Farewell to American actor Earl Boen , character actor best known for playing the criminal psychologist Peter Silberman in the sci-fi saga "Terminator" by director James Cameron, with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
He died in Honolulu, Hawaii at the age of 81.
His daughter Ruby Harbin announced it to The Hollywood Reporter: in November, he added, he had been diagnosed with lung cancer. "He died peacefully in his sleep."
Born on August 8, 1941 in New York, Boen has worked and appeared in nearly 300 films and television jobs .
Boen's films include Alan Johnson's "To Be or Not to Be" (1983), "A Touch of Velvet" (1986) by Robert Mandel, "Bobo the Dog Life" (1987) by Melvin Frank, " I Married an Alien" (1988) by Richard Benjamin (1988), "Programmed to Kill" (1990) by Dwight H. Little (1990), "The Dentist" (1996) by Brian Yuzna (1996), "The Family of the Nutty Professor" (2000) by Peter Segal. On TV: "The Streets of San Francisco", "The Jeffersons", "Hazzard", "Murder, She Wrote, She Wrote", "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air", "Chimpanzee Family", "West Wing - All the President's Men".
He has also worked as a voice actor in radio, animated series and video games including “Zork: Grand Inquisitor”, “Return to Krondor”, “Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force”, “Soldier of Fortune”, “Metal Gear Solid 2” , “Fallout Tactics”, “Icewind Dale 2”, “Call of Duty”, “Psychonauts” and “World of Warcraft”.
(Unioneonline/D)