{"id":107772,"date":"2021-10-22T23:13:21","date_gmt":"2021-10-23T04:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=107772"},"modified":"2021-10-22T23:13:54","modified_gmt":"2021-10-23T04:13:54","slug":"bosom-buddies-star-peter-scolari-dead-at-66-entertainment-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=107772","title":{"rendered":"\u201cBosom Buddies\u201d Star Peter Scolari Dead at 66 &#8211; Entertainment News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=107772\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=107772\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-107773 size-medium\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/peter-scolari-152133-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/peter-scolari-152133-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/peter-scolari-152133-768x401.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/peter-scolari-152133-1024x535.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>By Geoffrey Huchel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>TV, film and stage actor Peter Scolari, known to audiences for his roles on BOSOM BUDDIES and NEWHART passed away October 22, 2021 after a two year battle with cancer. He was 66.<\/p>\n<p>Scolari began his on-screen career in the late 1970s, appearing in a guest-role on the series ANGIE (1979-1980) and in multiple episodes of the short-lived sitcom GOODTIME GIRLS (1980) and then landed his big break co-starring opposite Tom Hanks in the sitcom BOSOM BUDDIES (1980-1982). Scolari playing Henry Desmond for the show\u2019s entire two-seasons run. After BOSOM BUDDIES ended Scolari and Hanks remained close friends. Scolari co-starred on NEWHART (1982-1990), playing Michael Harris from 1984-1990. He received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series his work on the show. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Scolari\u2019s additional TV and film credits include REMINGTON STEELE (1982-1987), HAPPY DAYS (1974-1984), CARPOOL (1983), HOTEL (1983-1988), FAMILY TIES (1982-1989), THE LOVE BOAT (1977-1987), THE TWILIGHT ZONE (1985-1989), THE RYAN WHITE STORY (1989), PERRY MASON: THE CASE OF THE GLASS COFFIN (1991), EMPTY NEST (1988-1995), LOIS &amp; CLARK: THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN (1993-1997), DAVE\u2019S WORLD (1993-1997), THAT THING YOU DO (1996), THE DREW CAREY SHOW (1995-2004), THE NANNY (1993-1999), HONEY, I SHRUNK THE KIDS: THE TV SHOW (1997-2000), ALLY MCBEAL (1997-2003), ER (1994-2009), THE WEST WING (1999-2006), THE POLAR EXPRESS (2004), BIG LOVE (2006-2011), WHITE COLLAR (2009-2014), GOTHAM (2014-2019), MADOFF (2016), GIRLS (2012-2017) BLUE BLOODS (2010-) and EVIL (2019-).<\/p>\n<p>Scolari appeared in Broadway productions of \u201cWicked\u201d, \u201cSly Fox\u201d, \u201cHairspray\u201d, and \u201cLucky Guy\u201d, which reunited him with his BOSOM BUDDIES co-star Tom Hanks. His other stage credits include \u201cOld Man Joseph and His Family\u201d, \u201cThe Exonerated\u201d, \u201cThe Music Man\u201d and \u201cBronx Bombers\u201d, portraying Yogi Berra.<\/p>\n<p>Ringside Report sends our condolences to Peter Scolari\u2019s family during their time of grief.<\/p>\n<p>[si-contact-form form=&#8217;2&#8242;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Geoffrey Huchel TV, film and stage actor Peter Scolari, known to audiences for his roles on BOSOM BUDDIES and NEWHART passed away October 22, 2021 after a two year battle with cancer. He was 66. Scolari began his on-screen career in the late 1970s, appearing in a guest-role on the series ANGIE (1979-1980) and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17984],"tags":[27665],"class_list":["post-107772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment-news","tag-bosom-buddies-star-peter-scolari-dead-at-66-entertainment-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=107772"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107772\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=107772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=107772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}