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  1. Oct 22, 2021 · CNN — Peter Scolari, a veteran actor who rose to fame alongside Tom Hanks on “Bosom Buddies,” died Friday morning. Scolari had cancer and had been ill for two years, his manager Ellen Lubin...

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  2. Oct 22, 2021 · Peter Scolari, a familiar face on “Bosom Buddies,” “Newhart,” “Girls” and other television shows and in Broadway, Off Broadway and regional theater productions, died on Friday in Manhattan. He was...

  3. Peter Thomas Scolari (September 12, 1955 – October 22, 2021) [1] was an American actor. He was best known for his roles as Henry Desmond in the ABC sitcom Bosom Buddies (1980–1982) and Michael Harris on the CBS sitcom Newhart (1984–1990) the later of which earned him three consecutive nominations for Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding ...

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    Title
    Role
    Notes
    2021
    Dave Debusher
    2 episodes
    2020
    Captain Higgins
    Episode: "Careful What You Wish For"
    2019–2021
    Bishop Thomas Marx
    Recurring role, 9 episodes
    2019
    Mel
    2 episodes
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    • Movies and Broadway
    • Scolari on His Role in “Girls”

    Scolari got his big break starring alongside Tom Hanks in the 1980 ABC sitcom “Bosom Buddies.” Featuring its two stars as young men who dressed as woman in order to live in an affordable women-only building, the sitcom often featured improvisation from Scolari and Hanks. Though it was popular with audiences, “Bosom Buddies” lagged after several sch...

    Scolari had roles in movies including “Sorority Boys,” “The Polar Express,” and, most recently, 2020’s “Looks that Kill.” He was also a stage actor who played the Wizard of Oz in “Wicked” on Broadway. Other Broadway performances included Yogi Berra in “Bronx Bombers” as well as roles in “Sly Fox,” “Hairspray,” and “Lucky Guy.”

    “In many ways it’s a new career — not as a situation-comedy actor, but as a single-camera actor in what turned out to be a young, hip, dangerous show. And there was a place for me there. Incredible. If we decline to become set in our ways, that’s good. But it doesn’t always feel good. It can be very challenging.” —from a 2016 interview for Variety

  4. Oct 22, 2021 · Peter Scolari, who rose to stardom on the brilliant-but-canceled “Bosom Buddies” alongside Tom Hanks, died Friday morning at age 66 of cancer, after a two-year illness.

  5. Oct 22, 2021 · Scolari, a versatile character actor whose television roles included recurring parts on Evil and Girls, has died after fighting cancer for two years.

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  7. Oct 22, 2021 · Actor Peter Scolari, who was known for his role in "Bosom Buddies" alongside Tom Hanks, has died of cancer, his manager Ellen Lubin Sanitsky confirmed Friday. He was 66.

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