VETERAN actor Michael Alaimo – known for his roles in Space Jam and Oscar-nominated thriller The China Syndrome – has died at 86.
Alaimo passed away peacefully on Friday, May 2, in Burbank, California, his family confirmed.
His daughter, TV PR executive Gabriella Alaimo Thomas, confirmed his death to Variety. No cause of death was disclosed.
Alaimo’s career spanned avant-garde theater, political activism, and a steady stream of film and TV appearances across six decades.
In Space Jam, he shared the screen with Michael Jordan, Wayne Knight and Bill Murray, playing the role of a doctor.
His other big-screen credits included Mr. Mom, All I Want for Christmas, and The China Syndrome – the 1979 nuclear meltdown drama that earned four Academy Award nominations.
On television, Alaimo made his mark in fan favorites like Cheers, The Wonder Years, Scrubs, Barney Miller, Mr. Belvedere, Hill Street Blues and Betty White’s Off Their Rockers.
He studied theater at Brooklyn College and performed with Joseph Papp’s Shakespeare in Central Park troupe from 1961 to 1964.
He also led a commedia dell’arte troupe and was active in political theater in East Harlem.
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