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Tom Troupe, 'Star Trek' and 'Cheers' actor, dies at 97

Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News on

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Tom Troupe, the veteran actor best known for appearances in “Star Trek” and “Cheers,” died Sunday. He was 97.

Troupe died from natural causes at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif., his representatives told USA Today. He had celebrated his birthday just five days earlier.

Throughout a long and varied acting career, Troupe racked up credits in TV shows, movies and Broadway plays. He appeared on the first season of the original “Star Trek” series back in 1967 and the initial “Mission: Impossible” series that same year.

Troupe continued popping up in well-known series and films through his career, including “CHiPs,” “Quincy, M.E.,” “Archie Bunker’s Place,” “Cagney & Lacey,” “Cheers,” “Frasier” and “ER.”

Born in 1928 in Kansas City, Missouri, Troupe began acting with local groups in his hometown before moving to New York in hopes of his big break in 1948. Troupe had to put his acting career on hold to serve in the Korean War, where he earned a Bronze Star.

 

His first big-time Broadway job followed in 1957, when he starred in “The Diary of Anne Frank.” He also collaborated with his wife, Carole Cook, on three more plays, “The Lion in Winter,” “Father’s Day” and “The Gin Game.”

Troupe is survived by his son, Christopher, his daughter-in-law, Becky, and his granddaughter, Ashley, along with several nieces and nephews. Cook, who starred in “Sixteen Candles” and “The Lucy Show,” predeceased Troupe in 2023.

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