Rene Assa, 57; Character Actor in Movies, on TV

Rene Assa, 57, a character actor who had a prolific career in films and on television, died March 10 in Los Angeles of lung cancer.

Born in Cairo, Assa moved to the United States as a teenager. He began his professional career in the theater, participating in the Padua Hills Playwrights Festival as well as the Mark Taper Forum’s New Works Festival. He performed in several Los Angeles productions of plays by Murray Mednick.

Assa’s film credits include “Walker” and “Postcards From the Edge.” On television, he appeared on “Baywatch,” “Knight Rider,” “The A Team,” “The Rockford Files” and “The Bionic Woman.”