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Peter Jason Dies: ‘Deadwood’ Actor And Favorite Of John Carpenter And Walter Hill Was 80
His death was announced Thursday by, among other colleagues, director Carpenter, who called him "one of the great character actors in cinema."
Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection Peter Jason, a prolific character best known for his role of Deadwood ‘s dim-witted card dealer Con Stapleton and numerous performances in the films of John Carpenter and Walter Hill, died Thursday. To give just a sampling: Early TV credits include guest shots on ’60s series such as Judd For The Defense, Here Come The Brides and Land Of The Giants and the following decades would include Hart To Hart, The Golden Girls, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Dirty Sexy Money, Justified, NCIS and beginning in 2017 a recurring role in Zach Galifianakis’ FX comedy series Baskets playing the brother of Louis Anderson’s Christine Baskets. For Carpenter, he appeared in seven films between 1987 and 2001 including Prince of Darkness, They Live, Body Bags, In the Mouth of Madness, Village of the Damned, Escape from L.A. and Ghosts of Mars.
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