrey said first responders went to a home in Pacific Palisades based on a 911 call at 4:07 p.m. about a “water emergency” of an unknown type.

No one was taken to a hospital, he said, and Los Angeles police officers from the West L.A. Division were on scene.

Later Saturday, two law enforcement sources said the LAPD’s Robbery-Homicide Division, which probes high-profile crimes and cases involving celebrities, also responded to the location.

The sources emphasized that the case was a death investigation with no signs of foul play.

The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner was expected to to conduct an autopsy and may determine the cause and manner of death, they said.

More details about Perry’s death were not immediately available Saturday night.

Perry was best known for his role as one of the core cast members on “Friends,” NBC’s generation X sitcom from the ’90s.

On “Friends,” Perry played Chandler Bing, a statistical analyst who used sarcasm and one-liners.

The show was a blockbuster for television, dominating prime time alongside "Seinfeld." It ran for 10 seasons, from 1994 to 2004.

Perry also appeared in several other hits, including “Boys Will Be Boys,” “Growing Pains,” Beverly Hills, 90210,” “The West Wing” and “Scrubs.”

Raised in Ottawa, Canada, Perry had a successful run as a top-ranked tennis player competing in Canadian juniors. He essentially left the sport to pursue acting when he moved to L.A. at age 15.

He joined the cast of “Friends” at age 24.

About a year ago Perry was on a press tour for the release of his memoir, “Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir,” which added to revelations about his battle with addiction, including a near-death experience in 2019 after his colon burst as a result of his use of opioids.

His post-“Friends” life included multiple roles that drew respect and acclaim, but it was often dominated by headlines about that battle. In the book, he said he spent as much as $7 million on rehabilitation and recovery efforts.

Reaction to Perry's death came from across Hollywood and beyond.

Maggie Wheeler, the actor who played Chandler Bing's girlfriend Janice in "Friends," said Perry died too soon and will be missed by everyone who knew him in real life and on the screen.

She noted Perry's struggles that he shared in his memoir, and said she hoped he was at peace.

"Matthew was an incredibly generous actor. There was no single time I stepped onto a stage with him that I did not feel lifted by his brilliance," she said. "Even in his darkest moments his comedic timing was impeccable."

Warner Bros. Television Group, which produced "Friends," said in a statement Saturday night, “We are devastated by the passing of our dear friend Matthew Perry.”

The statement continued: “The impact of his comedic genius was felt around the world, and his legacy will live on in the hearts of so many.”

NBC, the network that aired "Friends," said it was saddened by Perry's death.

"He brought so much joy to hundreds of millions of people around the world with his pitch perfect comedic timing and wry wit," NBC said in a statement. "His legacy will live on through countless generations."

Actor

Matthew Perry, Katie Holmes, Alexander Siddig, and Kristen Hager in The Kennedys After Camelot (2017)

The Kennedys After Camelot

6.3

TV Mini Series

Ted Kennedy

2017

4 episodes

 

Christine Baranski and Audra McDonald in The Good Fight (2017)

The Good Fight

8.3

TV Series

Mike Kresteva

2017

3 episodes

 

Matthew Perry and Thomas Lennon in The Odd Couple (2015)

The Odd Couple

6.3

TV Series

Oscar Madison

2015–2017

38 episodes

 

Lisa Kudrow in Web Therapy (2011)

Web Therapy

6.7

TV Series

Tyler Bishop

2015

2 episodes

 

Playhouse Presents (2012)

Playhouse Presents

6.7

TV Series

The Charismatic Man

2014

1 episode

 

Courteney Cox, Josh Hopkins, Busy Philipps, Dan Byrd, Ian Gomez, Christa Miller, and Brian Van Holt in Cougar Town (2009)

Cougar Town

7.0

TV Series

Sam

2014

1 episode

 

Matthew Perry, Bill Cobbs, Suzy Nakamura, Julie White, Laura Benanti, Brett Gelman, and Tyler James Williams in Go On (2012)

Go On

7.5

TV Series

Ryan King

2012–2013

22 episodes

 

Julianna Margulies in The Good Wife (2009)

The Good Wife

8.4

TV Series

Mike Kresteva

2012–2013

4 episodes

 

Matthew Perry in Mr. Sunshine (2011)

Mr. Sunshine

6.7

TV Series

Ben Donovan

2011

13 episodes

 

Childrens Hospital (2008)

Childrens Hospital

7.8

TV Series

Matthew Perry

2011

1 episode

 

Fallout: New Vegas (2010)

Fallout: New Vegas

8.9

Video Game

Benny (voice)

2010

 

Zac Efron in 17 Again (2009)

17 Again

6.4

Mike O'Donnell (Adult)

2009

 

The End of Steve (2008)

The End of Steve

7.2

TV Movie

Steve Legend

2008

 

Birds of America (2008)

Birds of America

6.0

Morrie

2008

 

Amanda Peet, Matthew Perry, Steven Weber, Sarah Paulson, Timothy Busfield, D.L. Hughley, Bradley Whitford, and Nate Corddry in Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006)

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

8.3

TV Series

Matt Albie

2006–2007

22 episodes

 

Matthew Perry in Numb (2007)

Numb

6.6

Hudson Milbank

2007

 

Matthew Perry, Brandon Mychal Smith, and Hannah Hodson in The Ron Clark Story (2006)

The Ron Clark Story

7.5

TV Movie

Ron Clark

2006

 

Hoosiers II: Senior Year (2005)

Hoosiers II: Senior Year

7.2

Short

Coach Norman Dale Jr.

2005

 

Friday Night Lights Lost Scene

7.1

TV Short

Football Player

2005

 

John C. McGinley, Zach Braff, Sarah Chalke, Donald Faison, Neil Flynn, Ken Jenkins, and Judy Reyes in Scrubs (2001)

Scrubs

8.4

TV Series

Murray

2004

1 episode

 

Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer in Friends (1994)

Friends

8.9

TV Series

Chandler Bing

1994–2004

235 episodes

 

Bruce Willis, Natasha Henstridge, Amanda Peet, Matthew Perry, and Kevin Pollak in The Whole Ten Yards (2004)

The Whole Ten Yards

5.5

Oz

2004

 

Rob Lowe, Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, Dulé Hill, Moira Kelly, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, and Bradley Whitford in The West Wing (1999)

The West Wing

8.9

TV Series

Joe Quincy

2003

3 episodes

 

Elizabeth Hurley and Matthew Perry in Serving Sara (2002)

Serving Sara

5.3

Joe Tyler

2002

 

Calista Flockhart in Ally McBeal (1997)

Ally McBeal

6.9

TV Series

Todd Merrick

2002

2 episodes

 

Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, and Yeardley Smith in The Simpsons (1989)

The Simpsons

8.7

TV Series

Ultrahouse 300 Matthew Perry Voice (voice)

2001

1 episode

 

Bruce Willis in The Kid (2000)

The Kid

6.1

Mr. Vivian (uncredited)

2000

 

Promo Poster

The Whole Nine Yards

6.7

Oz Oseransky

2000

 

Neve Campbell, Dylan McDermott, and Matthew Perry in Three to Tango (1999)

Three to Tango

6.1

Oscar Novak

1999

 

Almost Heroes (1998)

Almost Heroes

5.7

Leslie Edwards

1998

 

Salma Hayek and Matthew Perry in Fools Rush In (1997)

Fools Rush In

6.1

Alex

1997

 

Lea Thompson and Eric Lutes in Caroline in the City (1995)

Caroline in the City

6.2

TV Series

Chandler Bing

1995

1 episode

 

The Rembrandts: I'll Be There for You (1995)

The Rembrandts: I'll Be There for You

6.9

Music Video

Chandler Bing

1995

 

John Larroquette in The John Larroquette Show (1993)

The John Larroquette Show

7.2

TV Series

Steven

1995

1 episode

 

L.A.X. 2194 (1994)

L.A.X. 2194

5.7

TV Movie

Blaine

1994

 

Mira Sorvino, Ally Sheedy, Helen Slater, Paul Sorvino, Jim Belushi, James Brolin, LeVar Burton, Lindsay Crouse, Ben Gazzara, Dudley Moore, Gena Rowlands, Robert Wagner, JoBeth Williams, Treat Williams, Liza Minnelli, and Patricia Wettig in Parallel Lives (1994)

Parallel Lives

4.6

TV Movie

Willie Morrison

1994

 

Getting In (1994)

Getting In

5.3

Randall Burns

1994

 

Matthew Perry, Diana Canova, and John Bennett Perry in Home Free (1993)

Home Free

7.6

TV Series

Matt Bailey

1993

13 episodes

 

Gwyneth Paltrow and Robert Urich in Deadly Relations (1993)

Deadly Relations

5.9

TV Movie

George Westerfield

1993

 

Dream On (1990)

Dream On

7.6

TV Series

Alex Farmer

1992

1 episode

 

Luke Perry, Jason Priestley, Shannen Doherty, Jennie Garth, Tori Spelling, Brian Austin Green, Ian Ziering, and Gabrielle Carteris in Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990)

Beverly Hills, 90210

6.5

TV Series

Roger Azarian

1991

1 episode

 

Patty Duke in Call Me Anna (1990)

Call Me Anna

6.0

TV Movie

Desi Arnaz Jr (as Matthew L. Perry)

1990

 

Alyssa Milano, Tony Danza, Katherine Helmond, Danny Pintauro, and Judith Light in Who's the Boss? (1984)

Who's the Boss?

6.6

TV Series

Benjamin Dawson

1990

1 episode

 

Sydney (1990)

Sydney

7.9

TV Series

Billy Kells

1990

13 episodes

 

Ami Dolenz and Tony Danza in She's Out of Control (1989)

She's Out of Control

5.4

Timothy (as Matthew L. Perry)

1989

 

Growing Pains (1985)

Growing Pains

6.6

TV Series

Sandy

1989

3 episodes

 

Dinah Manoff, Kristy McNichol, David Leisure, Richard Mulligan, and Park Overall in Empty Nest (1988)

Empty Nest

6.6

TV Series

Bill at 18

1989

1 episode

 

Michael Landon in Highway to Heaven (1984)

Highway to Heaven

6.8

TV Series

David Hastings

1988

2 episodes

 

Just the Ten of Us (1987)

Just the Ten of Us

7.0

TV Series

Ed (as Matthew L. Perry)

1988

1 episode

 

Dance 'Til Dawn (1988)

Dance 'Til Dawn

6.7

TV Movie

Roger

1988

 

Matthew Perry and Kiel Martin in Boys Will Be Boys (1987)

Boys Will Be Boys

7.1

TV Series

Chazz Russell

1987–1988

21 episodes

 

River Phoenix, Meredith Salenger, Ione Skye, and Louanne in A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988)

A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon

5.5

Fred Roberts (as Matthew L. Perry)

1988

 

Morning Maggie

TV Movie

Bradley McAllister (as Matthew L. Perry)

1987

 

Tracey Ullman in The Tracey Ullman Show (1987)

The Tracey Ullman Show

7.1

TV Series

Craig

1987

1 episode

 

Erin Gray, Ricky Schroder, and Joel Higgins in Silver Spoons (1982)

Silver Spoons

6.1

TV Series

Davey

1986

1 episode

 

Scott Baio, Willie Aames, Julie Cobb, April Lerman, Michael Pearlman, Jonathan Ward, and James Widdoes in Charles in Charge (1984)

Charles in Charge

6.1

TV Series

Ed (as Matthew L. Perry)

1985

1 episode

 

Joanna Cassidy, Mark Harmon, and John Bennett Perry in 240-Robert (1979)

240-Robert

7.3

TV Series

Arthur

1979

1 episode

 

Producer

Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer in Friends: The Reunion (2021)

Friends: The Reunion

8.0

TV Special

executive producer

2021

 

Matthew Perry, Katie Holmes, Alexander Siddig, and Kristen Hager in The Kennedys After Camelot (2017)

The Kennedys After Camelot

6.3

TV Mini Series

executive producer

2017

4 episodes

 

Matthew Perry and Thomas Lennon in The Odd Couple (2015)

The Odd Couple

6.3

TV Series

executive producer

2015–2017

38 episodes

 

Matthew Perry, Bill Cobbs, Suzy Nakamura, Julie White, Laura Benanti, Brett Gelman, and Tyler James Williams in Go On (2012)

Go On

7.5

TV Series

co-executive producer

2012–2013

21 episodes

 

Matthew Perry in Mr. Sunshine (2011)

Mr. Sunshine

6.7

TV Series

executive producer

2011

13 episodes

 

The End of Steve (2008)

The End of Steve

7.2

TV Movie

executive producer

2008

 

Matthew Perry in Numb (2007)

Numb

6.6

executive producer

2007

 

Writer

Matthew Perry and Thomas Lennon in The Odd Couple (2015)

The Odd Couple

6.3

TV Series

developed for television by

teleplay by (creator)

2015–2017

38 episodes

 

Matthew Perry in Mr. Sunshine (2011)

Mr. Sunshine

6.7

TV Series

creator

written by

2011

13 episodes

 

The End of Steve (2008)

The End of Steve

7.2

TV Movie

co-creator (creator)

2008

 

Imagining Emily

6.0

Short

writer

1999