Alan Rachins

At a glance

Born 1942-10-03; died 2024-11-02.

Known as: television actor, writer, film actor, voice actor, and screenwriter. Citizenship: United States.

Listed as: human.

Who they were

Personal life and death Rachins and actress Joanna Frank married in 1978 and had a son. The couple formed the production company Allofit Productions which acquired books and original screenplays to develop for television and feature films. Rachins was a member of Mensa International . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He supported Michael Dukakis in the 1988 Democratic presidential primaries . [ 3 ] Rachins died from heart failure at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California on November 2, 2024,

Alan L. Rachins was an American actor and comedian, known for his role as Douglas Brackman in L.A. Law which earned him both Golden Globe and Emmy nominations, and his portrayal of Larry on the television series Dharma & Greg.

Early life

Educated at: The Wharton School, Empire State College, and Brookline High School.

Early life Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts , on October 3, 1942, Rachins was the only child of Edward and Ida Rachins of Brookline, Massachusetts . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Both his parents were Jewish , and his father worked in a family food manufacturing business, Snow Crest. When Alan was eleven, his mother died, and because his father often lived away from home while working, Alan was often alone. As a teenager, he saw the film Rebel Without a Cause ,

Path and career

Career Beginning in 1967, he performed in a succession of plays, including the original Broadway productions of After the Rain and Hadrian the Seventh , as well as the original off-Broadway productions of The Trojan Women and the controversial Oh! Calcutta! [ 1 ] In 1972, Rachins put his acting career on hold when he was accepted as a fellow in the writing and directing programs at the American Film Institute . [ 1 ] He went on to sell scripts to a variety of shows, including The Fall Guy ,

Why this date

Alan Rachins appears on our November 2 calendar for 2024 as a death entry.