Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticMel Winkler, a character actor with numerous TV, film and stage credits as well as being a recognizable voice behind characters on the animated series The New Batman Adventures and Oswald, died in his sleep of unknown causes today at his home in Hollywood.
He was 78.His death was announced by family spokesperson Courtney Benson.Winkler made his Broadway stage debut in 1968’s The Great White Hope, appearing in several productions thereafter before taking the role of Seth Holly in 1988’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone by August Wilson.
His final Broadway role was in 1997’s Proposals, written by Neil Simon and directed by Joe Mantello. Winkler appeared in such films as Doc Hollywood (1991), All the Right.
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