The actor was additionally recognized for his breakout function as Joe Kelly on ‘Normal Hospital.’
Veteran cleaning soap actor Doug Sheehan, who joined the forged of CBS’ long-running cleaning soap Knots Touchdown in 1983 as Ben Gibson, has died. Sheehan “handed away peacefully” at his house in Massive Horn, Wyoming on Saturday, June 29, in line with Wyoming-based Kane Funeral Dwelling. He was 75. A reason behind loss of life was not disclosed.
Born on April 27, 1949 in Santa Monica, California, Sheehan first appeared on TV in visitor spots on the dramas Charlie’s Angels in 1978 earlier than touchdown his breakout function enjoying lawyer Joe Kelly on ABC’s Normal Hospital, per his IMDb profile. He appeared in a complete of 205 episodes from 1978 till 1982, incomes a Daytime Emmy within the excellent actor in a supporting function in a daytime drama collection class that very same 12 months.
A 12 months after his departure from Normal Hospital, Sheehan transitioned to a different cleaning soap, CBS’ Dallas spinoff Knots Touchdown. The actor starred on the collection as reporter Ben Gibson, the second husband to Joan Van Ark’s Valene Ewing. He stayed for 115 episodes from 1983 to 1988 earlier than his character went on task in South America and was later reported to be lacking and believed lifeless.
Sheehan went on to star as stockbroker Brian Harper in Day by Day, which aired for 2 seasons on NBC from 1988 to 1989 and centered round Brian and Kate Harper (Linda Kelsey) and their son, Ross (Christopher Daniel Barnes). Within the ’90s, Sheehan performed Cher Horowitz’s father on the UPN adaptation of Clueless, taking up the function of Mel Horowitz from Michael Lerner after the primary season in 1997, and remaining on the present for the rest of its run by way of 1999. He additionally appeared as Edward Spellman, the daddy of Melissa Joan Hart’s Sabrina, on Sabrina the Teenage Witch.
His different credit embody Cheers, Alice, MacGyver, and Columbo. On the large display screen, Sheehan appeared in 10, Victor/Victoria, and Cops N Roberts. His closing credit score was a visitor starring function in What I Like About You, the 2003 movie starring Amanda Bynes and Jennie Garth. That very same 12 months, he returned for the collection finale of Sabrina the Teenage Witch.
Sheehan is survived by his spouse, Cate, to whom he had been from 1981 till his loss of life final month, per NBC.