Wayne Northrop, the actor identified for roles on Days of Our Lives and Dynasty, has died. He was 77.
Northrop died Friday on the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, publicist Cynthia Snyder advised The Hollywood Reporter. He was recognized with Alzheimer’s six years in the past.
“He took his final breath within the arms of his household,” Northrop’s spouse and fellow cleaning soap star, Lynn Herring Northrop, mentioned in a press release. “We want to thank probably the most caring and wonderful place, the Motion Picture and Television Home, for taking such nice care of him. Wayne touched so many individuals together with his humorousness and wit. A husband for 43 years, one of the best dad ever to his two boys, Hank and Grady, and a rancher who liked his cows and was a buddy to many.”
Northrop appeared on greater than 1,000 episodes of Days of Our Lives, first as Detective Roman Brady after which as Dr. Alex North. On Dynasty, he performed Michael Culhane, chauffeur of oil tycoon Blake Carrington. On Port Charles, he portrayed the manipulative Rex Stanton.
Northrop additionally appeared on such different collection as L.A. Law, Hotel, You Are the Jury and Cold Case.
Wayne Northrop was born April 12, 1947, to Robert and Donna Jean Northrop in Sumner, Washington. He graduated with a level in communications from the University of Washington earlier than taking an appearing class at Seattle Community College and shifting to Las Angeles to pursue an appearing profession.
He joined the newly fashioned Los Angeles Actors’ Theatre headed by Ralph Waite in 1975, which led to his first agent and tv position, a small half on an episode of Police Story.
He married Lynn in May 1981, and the couple later bought a working cattle ranch in Raymond, California. Passionate about wildlife and conservation, he ran the ranch together with his environmental beliefs in thoughts. In 2008, he and his spouse bought the oldest home in Raymond, inbuilt 1886, and transformed it right into a museum that’s now on the National Register of Historic Places.
Survivors additionally embody his stepmother, Janet.
