What genetic condition did the actor who died of a heart defect on the same day his character did have?
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Timmy Lenox Timmy Lenox is a fictional character from the NBC/DirecTV daytime drama "Passions" portrayed by Josh Ryan Evans. In a tragically ironic twist of fate, the actor died of a congenital heart defect the very day his character Timmy died on the show and donated his heart to Charity Standish.
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Josh Ryan Evans Joshua Ryan "Josh" Evans (January 10, 1982 – August 5, 2002) was an American actor who became known for his role of Timmy Lenox in the soap opera "Passions". Though he was 17 years old when "Passions" debuted, Evans had the appearance and voice of a small child due to achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism. He was 3 ft tall.
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Martin Miller (actor) Martin Miller, born Rudolph Muller (2 September 1899 – 26 August 1969) was a Czech-Austrian character actor who played many small roles in British films and television series from the early 1940s until his death. He was best known for playing eccentric doctors, scientists and professors, although he played a wide range of small, obscure rolesincluding photographers, waiters, a pet store dealer, rabbis, a Dutch sailor and a Swiss tailor. On stage he was noted in particular for his parodies of Adolf Hitler and roles as Dr. Einstein in "Arsenic and Old Lace" and Mr. Paravinci in "The Mousetrap".
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Michael Rudder Michael Rudder (born June 14, 1950) is a Canadian film, television, theatre and voice actor, who was injured in the November 2008 Mumbai attacks.
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Keenan Wynn Francis Xavier Aloysius James Jeremiah Keenan Wynn (July 27, 1916 – October 14, 1986) was an American character actor. His expressive face was his stock-in-trade; and, though he rarely carried the lead role, he had prominent billing in most of his film and television roles.
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Kent Rogers Kent Byron Rogers (July 31, 1923 – July 9, 1944) was an American actor and impressionist who appeared in several live-action shorts and features, and a voice actor for Warner Bros. and Walter Lantz Productions.
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Andy Devine Andrew Vabre "Andy" Devine (October 7, 1905 – February 18, 1977) was an American character actor and comic cowboy sidekick known for his distinctive raspy, crackly voice.
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John Carlisle (actor) John Carlisle (born 6 September 1935 in London as John Roxburgh Clark, died 7 December 2011 in London) was an English television and stage actor.
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Richard Crane (actor) Richard Ollie Crane (June 6, 1918–March 9, 1969) was a veteran character actor whose career spanned three decades in films and television. His early career included many uncredited performances in feature films made in the 1940s.
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Richard B. Shull Richard Bruce Shull (February 24, 1929 – October 14, 1999) was an American character actor.
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Robert Nichols (actor) Robert Nichols (July 20, 1924 – March 21, 2013) was an American character actor, singer, and dancer. His television, theater and film career spanned more than seventy years.
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Ian Collier Ian Collier (25 January 1943 – 1 October 2008) was a British actor.
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Ben Wright (English actor) Benjamin Huntington "Ben" Wright (5 May 1915 – 2 July 1989) was an English actor in radio, film, and television. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
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Richard Eastham Richard Eastham, born as Dickinson Swift Eastham (June 22, 1916 – July 10, 2005), was an American actor of stage, film, and television and a concert singer known for his deep baritone voice.
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Alan Dale Alan Hugh Dale (born 6 May 1947) is a New Zealand actor. As a child, Dale developed a love of theatre and also became a rugby player. After retiring from the sport, he took on a number of professions to support his family, before deciding to become a professional actor at age 27. With work limited in New Zealand, Dale moved to Australia, where he played Dr. John Forrest in "The Young Doctors" from 1979 to 1982. He later appeared as Jim Robinson in "Neighbours", a part he played from 1985 until 1993. He left the series when he fell out with the producers over the pay he and the rest of the cast received.
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Victor Sutherland Victor Sutherland (February 28, 1889 – August 29, 1968) was an American stage, film, and television actor.
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Peter Houghton Peter Houghton (20 August 1938 – 25 November 2007) was the longest surviving artificial heart transplant patient in the UK.
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Tony Jay Tony Jay (2 February 1933 – 13 August 2006) was an English actor, voice artist, and singer.
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Billy Barty Billy Barty (October 25, 1924 – December 23, 2000) was an American actor. In adult life, he stood three feet, nine inches (114 cm), due to cartilage–hair hypoplasia dwarfism, and because of his short stature, he was often cast in movies opposite taller performers for comic effect. He specialized in outspoken or wisecracking characters. During the 1950s, he became a television star, appearing regularly in the Spike Jones ensemble.
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Jonathan Stevens Jonathan Stevens (died 27 December 2013), known as "Dr. Jonny", studied Human Genetics and Biology at Oxford, and worked in medical research. He was diagnosed with Parkinson’s at the age of 33. He was a British medical researcher and campaigner for people with Parkinson's Disease. He collapsed and died at Christmas 2013. A post mortem found that he had an undiagnosed congenital heart defect. A photography competition now runs in his memory as he himself had a keen interest in photography, which he continued to explore even after his Parkinson's diagnosis.
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Ian Abercrombie Ian Abercrombie (11 September 1934 – 26 January 2012) was an English actor.and Comedian
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Kim Il-woo (actor, born 1953) Kim Il-woo (born May 24, 1953 – June 13, 2004) is a South Korean actor. A veteran actor, Kim died of gastric cancer at the age of 49 on June 13, 2004.