Actor James Farantino: dead at age 73

[Navy Chief]

Actor James Farentino, who appeared in dozens of movies and television shows, died Tuesday in a Los Angeles hospital, according to a family spokesman. He was 73.

Farentino died of heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Hospital after a long illness, said the spokesman, Bob Palmer.
Farentino starred alongside Kirk Douglas and Martin Sheen in the 1980 science fiction film "The Final Countdown." The movie featured a modern aircraft carrier that travels back in time to Pearl Harbor hours before the Japanese attack.

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[Odie]

A very familiar face on '70s and '80s television......

 

[Jagdflieger]

I enjoyed his acting. Solid and down to earth, not to mention prolific.

 

[RKinkor]

Also in Blue Thunder the TV Show.

 

[Toastmaker]

I thought he was a fine actor, clearly under-rated by his industry.