The actor had a lifelong friendship with Tom Hanks after 'Bosom Buddies' and was known for 'Newhart' and 'Girls,' among numerous credits.
, died Friday. He was 66., had been living with cancer for the past two years.
A native of New Rochelle, New York, Scolari landed his first major acting role in the short-lived 1980 ABC comedy Goodtime Girls. Later that year, he and a then-unknown Hanks starred in, playing two guys who disguise themselves as women to live in an affordable, all-female apartment building. The show, also on ABC, lasted just two seasons, but it sparked a 40-plus year friendship between the two actors. Scolari and Hanks would work together several times over the next decades, with Scolari appearing in his friend’s directorial debut,. The two both did voice work on 2003’sin 1984 and remained with the show until its conclusion in 1990. He became close friends with and a frequent golf partner of star Bob Newhart during the show’s run and they remained close afterward..
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