Richard Riehle Dies: ‘Office Space’ & ‘Bridesmaids’ Actor Was 78
Richard Riehle, an actor in Office Space, Bridesmaids, Casino, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, and The Man From Earth, has died. He was 78. Riehle played Tom Smykowski, a cynical Initech product manager, in the Mike Judge satirical comedy, sharing credits with Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, Stephen Root, and Gary Cole. The actor died of natural causes […]
Character actor Richard Riehle has died at the age of 78. According to Variety, he died of natural causes on Oct. 15 in Los Angeles. TheWrap reports that TMZ was the first to report the news.
Riehle was best known for his role as Tom Smykowski, a cynical Initech product manager in the Mike Judge comedy Office Space. His extensive screen career included appearances in Casino, Bridesmaids, Glory, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, The Fugitive, and various Star Trek shows, according to Rolling Stone and The Hollywood Reporter. Deadline notes he also appeared in The Man From Earth.
Born in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, on May 12, 1948, Riehle was the son of Mary Margaret Walsh and Herbert John Riehle. TheWrap states he graduated cum laude from the University of Notre Dame in 1970 with a degree in speech and drama. He later studied German in Austria and received theatrical training at the John Fernald Academy of Dramatic Art in Rochester, Michigan.
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