(OurNationNews.com) After battling stage 4 cancer for a decade, actor Kevin Brophy finally succumbed to the disease, passing away at his home in Rancho Santa Fe, California, at the age of 70, according to an obituary posted by his family.
Born on November 1, 1953 in Salt Lake City, Utah, Brophy spent much more of his life in California after his family moved to the San Fernando Valley. He went to elementary school in Encino and then high school in Del Ray. After that, the actor attended and graduated from the prestigious California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) – among his classmates were Hollywood mainstays such as Ed Harris, Paul Reubens (“Pee Wee Herman”), and David Hasselhoff.
Brophy was most known for his appearances in the werewolf-themed modern fantasy TV show “Lucan”, and the fraternity president in the 1980’s slasher flick “Hell Night,” which starred Linda Blair. He also appeared in other TV shows that aired through the mid-70s through the early 90s, which include “M*A*S*H”, “The Love Boat”, “The Hardy Boys Mysteries”, “Hart to Hart”, “Growing Pains”, and “J.A.G.”. The majority of his work in feature films were in the 80’s and included appearances in “The Seduction”, “The Delos Adventure”, “Time Walker”, “Code Name Vengeance”, and “Easy Wheels”. He also had a small bit part in the iconic Martin Scorsese 1990 gangster flick “Goodfellas”. In 2012 he appeared in the “Book of 1000 Deaths”, with his final acting credit being in a film named the “The Clown Statue” which came out in 2022.
After the height of his acting career, Brophy spent much of his time working in Beverly Hills in the hotel industry, where he was employed with the Hotel Bel Air and the Luxe Hotel. He enjoyed a windfall after he, along with “Hell Night” castmate Peter Barton, were named the beneficiaries of an estate worth $1.2 million owned by a long-time fan from Illinois, Ray Fulk.
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