Paul Ryan Rudd, R. I. P.

Paul Ryan Rudd, 70, Stage, Film and TV Actor, Dies - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com: "Paul Ryan Rudd, an actor of the 1970s and ’80s who came to his profession late and left it early but in between drew critical praise for his work on Broadway and in the New York Shakespeare Festival, died on Thursday at his home in Greenwich, Conn. He was 70.

Billed throughout his career simply as Paul Rudd, Mr. Rudd was no relation to the younger contemporary film actor of that name. His Broadway credits include the Gentleman Caller in a 1975 revival of “The Glass Menagerie” starring Maureen Stapleton and Pamela Payton-Wright; Billy, the tortured young soldier, in the original cast of David Rabe’s “Streamers” in 1976; and Romeo opposite Ms. Payton-Wright in a 1977 “Romeo and Juliet” at the Circle in the Square Theater."

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.