David Schramm, Blustery Comic Foil in 'Wings,' Dies at 73
Source: NY Times
Though known from his TV role, he did much of his work on the stage, starting as an original Acting Company member.
By Neil Genzlinger
David Schramm, an acclaimed stage and television actor best known for his role as the irascible owner of a small airline on the long-running sitcom “Wings” in the 1990s, has died. He was 73.
Margot Harley, a founder of the Acting Company, where Mr. Schramm was an original member, announced his death on Sunday. She did not give a cause or say where and when he died.
Though well known from his signature television role, Mr. Schramm was first and foremost a stage actor. He was drawing attention in New York while still a student at the Juilliard School, where he was a member of the first graduating class of the drama division.
That division was created in 1968 under John Houseman, and its first class of students, graduating in 1972, also included Kevin Kline, Patti LuPone and David Ogden Stiers.
David Schramm in a promotional photo for the long-running NBC sitcom “Wings.” He played the irascible owner of a small airline.Credit...NBC, via Shutterstock
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