[News] ‘Seinfeld’ actor Peter Crombie is dead

Peter Crombie, the actor best known for playing “Crazy” Joe Davola in season four of Seinfeld has passed on at the age of 71.

 

The actor’s ex-wife, Nadine Kijner revealed that he died after a brief illness. She wrote;

 

“It is with shock and extreme sadness that I share my Ex-husband died this morning. Thank you for so many wonderful memories and being such a good man. Fly free into the Un-boundless source of light, Peter. May you be greeted with love by your parents, and Oliver . So so many people loved you because you were a kind, giving, caring and creative Soul.”

 

In 1992, Crombie took on the recurring role of “Crazy” Joe Davola pn Seinfeld, where his character terrorizes and threatens Jerry during the plot line that spanned five episodes.

 

Years later, he played Frankenstein’s Creature in the 1997 miniseries House of Frankenstein. As for TV, he appeared in a handful of other shows, such as Perfect Strangers, American Playhouse, As the World Turns, H.E.L.P., Law & Order, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, L.A. Law, L.A. Firefighters, Picket Fences, NYPD Blue and Walker, Texas Ranger.

 

He also had roles in several movies throughout the late ’80s and ’90s, including Broken Vows, Born on the Fourth of July, Smoothtalker, The Doors, Rising Sun, Natural Born Killers, Safe, Seven and A Walton Easter.