Actor Richard Roat, whose career spanned five decades and included roles on "Seinfeld," "Friends" and "Dallas," has died at the age of 89.
Roat died on August 5 in Orange County, California, his wife, Kathy Roat, confirmed to Variety.
Roat's career took off with the early 1960s soap opera The Doctors, in which he appeared in 172 episodes as Dr. Jerry Chandler. Roat then went on to appear on "Hawaii Five-O," "Cheers," "Happy Days," "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "The Golden Girls," "The FBI," "Westworld," "Kojak," "St. Elsewhere” and dozens of other television programs.
In "Seinfeld", he starred opposite Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Dr. Berg in the Season 8 episode "The Package". In "Friends," he played Burt, a concerned colleague who caught Ross having an affair with a female student. In the '90s, Roat appeared in sitcoms including "3rd Rock From the Sun," "Ellen," "7th Heaven" and "Mad About You." Late in his career, Roat landed roles on "24," "Medical Investigation," and "Cold Case."
Born in Connecticut in 1933, Roat performed on Broadway and at the Public Theater in Central Park, the Huntington Hartford Theater in Los Angeles, and the Pasadena Playhouse. According to his obituary, he loved sports, music, played the violin and was a whiskey lover.
