A stalwart of soap operas, Nicholas Coster appeared in All the President’s Men, Reds, Stir Crazy, as well as Another World, Santa Barbara, and All My Children. He passed away recently.
He appeared in “All the President’s Men,” “Reds,” and “The Facts of Life,” as well as on Broadway performances with Laurence Olivier and Liz Taylor. ”.
Coster, 89, died unexpectedly on Monday in a hospital in Florida, according to a Facebook post from his daughter Dinneen Coster.
Please consider him a fantastic artist, she urged. He was an excellent actor and has always been an inspiration to me; I am so thankful to have him as a father. ”.
Coster is a well-known character actor who frequently plays harsh characters. He performed the role of Chief Detective J.
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Before making a brief cameo as Blair Warner’s millionaire father on The Facts of Life, an episode of another 1980s NBC sitcom, Carson first appeared on The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo.
He frequently performed on Broadway, and in 1961, he made his Broadway debut in Becket as Henry II, Lawrence Olivier’s understudy. He appeared in Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes twenty years later with Elizabeth Taylor.
Alan J. Markham, a defense lawyer for the Watergate suspects, was portrayed by Coster in Pakula’s 1976 book All the President’s Men. He additionally played the part of Paul Trullinger, a dentist, in Joseph Sargent’s MacArthur (1977), Sidney Poitier’s Stir Crazy (1980), Warren Beatty’s Reds (1981), and Reds.
On NBC’s Santa Barbara from 1984 to 1988, Coster portrayed the destructive Lionel Lockridge, husband to Louise Sorel’s Augusta Lockridge. He left the program in 1988 because he didn’t like a plot in which his character pretended to die in order to collect insurance money. But he made a comeback in 1990 and continued to work there until the program was canceled in January 1993.
Also on NBC’s Somerset/Another World from 1970, 1972 to 1979, 1980, and 1989, Coster played Robert Delaney, the CEO of Delaney Brands who later became an architect. On ABC’s All My Children from 1988 to 1989, he also played the insane kidnapper Steve Andrews. In the past, he referred to Andrews as “Susan Lucci’s terrorist lover.”. ”.
He received Daytime Emmy nominations in 1986, 1988, 1991, and 1992 for his performance as Lionel. As a result of his portrayal of Mayor Jack Madison on the Amazon digital soap opera The Bay, he ultimately won the award in 2017.
His serial work dates back to the 1960s and includes appearances on the ABC drama One Life to Live as well as the CBS dramas Young Doctor Malone, The Secret Storm, As the World Turns, and its primetime spinoff, Our Private World.
Coster ranked number 44 on We Love Soaps’ list of the 50 Greatest Soap Actors of All Time from that year. One panelist stated that Nicolas Coster was “smart, charming, and very funny,” and that it was the rare soap that wasn’t enthralled by or with him. He added, “He is always spot on as the con man, swindler, or bad boy who is so cool that ice wouldn’t melt in his mouth. ”.
Nicholas Dwynn Coster was born in London on December 3, 1933. His father reviewed plays and movies, and his mother created storefront windows. He and Taylor, who attended the same prep school (Byron House), returned to their old playground when Little Foxes was in London.
After residing in Canada and Los Angeles and attending Canoga Park High School, Coster moved back to the UK when he was 16 years old. There, where he studied acting, he earned his degree in 1951.
He moved to the United States to study with Lee Strasberg in New York and to perform at the Arena Stage in Washington and the Guthrie Theater (where he was a founding member) two years after making appearances in the films Titanic, The Desert Rats, and Sea of Lost Ships.
Coster discussed his collaboration with the illustrious Olivier on Becket in a 2006 interview with the Orange County Register. He recalled that even at the age of 54, Larry was very active. He once severely twisted his knee during the first act. I was in the audience as Olivier hobbled from the stage and said, “Not tonight, Nicolas.
Coster worked with Jada Rowland on The Secret Storm’s 1964 set after being hired for the job. On daytime television, he claimed that they “played the first professor and student to get naughty together.”. We were married before we had an affair, and the U.
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On daytime television, the Senate used us as an example of immorality.
He appeared with Sada Thompson, who would later win a Tony Award, in Twigs on Broadway in the 1970s. He also appeared with Michele Lee in Seesaw and Tom Courtenay in Otherwise Engaged.
In addition, he appeared in the 1965 William Conrad film My Blood Runs Cold, The Sporting Club by Larry Peerce, The Electric Horseman by Sydney Pollack, Little Darlings, and the 1990 drama Betsy’s Wedding starring Alan Alda.
A Day at a Time, Charlie’s Angels, The Green Hornet, and L.
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Among the movies and TV shows in which Coster has appeared are Cold Case, Who’s the Boss?, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Law.
Despite being involved in a nearly fatal car accident in November 1987 that left him in a coma and temporarily impair his memory, he was able to carry on teaching acting at the University of Georgia.
In order to give disadvantaged and underprivileged kids the chance to enjoy the ocean, Coster, a dedicated diver, established the Challenges Foundation in 1998. In addition, he started an after-war sailing program for American service members. In March 2021, he released his autobiography, Another Whole Afternoon.
His daughters Candice Jr. are among those still alive. and Dinneen, who were born during his first union to actress-dancer Candace Hilligoss. From 1960 until their divorce in 1981, he was married to the Carnival of Souls actress. In 2016, Ian, his son, passed away.
