Ron Dean , a veteran actor whose scores of credits include The Fugitive , The Dark Knight , three Tom Cruise movies, recurring on Frasier and Early Edition and playing Emilio Estevez’s dad in The Breakfast Club , has died. He was 87.

His longtime friend, The Fugitive director Andrew Davis, who cast Dean in seven of his films, said the actor died October 5 but didn’t not provide a cause or place of death.

“Ron Dean was my dear friend and a tremendous actor. He was the essence of what Chicago talent represented,” Davis said in a statement. “Having a very troubled youth Ron turned his life around to have a wonderful career as a loving, decent human being and respected talent.”

Born on August 15, 1938, in Chicago, Dean often played tough-guy Windy City types and/or cops.

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