An actor known for his roles on shows such as The Bill Cosby Show, NYPD Blue, Hill Street Blues, and The 40-Year-Old Virgin has died at the age of 95. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lee Weaver died in September.
The media outlet noted that Weaver’s family announced his September 22 death. They shared that he “wove joy, depth and representation into every role he played and everything he did.”
Over the course of his career, which spanned decades, Weaver had nearly 150 movie and television roles. His first came in 1955, when he joined Sheena: Queen of the Jungle for six episodes.
Weaver appeared on seven episodes of The Bill Cosby Show, which aired from 1969 to 1971. Weaver portrayed Brian Kincaid, the brother of Bill Coby’s character, Chet Kincaid, the local school’s physical education teacher.
In later years, Weaver also appeared in Cosby’s newer shows, The Cosby Show and A Different World.
Additional gigs of Weaver’s included one episode of Starsky and Hutch and another on Mork & Mindy. He portrayed the character of Buck Naked in six episodes of Hill Street Blues and appeared in 22 episodes of the 1986-1987 series Easy Street.
He also played Joe in The 40-Year-Old Virgin and appeared in single episodes of That’s So Raven, Veronica Mars, and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
The actor continued working through 2020. Recent projects of Weaver’s included a couple of episodes of Grace and Frankie and a 2010 episode of Community. Another memorable role of Weaver’s fans was his character as a blind man in O Brother, Where Art Thou? with George Clooney.
As The Hollywood Reporter noted, Weaver was married to Ta-Tanisha and they had one daughter, Leis La-Te.
Soap Central indicates that Weaver and Ta-Tanisha wed in July 1972, and they were still married when he died. She also acted in dozens of projects. She appeared in Good Times and The Jeffersons, as well as Cagney & Lacey and Hill Street Blues.
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