Michael DeLano additionally appeared in exhibits akin to The A-Crew, Marvel Lady, Starsky & Hutch and Charlie’s Angels, and was an everyday performer at Las Vegas jazz bar the Dispensary Lounge

Oceans Eleven actor Michael DeLano has died aged 84 after a coronary heart assault. DeLano handed away in hospital in Las Vegas, his spouse Jean has stated.

DeLano performed a on line casino supervisor in heist movie Ocean’s Eleven in 2001, reprising his function for the sequel Ocean’s Twelve three years later. He was additionally in Commando, the 1985 movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, enjoying automobile salesman Forrestal who meets a memorable finish.

He bought his huge TV breaks within the US within the Seventies, enjoying Johnny Enterprise in Rhoda, and LA firefighter Sonny Caputo in Firehouse. DeLano additionally had small roles in exhibits akin to The A-Crew, The Rockford Recordsdata, Marvel Lady, Starsky & Hutch, Charlie’s Angels, Taxi, Personal Benjamin, Cagney & Lacey and Hill Road Blues.

Additionally a gifted singer, in newer years he was an everyday performer at old-school jazz bar the Dispensary Lounge on Tropicana Avenue in his dwelling metropolis of Las Vegas, the place he had lived since 1992. A celebration of his life will happen on the Dispensary Lounge on Sunday.

DeLano died on October 20, his spouse Jean advised The Hollywood Reporter. He and Jean have been married for 28 years, and he additionally leaves behind his daughter, Bree; grandsons Michael and Lincoln; and granddaughter Jaxon.

DeLano – actual title Michael Ace Del Fatti – was born in Virginia on November 26, 1940. His dad was a pilot, however tragically handed away earlier than DeLano was born.

DeLano was raised in Philadelphia, and served as a paratrooper within the US Military.

He acquired fan-mail whereas he was an everyday dancer on Dick Clark’s American Bandstand, based on The Hollywood Reporter. In 1960, he was signed to Swan Data as Key Larson and recorded the songs “A Internet of Lies” and “A Little Lovin’ Goes a Lengthy, Lengthy Approach.” Later, he adopted the stage surname DeLano after seeing a blinking neon signal on a resort with that title.

After showing in a stage manufacturing of Hair in Chicago, DeLano moved to Hollywood and appeared within the movies Catlow (1971) and The New Centurions (1972) and on episodes of Adam-12, Kojak, Banacek and Barnaby Jones earlier than touchdown the half on Firehouse.

For the most recent breaking information and tales from throughout the globe from the Each day Star, join our newsletters .