Tom Skerritt Dies: Alien and Top Gun Actor Was 93

Tom Skerritt, the rugged, mustachioed actor best known to IGN readers for his roles in Top Gun and Alien, passed away from natural causes on Wednesday at the age of 93.

“We are heartbroken by his loss,” Skerritt’s family said in a statement provided to The Hollywood Reporter.

“While the world knew Tom through his remarkable acting career, we knew him for his humor, curiosity, wisdom, generosity and the love he brought into our lives. He cared deeply about imagination, creativity, storytelling, service, veterans, the natural world and helping others find and share their own voices.”

Skerritt first gained acclaim as a film actor in director Robert Altman’s 1970 comedy M*A*S*H, where he played surgeon Duke Forrest, one of the few characters not included in the later classic TV series adaptation.

Other notable films of Skerritt’s in the 1970s include Harold and Maude, The Turning Point, Fuzz, Thieves Like Us, and Cheech & Chong’s Up in Smoke.

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