Ted Hartley, film and stage actor and former CEO and Chairman of RKO Pictures, has died.

The longtime Hamptons resident passed away on October 10 in New York City, according to the East Hampton Star. Hartley was 100.

Hartley and his wife, Dina Merrill, famously merged their company, Pavilion Communications, with RKO Pictures Corporation in 1991.

Born in 1924, Hartley began his career as a Navy officer and fighter pilot. In the 1960s, he became a Hollywood actor, playing Reverend Jerry Bedford in the ABC soap opera Peyton Place and starring in the police helicopter show Chopper One.

He also appeared in films like High Plains Drifter, starring Clint Eastwood, Barefoot in the Park, and Caddyshack II.

According to IMDb, Hartley’s most recent acting role was in 2012’s A Late Quartet, along

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