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02-11-2005, 13:41
Actor Lloyd Bochner, best known for his roles as Cecil Colby (http://g.msn.co.uk/1ETGBEN0/124980.4?http://search.msn.co.uk/results.aspx?FORM=SRHBDY&q=Cecil Colby&&HL=keywordInt) in TV's Dynasty, has died of cancer at the age of 81.
He died at his home in Santa Monica (http://g.msn.co.uk/1ETGBEN0/124980.4?http://search.msn.co.uk/results.aspx?FORM=SRHBDY&q=Santa Monica&&HL=keywordInt), California, his family said.
Bochner's career in television and film spanned more than five decades.
He began his career on the radio in his native Ontario, Canada, when he was 11. He went on to perform on stage and screen, earning two Liberty Awards (http://g.msn.co.uk/1ETGBEN0/124980.4?http://search.msn.co.uk/results.aspx?FORM=SRHBDY&q=Liberty Awards&&HL=keywordInt), Canada's top acting honour.
He started working in New York (http://g.msn.co.uk/1ETGBEN0/124980.4?http://search.msn.co.uk/results.aspx?FORM=SRHBDY&q=New York&&HL=keywordInt) in 1951 and moved to Los Angeles (http://g.msn.co.uk/1ETGBEN0/124980.4?http://search.msn.co.uk/results.aspx?FORM=SRHBDY&q=Los Angeles&&HL=keywordInt) in 1960 to co-star in the television series Hong Kong (http://g.msn.co.uk/1ETGBEN0/124980.4?http://search.msn.co.uk/results.aspx?FORM=SRHBDY&q=Hong Kong&&HL=keywordInt).
In 1963, Bochner starred as a government cryptographer in a classic Twilight Zone (http://g.msn.co.uk/1ETGBEN0/124980.4?http://search.msn.co.uk/results.aspx?FORM=SRHBDY&q=Twilight Zone&&HL=keywordInt) episode, To Serve Man (http://g.msn.co.uk/1ETGBEN0/124980.4?http://search.msn.co.uk/results.aspx?FORM=SRHBDY&q=To Serve Man&&HL=keywordInt).
His television work included appearances in Columbo, Mission: Impossible, McCloud, Wild, Wild West (http://g.msn.co.uk/1ETGBEN0/124980.4?http://search.msn.co.uk/results.aspx?FORM=SRHBDY&q=Wild West&&HL=keywordInt), Battlestar Galactica (http://g.msn.co.uk/1ETGBEN0/124980.4?http://search.msn.co.uk/results.aspx?FORM=SRHBDY&q=Battlestar Galactica&&HL=keywordInt) and Designing Women (http://g.msn.co.uk/1ETGBEN0/124980.4?http://search.msn.co.uk/results.aspx?FORM=SRHBDY&q=Designing Women&&HL=keywordInt).
He died at his home in Santa Monica (http://g.msn.co.uk/1ETGBEN0/124980.4?http://search.msn.co.uk/results.aspx?FORM=SRHBDY&q=Santa Monica&&HL=keywordInt), California, his family said.
Bochner's career in television and film spanned more than five decades.
He began his career on the radio in his native Ontario, Canada, when he was 11. He went on to perform on stage and screen, earning two Liberty Awards (http://g.msn.co.uk/1ETGBEN0/124980.4?http://search.msn.co.uk/results.aspx?FORM=SRHBDY&q=Liberty Awards&&HL=keywordInt), Canada's top acting honour.
He started working in New York (http://g.msn.co.uk/1ETGBEN0/124980.4?http://search.msn.co.uk/results.aspx?FORM=SRHBDY&q=New York&&HL=keywordInt) in 1951 and moved to Los Angeles (http://g.msn.co.uk/1ETGBEN0/124980.4?http://search.msn.co.uk/results.aspx?FORM=SRHBDY&q=Los Angeles&&HL=keywordInt) in 1960 to co-star in the television series Hong Kong (http://g.msn.co.uk/1ETGBEN0/124980.4?http://search.msn.co.uk/results.aspx?FORM=SRHBDY&q=Hong Kong&&HL=keywordInt).
In 1963, Bochner starred as a government cryptographer in a classic Twilight Zone (http://g.msn.co.uk/1ETGBEN0/124980.4?http://search.msn.co.uk/results.aspx?FORM=SRHBDY&q=Twilight Zone&&HL=keywordInt) episode, To Serve Man (http://g.msn.co.uk/1ETGBEN0/124980.4?http://search.msn.co.uk/results.aspx?FORM=SRHBDY&q=To Serve Man&&HL=keywordInt).
His television work included appearances in Columbo, Mission: Impossible, McCloud, Wild, Wild West (http://g.msn.co.uk/1ETGBEN0/124980.4?http://search.msn.co.uk/results.aspx?FORM=SRHBDY&q=Wild West&&HL=keywordInt), Battlestar Galactica (http://g.msn.co.uk/1ETGBEN0/124980.4?http://search.msn.co.uk/results.aspx?FORM=SRHBDY&q=Battlestar Galactica&&HL=keywordInt) and Designing Women (http://g.msn.co.uk/1ETGBEN0/124980.4?http://search.msn.co.uk/results.aspx?FORM=SRHBDY&q=Designing Women&&HL=keywordInt).