Alan Scarfe’s family have confirmed the death of the Lethal Weapon 3 actor following a battle with colon cancer.
The celebrity passed away at his home in Quebec, Canada, and his family said he died peacefully on April 28.
The classically-trained British-Canadian star, who was cast in Lethal Weapon 3 opposite Mel Gibson, as well as Double Impact, was 77 years old.
Alan Scarfe’s family said his death came at his home in Longueuil in an online obituary.
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He grew up wishing to play parts in movies. Scarfe, who was born in Harpenden in England but raised in Vancouver, Canada, wanted to become a classically-trained actor.
In a 2007 interview, he said: “I wanted to be a great classical actor in the long tradition of Burbage, Garrick, Kean, Booth, Olivier.
“45 years ago when I began, it was still possible to think in such a romantic, idealistic way”.
He studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and became associated director of the Everyman Theater in Liverpool.
Scarfe performed across Europe, the US and Canada and said yes to more than 100 roles.
While in Canada he landed a number of parts in movies, including The Bay Boy, Overnight, Street Justice, Deserters and Iron Eagle II.
But he would never say which characters won the top spot for him.
He said: “I don’t really think of film and television as the impressive part of my career. But of the films it is mostly the small, independent ones of which I am most proud. Films like Deserters and The Portrait and the recent Hamster Cage.”
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In the 1980s he turned to Broadway with MacBeth, but later on played Dr Bradley Talmadge in Seven Days, which lasted for three seasons up until the TV show ended in 2001.
Before his death, Alan Scarfe was also cast in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Voyager, and would enjoy meeting Trekkies at convetions.
He also became a novelist, penning The Revelation of Jack the Ripper among others.
He is survived by his daughter, son, brother and two grandchildren. His second wife, actress Barbara March, died in 2019.
Tributes pour in for Alan Scarfe after his death
Fans have paid tribute to the star after the news.
One wrote on Twitter: “RIP Alan Scarfe. He battled not one but two Jean-Claude Van Dammes in ‘Double Impact’ and did lots of sci-fi (‘Seven Days,’ two ‘Star Trek’ series). His strong stage voice came in handy, he said, because “you can’t really mumble if you’re a Klingon.”
Another added: “RIP to Alan Scarfe, who (amongst many things) played Sam Steele in the tributed Canadian Heritage Minute for the iconic Mountie-A key part of our videos’ intro.”
“Sad to see Alan Scarfe has passed, I loved his evil farmer role in The Wrong Guy with Dave Foley,” penned a third.
While a fourth wrote: “A damn shame. He’s one of those actors who I always enjoyed seeing on TV and in the occasional movie.”
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