Peter Scolari, a versatile actor whose TV roles included roles in Newhart and Girls, has died at the age of 66. Scolari died on Friday morning in New York after fighting cancer for two years, according to Ellen Lubin Sanitsky, his manager.
He first gained attention as Tom Hanks’ co-star in the 1980s sitcom Bosom Buddies, in which their characters disguised themselves as women to live in affordable, females-only housing.
The two actors went on to work together in projects including Hanks’ 1996 movie directorial debut That Thing You Do! and in 2013’s Lucky Guy, Nora Ephron’s play about newspaper columnist Mike McAlary.
Scolari also played on Broadway in Wicked, Hairspray and 2014’s Bronx Bombers – in which he played baseball’s Yogi Berra. His.
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