Ron Dean has died
 

Veteran actor Ron Dean has passed at 87. He was a frequent cast member in many Andrew Davis films since Davis was a good friend of his, including Code Of Silence, Above The Law, The Fugitive, The Package, and Chain Reaction, was also in three films with Tom Cruise, Cocktail, Risky Business, and The Color Of Money, was also in The Breakfast Club, Rudy, The Dark Knight, Murder She Wrote, The West Wing, NYPD Blue, Cold Case, CSI, ER, Frasier, and many others. He was often cast as a cop or authority figure, working alongside several other actors who were formerly cops in his native city of Chicago, like Dennis Farina and Joseph F. Kosala...which is ironic considering he is believed to be responsible for the death of a cop at 17, to which he willingly confessed and served 11 years, then suppose he made an effort to turn his life around. No doubt there will be mixed opinions about him, but he was a fine actor and starred in many very fun films.