Actor Richard Riehle — best known his role as Tom Smykowski in the 1999 comedy film, Office Space — died on Thursday at the age of 78.
\n\nRiehle died of natural causes in Los Angeles, California, his friends told TMZ, which last caught up with the actor in 2018, when he landed in Los Angeles after filming the Lifetime holiday movie, A Very Nutty Christmas, with Melissa Joan Hart.
\n\nAfter being asked his favorite Christmas song, Riehle replied, “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen.”
\n\nRiehle had a rather extensive career in Hollywood, appearing in more than 400 projects since the 1970s, according to his IMDb page.
\n\nHe played the prison guard who accidentally allows Dr. Richard Kimball (Harrison Ford) to escape custody during a train wreck in the 1993 film, The Fugitive, and appeared as Charlie Clark in the 1995 mafia drama, Casino.
\n\nThe actor also played Reverend Scroggins in the 1991 movie, Fried Green Tomatoes, and portrayed the ranch hand Carlson in the 1992 film, Of Mice and Men.
\n\nHe also appeared as Bob Bigalow in the 1991 comedy, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, and played Walt Finnerty on 45 episodes of Fox Network’s TV series, Grounded for Life.
\n\nRiehle’s breakout…
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