Whitney Wilbert Rydbeck (March 13, 1945 – July 15, 2024) was an American actor. Rydbeck had a prolific career as a TV and film actor, appearing in over fifty television and motion picture titles. He appeared on the shows ''

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'', '' 7th Heaven'', ''

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'', '' Buck Rogers in the 25th Century'', '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', and '' Far Out Space Nuts''. Rydbeck played Whitney in the children's program '' Whitney and the Robot''. Rydbeck also appeared on the

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in ''Grand Jury'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives''. Rydbeck died of complications from prostate cancer in

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, on July 15, 2024, at the age of 79.

Partial filmography

*'' Sleeper'' (1973) – Janus (uncredited) *''Grand Jury'' (1976) – DMV Clerk *''

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'' (1979) – Male Commissare *''

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'' (1979) – Sound Man *''

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'' (1979) – Daffy *''

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'' (1980) – Photographer *''

'' (1980) – Saunders: Dr. Hephaestus' Staff *''The Cherokee Trail'' (1981) - Bob Cochraine *'' Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives'' (1986) – Roy *''

'' (1988) – (voice) *''

'' (1996) – Auctioneer *''Striking Resemblance'' (1997) – Dr. Baxter *''Folle d'elle'' (1998) – Fauvette *''Angels with Angles'' (2005) – Jack Benny

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rydbeck, Whitney 1945 births 2024 deaths American male film actors American male television actors American male voice actors 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors Deaths from cancer in California Male actors from Los Angeles