Ronald Lee "Ron" Hunter (June 14, 1943 – December 3, 2013) was an

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actor, whose career spanned nearly five decades in television, film and theater. Hunter was born in

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, and raised in the suburb of

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. Most of his credits were television appearances. Until 1979, he performed roles in mostly

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stage productions, like Lord Hastings in the Broadway production of ''

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''. He previously appeared in ''

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'', the

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docudrama ''The Edelin Conversation'' as

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, and '' Kojak'' as "a perennial undergraduate". His first major television appearance was ''

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'', co-starring

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He portrayed a minor role in the 1979 film ''

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'', starring Alan Alda. He also co-starred in the 1980s PBS miniseries, ''Three Sovereigns for Sarah'', and the pilot film of the CBS series '' Cagney and Lacey'' as Harvey Lacey. He portrayed one of the case suspects in the 1988 made-for-television film ''Internal Affairs'', starring

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. He also appeared in ''

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'' (2004), ''

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'' (1991) and ''

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'' (2008). Hunter died of heart and kidney failure on December 3, 2013, aged 70, at the Woodland Hills Medical Center in

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. He was survived by his three children, two grandchildren and sister.

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