‘Back To School’ actor Paxton Whitehead dead at 85
June 20, 2023
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0:48Now Playing‘Back To School’ actor Paxton Whitehead dead at 85
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as posted by the channelVeteran character actor Paxton Whitehead, who was nominated for a Tony for his performance in “Camelot,” died last Friday. He was 85.
His son Charles told The Hollywood Reporter that he died at a hospital in Virginia.
Whitehead’s most memorable role came in the 1986 hit film “Back To School,” as Dr. Phillip Barbay, the stuffy professor who has to deal with Thornton Melon, played by Rodney Dangerfield as a businessman who attempts to earn his college degree.
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