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Ewen MacIntosh, Actor Who Played ‘Big Keith’ on British Version of ‘The Office,’ Dead at 50


Ewen MacIntosh, the British comedian who played the accountant "Big Keith" on the original U.K. version of 'The Office,' has died at the age of 50.

Ewen MacIntosh, the British comedian who played the accountant “Big Keith” on the original U.K. version of The Office, has died at the age of 50. The Office co-creators Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant both took to social media to pay tribute to MacIntosh, who played the monotone, scotch egg-eating accountant so well that they turned what was a bit part into a beloved character. “I’m so very sad to hear of the passing of Ewen MacIntosh, a lovely and uniquely funny man who played accountant Keith in The Office,” Merchant wrote.

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