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Peter Scolari Dies: Emmy-Winning ‘Bosom Buddies’, ‘Newhart’, ‘Girls’ Actor Was 66


Peter Scolari, the prolific television and stage actor who found instant fame and a lifelong friendship with Tom Hanks when the two co-starred in the hit 1980 TV comedy Bosom Buddies, died early this morning following a two-year battle with cancer. He was 66.

His death was announced by Ellen Lubin Sanitsky at Wright Entertainment.

Scolari’s 43-year show business career included such highlights as his Emmy-nominated series regular role of producer Michael Harris on Bob Newhart’s 1984-90 comedy Newhart, an Emmy-winning recurring role as the father of Lena Dunham’s character on HBO’s Girls, and, most recently, his role as Bishop Thomas Marx on the CBS supernatural drama Evil

https://deadline.com/2021/10/peter-scol ... 234860691/

Wow. He was on CNNs history of sitcoms, and I thought he wasn’t aging well. Didn’t know he was sick.

Poor guy was always compared to his friend Tom Hanks, who made it in movies, while Scolari was the glue that held together any number of shows and stage productions.

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Fri Oct 22, 2021 8:35 pm

Poor guy was always compared to his friend Tom Hanks, who made it in movies, while Scolari was the glue that held together any number of shows and stage productions.

I loved Bosom Buddies and thought they were equally funny. At the time Hanks got his big break in Splash, Scolari actually had the better career resume. But I think the reason Hanks got the break and Scolari didn't is that Hanks was 6 feet tall and Scolari was 5'7"