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Actor Earl Boen, best known for his reoccurring role in the ‘Terminator’ movies, has died.
The veteran actor died in Hawaii, but no cause of death has been disclosed by his family.
R.I.P. Earl Boen – So good at putting Sarah Connor over pic.twitter.com/8NtJ7PXq3N
— 𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗡 (@outlawvern) January 6, 2023
In the ‘Terminator’ series, he played the role of criminal psychologist Dr. Peter Silberman.
He appeared in The Terminator (1984), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), and Terminator: Dark Fate (2019).
L'acteur américain Earl Boen s'est éteint à l'âge de 81 ans.
Il jouait notamment le fameux docteur Silberman dans les trois premiers volets de Terminator… pic.twitter.com/7E768W6gdO— Colonel Farès (@LeColonelFares1) January 6, 2023
This makes him the only actor besides Arnold Schwarzenegger to appear in each of the first three Terminator films.
Boen was also known for numerous voice-overs.
@GreyDeLisle R.I.P. Earl Boen American actor and also voice actor. Boen was also very active in the voice-over field. He was known for voicing characters such as Mr. Bleakman in Clifford the Big Red Dog, Police Chief Kanifky in Bonkers, the Narrator in World of Warcraft, pic.twitter.com/0YSghDMpBR
— Dino Cencia (@CenciaDino) January 6, 2023
He voiced characters such as Mr. Bleakman in Clifford the Big Red Dog, Police Chief Kanifky in Bonkers, the Narrator in World of Warcraft, Señor Senior in Kim Possible, and Captain LeChuck in the Monkey Island series.
He appeared in “Battle Beyond the Stars,” “The Man with Two Brains,” “Alien Nation,” “Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult,” and “Nutty Professor II: The Klumps” in 2000.
L'acteur américain Earl Boen s'est éteint à l'âge de 81 ans.
Il jouait notamment le fameux docteur Silberman dans les trois premiers volets de Terminator… pic.twitter.com/7E768W6gdO— Colonel Farès (@LeColonelFares1) January 6, 2023
He appeared in episodes of The Golden Girls, The Golden Palace, The Wonder Years, Boy Meets World, Seinfeld and Three’s Company. He played the role of Patrick Morrison in Matlock.
Boen often played the roles of doctors in movie and television roles.
Rest easy to Earl Boen pic.twitter.com/8WDVcb7CHN
— . (@forechanteller) January 6, 2023
Other films in which he appeared include The Main Event (1979), 9 to 5 (1980), Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. (1981), To Be or Not to Be (1983), Alien Nation (1988), and Marked for Death (1990).
Earl is survived by his wife, Cathy. His first wife, Carole, passed away in 2001.
He was 81 at the time of his death.
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