Earl Boen, the busy character actor greatest recognized for his stint because the prison psychologist Peter Silberman within the Terminator movie franchise, died Thursday in Hawaii, his daughter advised The truestarz. He was 81. 

Ruby Harbin mentioned her dad was identified with Stage 4 lung most cancers in November and died quietly in his sleep.

Born on Aug. 8, 1941, Boen amassed dozens of credit throughout his profession. In 1984, he landed his most notable function as Dr. Silberman in James Cameron’s The Terminator, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Michael Biehn. He reprised the function in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003). 

One memorable scene within the first Terminator noticed the character interrogate Biehn’s Kyle Reese, a freedom fighter from the long run that the psychologist believed suffered from paranoid delusions. Almost 40 years later, Biehn recalled fondly his time working with Boen on the scene.

“He was an exquisite actor, and he was at all times enjoyable to be round,” Biehn advised THR, including that Cameron “picked Earl as a result of he was particular.”

Boen’s different movie credit embody Battle Past the Stars, The Man With Two Brains, Alien Nation, Bare Gun 33 1/3: The Last Insult, Sioux Metropolis, The Companion, To Be or To not Be, Stroll Like a Man and The Prince.

As for tv, he made appearances in such exhibits as The Golden Women, Who’s the Boss?, Mama’s Household, The Legislation and Harry McGraw, Webster, Matlock, Scarecrow and Mrs. King and Boy Meets World.

After he retired from display appearing in 2003, he continued to work as a voice actor in radio, animated sequence and video video games. A few of his credit in that area embody Mr. Bleakman in Clifford the Large Purple Canine, Señor Senior Sr. in Kim Doable, LeChuck within the Tales of Monkey Island video video games and the narrator in some World of Warcraft video video games.

Along with his daughter, survivors embody his second spouse, Cathy, and grandchildren Kimmy and Kimo. His first spouse, Carole, died in 2001. 

Aaron Sofa contributed to this report.