Beloved sitcom actor, Charles C. Stevenson Jr, who played bartender Smitty in much-loved series Will & Grace, has died at 95.
The Hollywood actor died of natural causes on January 19 in Camarillo, California, his son Scott confirmed. Stevenson appeared in 12 episodes of Will & Grace across seven seasons from 2002 to 2020. As for his last time on the show, it took place during season 11 episode Accidentally on Porpoise, which aired on February 20, 2020.
He was 89 at the time of production and has now passed away at 95.
Speaking to Variety, his son Scott said: “In his own words, his job was ‘marrying or burying people.
“As he told it, the panic-stricken director would invariably come to him to beg him to find a way to fill in unscripted space between ‘We are gathered here together’ (where he’d probably get his close-up) and the ‘amen’ at the end of the scene (where he usually wouldn’t).
“Stevenson admitted that he got pretty good at that”.
The actor was a California native and grew up in the city of Piedmont. He served in the navy during the Korean War, before returning home to study English at UC Berkeley.
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