Actor Jay Benedict, who appeared in movies like Aliens and TV shows including Emmerdale, has died following complications related to coronavirus.. He was best known for his television roles as Doug Hamilton in the soap opera Emmerdale, and as Captain/Major John Kieffer in the detective drama Foyle's War, in the episodes "Invasion" and "All Clear". The title character of The Great Gatsby is a young man, around thirty years old, who rose from an impoverished childhood in rural North Dakota to become fabulously wealthy. Actor Jay Benedict, who appeared in movies like Aliens and TV shows including Emmerdale, has died following complications related to coronavirus. He was born in the United States, but spent the vast majority of his career working in Europe. His “Emmerdale” co-star Vicki Michelle paid tribute in a tweet. Benedict was married to actress Phoebe Schofield, who appeared in Allo Allo and recently His Dark Materials. Recently, he appeared in the French comedy-drama movie Madame with Toni Collette and Harvey Keitel. Jay Benedict, star of The Dark Knight Rises and Aliens, has died aged 68 ‘due to complications arising from a COVID-19 infection’. Benedict's friend, Allo Allo actress Vicki Michelle, called him a 'kind lovely man'. The actor played a character named Deak in the Tosche Station scene, which featured Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker and Anthony Daniels as C-3PO. Check out the epic fight between Batman and Bane from The Dark Knight Rises. It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our dear client Jay Benedict, who this afternoon lost his battle with COVID-19. He was frequently cast as American characters in British films and television programmes. “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our dear client Jay Benedict, who this afternoon lost his battle with COVID-19. In addition to English, he also spoke fluent French and Spanish, having spent parts of his childhood in both countries, and performed widely on the continent. Benedict also acted in “Aliens” and the long-running UK series “Emmerdale.”. Emmerdale actor Jay Benedict has died after contracting coronavirus. … He also appeared as a "rich twit" in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises. Live: Follow all the latest updates from the UK and around the world, Fact-checker: The number of COVID-19 cases in your local area, Explained: Symptoms, latest advice and how it compares to the flu. His official website announced: "It is with profound sorrow that we must announce Jay's death on the 4th of April due to complications arising from a COVID-19 infection." However, he achieved this lofty goal by participating in organized crime, including distributing illegal alcohol and trading in stolen securities. [2] Subsequent film appearances include The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (Didier le Clair), Icon (Carey Jordan), The White Knight (Turkish Ambassador), The Russia House (Spikey), Saving Grace (the MC), Rewind and The Dark Knight Rises (Rich Twit). He also appeared widely on television, most notably as Frank Crowe in an episode of the BBC's award-winning 2003 television miniseries Seven Wonders of the Industrial World, John E. Jones III in Nova's Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial, Alan Kalanak in the 2001 Christmas Special edition of Jonathan Creek and Yves Houdet in Thames Television's mini-series of Angus Wilson's Anglo-Saxon Attitudes. In May 2014, it was revived with a short run at the Theatre Royal, Margate with a further one-week run scheduled at The Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, in September 2014. Benedict was born in Burbank, California, but moved to Europe in the 1960s and spent most of his working life in the UK. Read more: Veteran Bond stuntman fighting for his life with coronavirus. Jay Benedict had over 120 acting credits that ran from 1963 through 2017. [citation needed]. Jay Benedict's role in Aliens was greatly expanded in James Cameron's director's cut of the 1986 box office hit. Jay Benedict, an actor with roles ‘Aliens,’ ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ and ‘Star Wars: A New Hope,’ is dead at 68-years-old. The actor, 68, sadly died on Saturday 4 April after suffering complications from the Covid-19 virus which has claimed the lives of thousands across the UK. Among his first movie appearances was in the role of Deak, a friend of Mark Hamill's Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: A New Hope, though the scenes did not feature in the final movie.
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