Richard Riehle Dies: ‘Office Space’ & ‘Bridesmaids’ Actor Was 78
Richard Riehle, an actor in Office Space, Bridesmaids, Casino, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, and The Man From Earth, has died. He was 78.
Riehle played Tom Smykowski, a cynical Initech product manager, in the Mike Judge satirical comedy, sharing credits with Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, Stephen Root, and Gary Cole.
The actor died of natural causes in Los Angeles last Thursday, October 15, according to a TMZ report.
Riehle was born on May 12, 1948, in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. He first entered the entertainment industry in the John Wayne-starring western film Rooster Cogburn in 1975.
Films in which Riehle was credited include Joyride (1977), Black Rain (1989), Of Mice and Men (1992), Free Willy (1993), The Fugitive (1993), Lightning Jack (1994), Casino (1995), Ghosts of Mississippi (1996), The Odd Couple II (1998), Lethal Weapon 4 (1998), Office Space (1999), Deuce Bigalo: Make Gigolo (1999), Joe Dirt (2001), Beethoven’s 5th (2003), Wedding Crashers (2005), National Lampoon’s Dom Daze 2 (2006), Red (2008), Halloween II (2009), Bridesmaids (2011), A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011), Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013), Lovesick (2014).
