‘Titanic’ Star Lew Palter, Who Played Ancestor of OceanGate CEO’s Wife Wendy Rush, Dies at 94

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Lew Palter, who played businessman Isidor Straus in James Cameron’s 1997 epic "Titanic," has died. He was 94 years old.  Along with his acting career, which included roles on "Hill Street Blues" and "The Flying Nun" and extensive theater work, Palter was a longtime acting teacher at CalArts in Santa Clarita, California.  "It is with great sadness that I share the news that longtime School of Theater faculty Lew Palter has passed away," Travis Preston, the dean of CalArts’ School of Theater, said in a statement to Fox News Digital.

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Titanic, has died at the age of 94.Palter had lung cancer and died at his home in LA on May 21, it has been confirmed [via Metro].The actor had a brief, but memorable scene in James Cameron’s 1997 film in which he’s seen cradling his wife, Ida, in bed as the doomed 19th century ship sinks.The New York-born actor is also remembered for playing Associate Justice Benjamin Halperin opposite Walter Matthau and Jill Clayburgh in the 1981 Supreme Court dramedy First Monday In October.He also worked as a professor at the CalArts School of Theatre, tutoring students who would go on to achieve fame including Academy Award nominees Don Cheadle and Ed Harris, and Emmy nominee Cecily Strong.not so fun fact: king princess' great great grandparents, ida and isidor straus, died on the titanic pic.twitter.com/qLZakiIzOl— aquaaatica

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The Hollywood Reporter. He was a familiar face on TV, appearing on “The Flying Nun,” “Columbo,” “The Brady Bunch,” Hill Street Blues” and “LA Law,” among other shows.Palter played a Supreme Court Justice in the 1981 comedy-drama “First Monday In October,” starring Walter Matthau and Jill Clayburgh.He was also a faculty member at CalArts School of Theater.One of his students, Cecily Strong, paid tribute to Palter on Instagram.“Lew told me he thought I should take a class at the Groundlings,” she said. “I said no way I’m a serious actor.

on Monday by his daughter, Catherine Palter.Palter is best known for his role in James Cameron's in which he played Isidor Straus, the real-life business magnate and co-owner of Macy's who died aboard the ship with his wife, Ida — a role played by Elsa Raven, who died in November 2020.Notably, the Strauses — who were among the wealthiest passengers to die aboard Titanic — are the great-great-grandparents of Wendy Rush, the wife of OceanGate Expeditions CEO Stockton Rush, who died aboard the Titan submersible last week, during a dive to the Titanic wreckage.Apart from his role in, Palter had small roles in a slew of TV shows and films throughout his long acting career, which began in 1967. He frequently played judges in different projects, including First Monday in October, and others.He largely retired from film and TV acting after his role in  but was an acclaimed instructor at CalArts School of Theater, where he worked as a mentor, teacher and director from 1971 until his retirement in 2013.Among his thousands of past students, Palter worked with and mentored celebrated actors including alum Cecily Strong and Oscar nominees Don Cheadle and Ed Harris.Palter — whose wife of 64 years, Nancy Vawter, died in November 2020 — is survived by their daughter, as well as three grandchildren.

Lew Palter, who played Isidor Straus in James Cameron’s Titanic and a Supreme Court justice in First Monday in October, has died. He was 94.

Lew Palter, who was featured in an iconic scene of the movie Titanic, has sadly passed away at the age of 94.

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alanxelmundo that’s now making the rounds online, he paraphrases Gen. Douglas MacArthur, enthusing that “you’re remembered for the rules you break.”Of course, the executive had no way of knowing the sad irony to this proclamation, as OceanGate’s tragic Titanic submersible implosion — an accident that killed its five occupants, including Rush, the Coast Guard said Thursday — brought his company’s cost-cutting, certification-dodging innovations under renewed scrutiny.