Kevin Brophy starred within the short-lived Seventies ABC drama ‘Lucan.’
Former ABC star Kevin Brophy has died. In keeping with The Hollywood Reporter, the actor, who starred within the short-lived ’70s ABC drama Lucan, handed away at 70. His household introduced that he died on Could 11 at his Rancho Sante Fe residence after being identified with stage 4 most cancers 10 years in the past. Brophy was additionally identified for the cult horror movie Hell Night time and acted in quite a few movies and reveals between the Seventies and Nineties.
Brophy was born on Nov. 1, 1953 in Salt Lake Metropolis, and his household moved to the San Fernando Valley when he was 9 years outdated. He attended CalArts together with his classmates Ed Harris, David Hasselhoff, and the late Paul Reubens. In 1977, he landed his first skilled appearing job on ABC’s short-lived Lucan, the place he performed a 20-year-old man who spent the primary 10 years of his life working wild within the forests in northern Minnesota, being raised by wolves. The sequence additionally starred Don Gordon and ran for simply two seasons.
Coeur d’Alene, ID – 1980: Kevin Brophy showing within the ABC television sequence ‘The Yeagers’, episode ‘Pilot’. (Photograph by Jim Globus /American Broadcasting Firms by way of Getty Photographs)
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In 1981, Brophy starred within the Tom DeSimone-directed slasher horror Hell Night time alongside Linda Blair, Vincent Van Patten, and Peter Barton. Different credit embody The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, M*A*S*H, The Lengthy Riders, The Yeagers, The Seduction, Strike Power, The Love Boat, Companions in Crime, Finder of Misplaced Loves, Rising Pains, Goodfellas, Star Trek: Deep Area 9, JAG, and I am Dropping You. Brophy’s remaining movie function was 2012’s E-book of 1000 Deaths, which got here 14 years after his final function. He additionally appeared within the 2022 brief The Clown Statue. It is unknown what made him wish to take a break from appearing, and it is attainable if not for his analysis, he may need made a everlasting return to appearing within the early 2010s.
Starting in 1983, he labored as a valet on the Resort Bel-Air throughout his free time. He later served as a number on the Luxe Resort in Beverly Hills. His obituary states that he spent 5 years in complete remission however in the end succumbed to his most cancers. These wishing to honor Brophy’s reminiscence can plant bushes and are inspired to go to the Sympathy Retailer for extra info. Brophy is survived by his spouse, Amy Prettyman Brophy, his mom Carol, his brother John and spouse Wendy, kids Kelly, Michael, Megan, and Ryan, and grandchildren Jarrah and Saylor.
