Paxton Whitehead death: Prolific stage actor and Friends guest star dies, aged 85
msn.comFriends, Frasier, Ellen, 3rd Rock from the Sun and The Drew Carey Show. But it was the recurring role of Hal Conway in Mad About You for which he was best known by TV viewers.
He played the wife of Judy Geeson’s Maggie in nine episodes. Whitehead, who was born in 1937, died on 16 June, and the news was announced by his son Charles.
The actor, who was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, trained at London’s Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art when he was 17, before embarking on an illustrious acting career that saw him perform on stage and screen.
In the 1960s, he made his Broadway debut in Ronald Millar’s The Affair, and went on to replade Jonathan Miller in the critically acclaimed Beyond the Fringe, which introduced audiences to the comedy of British stars including Dudley Moore, Peter Cook and Alan Bennett.
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