Harvey Atkin, the Canadian character and voice actor has died. He was 74.
He was famous for the combination of glasses, a big nose, and a mustache for most of his roles.
Atkin was perhaps best known as camp director Morty in the 1979 comedy “Meatballs.” He also played Staff Sgt. Capt. Ronald Coleman on “Cagney and Lacey” and Judge Ridenour on “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.” Most recently, he has a role as a judge on the tv series "Suits".
Atkin appeared in more than 75 films during his long and varied career. Besides Meatballs, he was also in Silver streak, Atlantic City, Beetlejuice, and Ticket to Heaven.
He was also the voice of Mario's and Luigi's archenemy King Koopa on DiC Entertainment's cartoon version of Super Mario Bros. (notably, he is the first English voice actor for the character). Playing Bowser in all three Mario animated series, he is the only voice actor to appear in all three series as the same character.