Rachins died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center of heart failure, his family confirmed in a statement to The Times.

Born Oct. 3, 1942, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Rachins spent two years at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania before moving to New York to pursue acting. He made his Broadway debut in the play “After the Rain” in 1967. Rachins ...

Actor Alan Rachins, known for starring in a string of ’90s cult classics across TV and film, has died. According to reports, he was 82. Rachins’ wife, fellow actor Joanna Frank, told The Hollywood Reporter that he died of heart failure in his sleep Saturday morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Emmy-nominated actor Alan Rachins has died at the age of 82. His wife, actress Joanna Frank, confirmed the news to The Hollywood Reporter, saying Rachins died in his sleep of heart failure in the early morning hours of Saturday, November 2, at Cedars-Sinai ...

The two characters he played in both shows were radically different, and he even mentioned that both roles were “like night and day.”