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Erich Anderson, an actor identified for his breakout position within the “Friday the thirteenth” franchise and recurring appearances on tv collection like “Felicity” and “Thirtysomething,” died on Saturday at his house in Los Angeles. He was 67.
His brother-in-law, Michael O’Malley, stated the trigger was esophageal most cancers.
In the late Nineteen Eighties and ’90s, Mr. Anderson performed a recurring love curiosity on “Thirtysomething,” a drama a couple of group of associates navigating life and love in Philadelphia;the ex-husband of a detective on “NYPD Blue”; and the daddy to Keri Russell’s lead position on “Felicity,” a collection about an introverted highschool pupil who follows her dream man to varsity in New York City.
By 2013, he had appeared in roughly 300 episodes of tv reveals together with “Boston Public,” “The X-Files,” “CSI,” “ER,” “seventh Heaven,” “Star Trek,” “Monk,” “Tour of Duty” and “Murder, She Wrote.”
But it was his first function movie position, in “Friday the thirteenth: the Final Chapter” — the fourth movie within the franchise, which follows the serial killer Jason Voorhees — that caught with followers all through his profession.
When the movie was launched in 1984, Mr. Anderson thought, “I had fun and actually loved the method and studying about it,” he informed a “Friday the thirteenth” podcast in 2013. “This is out on the planet now.”
But over time, particularly as he started attending fan conventions, Mr. Anderson got here to understand that his position as Rob Dier, who seeks to avenge his sister’s loss of life solely to be killed by Jason himself, was “by far probably the most enduring factor” he had completed.
Edward Erich Anderson was born on Oct. 24, 1956, in Sagamihara, Japan. He grew up in a army household, transferring around the globe as a baby, a life-style he stated helped him embrace his momentary roles.
“I believe that adaptation of with the ability to simply throw your self into no matter state of affairs presents itself leads you to selected professions that form of might have a contract factor related to it,” he stated within the 2013 interview.
He graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara, with levels in biochemistry and molecular biology, and went on to work on the University of Southern California’s medical faculty, the place, he stated in 2013, he assumed he would matriculate. But his curiosity in science started to wane, and he returned to his love of appearing.
He had been appearing on “Bay City Blues,” an NBC comedy a couple of minor-league baseball staff, when he bought the decision that he had landed the “Friday the thirteenth” position. What he didn’t know was that the final 40 pages of the script concerned filming rain scenes at night time. They used what he described as an insect sprayer to dampen Mr. Anderson and the actress Kimberly Beck.
“We have been younger; we have been up for something,” he stated. “It was our first film for lots of people.”
Mr. Anderson would go on to play roles in dozens of small movies and tv collection.
He married the actress Saxon Trainor, who survives him.
As he grew older, he wished extra management over the tales he was telling and turned to writing. He revealed three novels, together with one about 5 evangelists setting a date for the tip of the world.
“You can see my whole profession is — I’ll do no matter,” he stated within the 2013 interview. “I like working.”
