Tuesday, December 8, 2015
6 million dollar man dies.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/martin-e-brooks-actor-on-the-six-million-dollar-man-dies-at-90/ar-AAg8Bam?ocid=ansmsnent11
Martin E. Brooks, best known for his portrayal of the scientist Dr. Rudy Wells on the 1970s ABC series The Six Million Dollar Man and its spinoff, The Bionic Woman, has died. He was 90.
Brooks died Monday in Studio City of natural causes, Avatar and Titanic producer Jon Landau told The Hollywood Reporter. Brooks was the "soul mate" of Landau's mother, Edie (also a producer), for the past 20 years, he said. The two grew up in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., where they had been friends as children, and reconnected in 1993 after her husband died.
Brooks was the third actor to play Wells, who oversees the bionic implants of Steve Austin (Lee Majors) and Jaime Sommers (Lindsay Wagner) on the two action shows. He then reprised the role of Wells on three telefilms.
A familiar face on television, Brooks also appeared on such series as Knots Landing, Hunter, McMillan & Wife and Cagney & Lacey, and he played Edgar Randolph, the main suspect in the legendary Dallas story arc that asked the ratings-grabbing question, "Who Killed J.R.?"