Story highlights George Coe, best known for his short stint on "Saturday Night Live" in the first season, has died

Coe acted in a number of films and series, most recently "Archer"

(The Hollywood Reporter) George Coe, an original member of "Saturday Night Live's" Not Ready for Prime Time Players who also appeared in such films as "Kramer vs. Kramer" and "The Stepford Wives," has died. He was 86.

The veteran character actor, who provided the voice of Woodhouse, the heroin-addicted valet in the FX animated series "Archer," died Saturday in Santa Monica following a long illness.

Coe received an Academy Award nomination in 1969 for his 15-minute short film, "The Dove," a parody of Ingmar Bergman films that he starred in, produced and directed.

In the 1960s, the New York native, who graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Manhattan, starred in the original Broadway productions of "What Makes Sammy Run?" based on the novel by Budd Schulberg, and Jerry Herman's "Mame," starring Angela Lansbury.

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