Actor Nicky Katt
Useless at 54 …
‘Dazed and Confused,’ ‘Faculty of Rock’ Actor
Revealed
Nicky Katt — a recognizable character actor who appeared in dozens of well-known exhibits and flicks — has died … TMZ has confirmed.
Legal professional John Sloss — head of the agency that repped Katt, Sloss Regulation — confirmed Nicky’s loss of life … although he didn’t present any extra particulars.
Nicky received his begin in performing method again within the early Nineteen Eighties … showing in bit elements on “Fantasy Island” and “CHiPs.”
After recurring rolls on “Herbie, the Love Bug” and “The Get Along Gang” within the mid ’80s and grabbing just a few extra visitor spots on “The Facts of Life” and “Uncle Buck,” Nicky gained mainstream recognition for his half as Clint Bruno in “Dazed and Confused” … a troublesome man who fights Adam Goldberg’s Mike Newhouse.
Nicky performed plenty of powerful man characters and unsympathetic villains through the years … showing in “A Time to Killer,” “Sin City,” “Boiler Room,” “School of Rock,” “The Way of the Gun,” “Monk,” “Law & Order” and plenty of extra motion pictures and exhibits.
TV followers will in all probability most know him for his half as Harry Senate — a instructor within the his present “Boston Public.” Katt performed the character in 49 episodes throughout the primary three seasons of the present.
Many on-line are remembering Katt’s expertise … and mentioning he all the time introduced nice performances to life onscreen — whereas lamenting that he by no means fairly grew to become a family title.
Katt was married to a lady named Annie Morse from 1999 till 2001.
He was 54.
RIP
