Peter Crombie | |
Birth Date: | 26 June 1952 |
Birth Place: | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Death Place: | Palm Springs, California, U.S. |
Occupation: | Actor |
Notable Works: | Seinfeld |
Height: | 6′ 2″ |
Peter B. Crombie (June 26, 1952 – January 10, 2024) was an American film and television actor.
Crombie was born on June 26, 1952, and raised in Oak Lawn, a suburb of Chicago. He studied acting at the Yale School of Drama before moving to New York City.[1]
Crombie appeared in such films as Born on the Fourth of July, Natural Born Killers, Seven, My Dog Skip and The Doors. His best-known television role was as the recurring minor character "Crazy" Joe Davola on Seinfeld. The name was used with the consent of Fox TV executive, Joe "Lennard" Davola.[2]
Crombie also made guest appearances on such television series as , (in the episode "Melora"), Walker, Texas Ranger, Law & Order, Picket Fences, NYPD Blue and many others. Crombie wrote the script for the 2006 short drama Threshold.
Crombie married Nadine Kijner in 1991 and the couple divorced a few years later.
Crombie died after a brief illness on January 10, 2024, at the age of 71.[3] [4]
1988 | The Blob | Soldier at Command Post | ||
1989 | Born on the Fourth of July | Undercover Vet | ||
1990 | Desperate Hours | Connelly | ||
1990 | Smoothtalker | Jack Perdue | ||
1991 | The Doors | Associate Lawyer | ||
1993 | Rising Sun | Greg | ||
1994 | Natural Born Killers | Intense Cop | ||
1995 | Safe | Dr. Reynolds | ||
1995 | Seven | Dr. O'Neill | ||
2000 | My Dog Skip | Junior Smalls |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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1987 | Broken Vows | Dan Phelan | Television film | |
1987 | Loving | Alan Howard #2 | Episode #1.1096 | |
1987 | Leg Work | Haddix | Episode: "Pilot" | |
1988 | Solomon Trench | Episode: "Arthur's Wake" | ||
1988 | Perfect Strangers | Mr. Jones | Episode: "The Graduate" | |
1988 | American Playhouse | Bernhard Goetz | Episode: "The Trial of Bernhard Goetz" | |
1989 | As the World Turns | Gage | Episode dated 29 December 1989 | |
1990 | H.E.L.P. | Mr. Perry | Episode: "Fire Down Below" | |
1991 | Law & Order | Howie Neffer | Episode: "Confession" | |
1992–1993 | Seinfeld | Crazy Joe Davola | 5 episodes | |
1993 | Fallit Kot | Episode: "Melora" | ||
1993 | The John Larroquette Show | Ted Slattery | Episode: "There's a Mister Hitler Here to See You" | |
1994 | Brother Charles Simmons | Episode: "Lily" | ||
1994 | L.A. Law | Julius Watson | Episode: "Dead Issue" | |
1995 | Get Smart | Larz | Episode: "Pilot" | |
1996 | Grace Under Fire | Counterman | Episode: "Take Me to Your Breeder" | |
1996 | Picket Fences | Agent Wesley Banes | Episode: "Forget Selma" | |
1996 | L.A. Firefighters | Norman Minter | 5 episodes | |
1997 | A Walton Easter | Calvin Weeks | Television film | |
1997 | House of Frankenstein | Frankenstein's Creature | 2 episodes | |
1998 | NYPD Blue | Carney | Episode: "Honeymoon at Viagra Falls" | |
2000 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Detective Moody | Episode: "Deadly Situation" |