Yahoo News Six Million Dollar Man's Oscar Goldman actor dies
The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman star Richard Anderson has died at age 91.
A family statement confirmed that Anderson passed away surrounded by loved ones at his Beverly Hills home on Thursday (August 31), according to Deadline.
Anderson is best known for playing Oscar Goldman, head of the shadowy organisation that turned Col Steve Austin (Lee Majors) and Jaime Sommers (Lindsay Wagner) into veritable superheroes, on classic '70s action-adventure show The Six Million Dollar Man and its spin-off The Bionic Woman.
The character proved so popular that he'd reprise Goldman in a series of crossover Six Million Dollar Man/The Bionic Woman movies in the 1980s and 1990s.
Paying tribute to Anderson following the announcement of his death on Thursday, Lee Majors referred to the veteran TV actor as a "a dear and loyal friend".
"His always stylish attire, his class, calmness and knowledge never faltered in his 91 years," Majors said in a statement. "He loved his daughters, tennis and his work as an actor. He was still the sweet, charming man when I spoke to him a few weeks ago. I will miss you, my friend."
Bionic Woman star Lindsay Wagner also paid tribute: "I can't begin to say how much I have always admired and have been grateful for the elegance and loving friendship I was blessed to have with Richard Anderson. He will be greatly missed."
Throughout his eight-decade career in Hollywood, Anderson appeared in Stanley Kubrick's war drama Paths of Glory and narrated the '90s revival of Kung Fu.
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