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Veteran actor had many roles

The wife of Steve Franken says the veteran film and television actor has died. Jean Franken says her husband, who starred in the 1960s TV series The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis and as the drunken waiter in the film The Party, died Aug.

The wife of Steve Franken says the veteran film and television actor has died.

Jean Franken says her husband, who starred in the 1960s TV series The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis and as the drunken waiter in the film The Party, died Aug. 24 after battling cancer.

The 80-year-old appeared in dozens of roles, ranging from guest appearances in TV series Bewitched and Seinfeld to film roles in Nurse Betty and 2009's Angels and Demons. He was also a stage actor. -