Hollywood veteran Richard Riehle dies
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He was well-known in Hollywood for his portrayal of Santa Claus. He portrayed St. Nick in 11 different projects, including A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas and episodes of Two and a Half Men and The League.
Hollywood actor Richard Riehle, a character actor best known for his supporting role in Office Space, has passed on.
The news of Riehle’s death , who portrayed Tom Smykowski in the 1999 workplace comedy, was reported by TMZ. His friends also confirmed the report, explaining that the actor died naturally at the age of 78.
Riehle was born in 1948 in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, and attended the University of Notre Dame before earning an MFA at the University of Minnesota. He was well-known in Hollywood for his portrayal of Santa Claus. He portrayed St. Nick in 11 different projects, including A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas and episodes of Two and a Half Men and The League.
The actor also played the amusingly named mechanic Bill Cozbi in Bridesmaids (2011), as well as in Casino, Fried Green Tomatoes, The Fugitive, Mysterious Skin, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Transformers: Age of Extinction, and The Man from Earth.