
Furst is probably best known for his pre-St. Elsewhere role as the naive fraternity pledge Flounder in the great college movie, National Lampoon's Animal House. He later appeared on Babylon 5 in the 90s, and worked extensively as a voice-over actor.
Here are a couple of news stories from elsewhere on the web:
Animal House actor, Stephen Furst, dead at 63
R.I.P. Stephen Furst, from Animal House and St. Elsewhere
im so sorry to hear of his passing He was a good actor and im sure a neat person
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry to hear of his passing. I was pretty much a kid when St. Elswhere was originally airing - but I still watched it - and continued to watch reruns every now and then. But for some reason - I didn't remember Dr. Elliott Axelrod dying and was greatly surprised when I rewatched the series recently (Hulu still airs the series). St. Elsewhere shocked and surprised me many time (including the snowglobe ending. But I was surpised and saddened when I discovered that Elliott died. I mean... nobody but Fiscus was really concerned about his death. The staff and friends he worked with couldn't find a time to have a memorial for him. I mean... Dr. Calwell had a memorial... and he'd been gone for years. Even Dr. White had a memorial... and he was a rapist. I feel that the show wanted to degrade Elliott - that he was nothing special or anything. Even Elliotts dad wasn't too upset about his son't death. It really made me sad.
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