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Alan Rachins has sadly died.

The actor, best known for his work on L.A. Law and Dharma & Greg, died Saturday (November 2), his wife Joanna Frank confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.

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The actor passed away at the age of 82 in his sleep of heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Alan was known for playing attorney Douglas Brackman Jr. for all eight of the L.A. Law seasons from 1986 to 1994, then reprised the role in 2002’s made-for-tv L.A. Law: The Movie. He earned a nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series at the 1988 Primetime Emmy Awards, as well as a Golden Globe nomination.

He also famously portrayed Larry, the father of Jenna Elfman’s Dharma, on the ABC sitcom Dharma & Greg, which ran for five seasons from 1997 to 2002.

He also appeared on Dallas, The Golden Girls, Diagnosis Murder, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman...

Alan Rachins, an actor known for his work on the series “L.A. Law” and “Dharma & Greg,” died early Saturday morning. He was 82.

Rachins died in his sleep of heart failure, his manager Mark Teitelbaum confirmed to Variety.

Rachins played lawyer Douglas Brackman Jr. on NBC’s “L.A. Law” for its entire eight-season run from 1986 to 1984, as well as in the 2002 made-for-tv film, “L.A. Law: The Movie.” He received nominations for a Primetime Emmy and Golden Globe in 1988 for his performance as Douglas.

“In the pilot episode, there was nothing of the more flamboyant or bizarre side of Douglas; he was going to be the hard-line office manager, the penny pincher,” Rachins said in a 1990 interview with The New York Times. “It was kind of limited, and I didn’t know where it was going. But quickly it developed a lot more color and flamboyance.”

After “L.A. Law,” Rachins portrayed Larry Finkelstein,...

Alan Rachins, who played lawyer Douglas Brackman for 13 seasons on “L.A. Law” and Jenna Elfman’s father Larry Finklestein on “Dharma & Greg,” died Saturday of heart failure. He was 82 years old.

Rachins’ manager, Mark Teitelbaum, shared the news of his death with TheWrap.

The actor’s additional credits include “Stargate Sg-1,” “Showgirls,” and “Grey’s Anatomy.” While he was well known for his television and film roles, Rachins began his career on Broadway in 1967 in “After the Rain.” He worked in theatrical productions for years until the 1970s and returned to the stage in a two-person play after five seasons on “Dharma & Greg.”

In a 2003 interview with New Jersey Stage he admitted the shift was a big step for him. “Well, this is big in the sense that this is the other extreme because we are on the stage at all times. We’ve got a lot to do.

Alan Rachins was born on October 3, 1942 in Cambridge, Massachusetts and passed away on November 2, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. The American actor is dead at age 82 from heart failure, according to our sister site The Hollywood Reporter. May his memory be a blessing.

Rachins had over 75 acting credits to his name, including on the TV shows “L.A. Law” (1986-94) as Douglas Brackman, “Dharma and Greg” (1997-2002) as Larry Finkelstein, and “Stargate Sg-1” (1997) as Colonel Kennedy, and in the movie “Showgirls” (1995) as Tony Moss.

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The actor received awards nominations at the Emmys and Golden Globes for his role on “L.A. Law,” losing to Larry Drake (“L.A. Law”) and Rutger Hauer (“Escape from Sobibor”), respectively. He took on the character of managing partner Douglas Brackman Jr. for all eight seasons between 1986 and 1994, plus in the 2002 TV movie reunion, for a total of 172 episodes.

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Alan Rachins, the actor known for his roles on L.A. Law and Dharma & Greg, has died. He was 82.

The Golden Globe and Emmy nominee died early Saturday morning after experiencing heart failure in his sleep at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, his wife Joanna Frank told The Hollywood Reporter.

In addition to his performance as Douglas Brackman on the NBC series L.A. Law, which ran from 1986 to 1994 and earned him Golden Globe and Emmy nominations, Rachins was known for playing Dharma’s (Jenna Elfman) hippy father Larry on the ABC sitcom Dharma & Greg, which ran for five seasons from 1997 to 2002.

Rachins also appeared in such films as Thunder Run (1986), North (1994) and Showgirls (1995), as well as shows like The Golden Girls, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Stargate Sg-1 and Rizzoli & Isles.

Born Oct. 3, 1942 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Rachins moved to New York to study acting, where he...

Alan Rachins, best known for his work on L.A. Law and Dharma & Greg, died Saturday, the actor’s wife Joanna Frank confirms to The Hollywood Reporter. Rachins was 82.

According to Frank, with whom Rachins also shared the screen on several occasions, her husband died in his sleep of heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

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On NBC’s L.A. Law, Rachins played attorney Douglas Brackman Jr.

Alan Rachins, an Emmy-nominated actor for his work on L.A. Law, has died at the age of 82. Rachins was at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center when he died in his sleep on November 2 in Los Angeles, his wife, actress Joanna Frank (who starred alongside him as his onscreen spouse a couple times), told The Hollywood Reporter. The cause of death was heart failure. Rachins was best known for playing law partner Douglas Brackman Jr. on the aforementioned NBC drama (1986-1994), then three years later (1997-2002), Dharma & Greg‘s Larry Finkelstein (father to Jenna Elfman‘s titular character). He was born on October 3, 1942, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and spent two years at the Wharton School of Finance before dropping out. He then got into acting on the stage in New York with productions like his Broadway debut with After the Rain in 1967 and the musical Oh! Calcutta (in which he performed naked) in the late 1960s.

Alan Rachins, who spent 13 seasons on television portraying the boorish law partner Douglas Brackman Jr. on L.A. Law and the hippie father of Jenna Elfman’s character on Dharma & Greg, died Saturday. He was 82.

Rachins died in his sleep of heart failure in the early morning hours at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his wife, actress Joanna Frank, told The Hollywood Reporter.

He and Frank married in 1978 after they met in an acting class. She recurred as Sheila Brackman, his feuding spouse, on L.A. Law, and they played a married couple in Always (1985), written and directed by indie auteur Henry Jaglom.

In what some might call a kinky coincidence, Rachins was one of the disrobing castmembers in the original stage production of Oh! Calcutta and appeared as Tony Moss, the cruel, toupeed director of the topless dance revue at the Stardust Casino, in Paul Verhoeven’s...

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