{"id":7042,"date":"2025-02-14T07:39:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T07:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=7042"},"modified":"2025-02-14T18:16:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T18:16:44","slug":"%f0%9f%95%8a%ef%b8%8f-nbc-actor-de-ad-at-79-more-in-comments-on-bruce-french-%e2%ac%87%ef%b8%8f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=7042","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udd4a\ufe0f NBC Actor De.ad at 79 More in Comments \u2b07\ufe0f"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bruce French, a veteran character actor best known for his role as Father Lonigan, the blind priest on the NBC soap opera <em>Passions<\/em> who could sense evil, has died.<\/p>\n<p>French passed away on Feb. 7 at the age of 79 due to complications with Alzheimer\u2019s disease, with which he was diagnosed four years prior, his wife of 34 years, longtime <em>Days of Our Lives <\/em>actress Eileen Barnett, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/bruce-french-dead-passions-1236131400\/\"><em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Iowa on July 4, 1945, as the son of a funeral director, French went on to graduate from the University of Iowa, where he first met his bride-to-be, before serving in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-592500\" src=\"https:\/\/popculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/02\/bruce-french.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/popculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/02\/bruce-french.jpg 696w, https:\/\/popculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/02\/bruce-french.jpg?resize=244,300 244w, https:\/\/popculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/02\/bruce-french.jpg?resize=425,523 425w, https:\/\/popculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/02\/bruce-french.jpg?resize=200,246 200w\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"857\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bruce French during NBC\u2019s \u201cPassions\u201d 7th Season Kick-Off Party at Universal Citywalk in Universal City, California, United States. (Photo by Jean-Paul Aussenard\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_2_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-2 adthrive-ad-cls adthrive-content-max-height\" data-google-query-id=\"CNXXn7TUwosDFSivgwcdHwQxXw\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,33020490\/AdThrive_Content_2\/66abbe5d4ef0c832c19e4933_0__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,33020490\/AdThrive_Content_2\/66abbe5d4ef0c832c19e4933_0\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,33020490\/AdThrive_Content_2\/66abbe5d4ef0c832c19e4933_0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"3\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>After studying acting at NYU\u2019s Tisch School of the Arts upon his return, French starred in an off-Broadway production of <em>The Shadow of a Gunman<\/em> before making his onscreen debut in 1974\u2019s <em>Man on a Swing<\/em>, starring Cliff Robertson and Joel Grey.<\/p>\n<p>It was the start of a prolific career, which also included the 1978 films <em>Coming Home<\/em> and <em>Bloodbrothers<\/em> in addition to 1983\u2019s <em>Christine<\/em> and <em>Mr. Mom<\/em>, 1985\u2019s <em>Fletch <\/em>and<em> Murphy\u2019s Romance<\/em>, 1986\u2019s <em>Legal Eagles<\/em> and <em>Wildcats<\/em>, 2001\u2019s <em>Jurassic Park III<\/em>, 2002\u2019s <em>Mr. Deeds<\/em>, 2005\u2019s <em>Thank You for Smoking<\/em>, and 2010\u2019s<em> Beginners <\/em>and<em> Beautiful Boy<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>French also appeared in numerous TV series beyond <em>Passions<\/em>, on which he starred from 1999 to 2008. The veteran actor also appeared in episodes of <em>L.A. Law, Picket Fences, Ally McBeal, The Practice, Boston Public, Boston Legal, Grey\u2019s Anatomy, Criminal Minds, Mad Men, Gilmore Girls, House, The West Wing, Night Court, Cheers, Moonlighting, Matlock<\/em> and more. He also appeared in numerous<em> Star Trek<\/em> titles, including <em>Enterprise, Voyager and The Next Generation<\/em> in addition to the 1998 film <em>Star Trek: Insurrection<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bruce French, a veteran character actor best known for his role as Father Lonigan, the blind priest on the NBC soap opera Passions who could sense evil,&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"a3_pvc":{"activated":false,"total_views":0,"today_views":0},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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