He played R.J. Hacker in Canadian Bacon.
"G.D. Spradlin, 90; actor played authority figures" July 28, 2011|Associated Press
LOS ANGELES - Gervase Duan “G.D.’’ Spradlin, a former lawyer and oil producer who found a second act as a prolific character actor, playing authority figures in such films as “Apocalypse Now’’ and “The Godfather: Part II,’’ has died. He was 90.
Mr. Spradlin died of natural causes Sunday at his San Luis Obispo ranch in Central California, his grandson, Justin Demko, told the Los Angeles Times on Monday.
Born in 1920, in Pauls Valley, Okla., Mr. Spradlin turned to acting in his 40s after serving in the Army Air Forces in China during World War II, working as an attorney for Phillips Petroleum Co., and striking it rich as an independent oil producer. He also dabbled in politics as director of John F. Kennedy’s 1960 presidential campaign in Oklahoma....
Combined with his role in Canadian Bacon, I think he knew things.
In a career spanning more than three decades, his most notable parts include....
R.J. didn't make my paper's list?
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