A longtime friend has confirmed that 90-year-old actor Ron Faber passed away from lung cancer.
Ron passed away on March 26. He was best known for playing Chuck, the assistant director, in the movie Crash Course on the popular horror The Exorcist.
David Patrick Kelly, a friend, and actor, however, recently broke the news in a heartfelt Facebook post.
The announcement continued, “Ron Faber has passed…first met him when I was a dishwasher/sub-bartender at the Mercer Arts Center,” as he recalled the moment he first got to know the celebrity.
He was presenting And They Put Handcuffs on the Flowers, a play by Rafael Arrabal about political prisoners in fascist Spain for which he received an Obie Award.
A few years later, in a New York City workshop for Rado and Ragni’s animated musical Tarzan, we collaborated.
He continued by referring to Ron as “one of the true knights of American avant-theatre” and outlining how over the years, many actors had been greatly influenced by him.
A “great artist and gentleman with a wonderful voice and laugh,” according to what he also said about himself.
Ron recorded additional demon sounds for the movie in addition to his main role in The Exorcist.
After reading the script, he allegedly “fell in love with the demon” and wished to do some voice acting.
Although no one knew at the time that the Crash Course director had actually been murdered by a demon-possessed woman, his character is best known for being the one to break the terrible news to them.
On shows like Kojak, Law & Order, Hope & Faith, The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover, and Navy Seals, Ron played a prominent role.
In off-Broadway productions like Happy Days at the Cherry Lane Theatre and The Beauty Part and Tunnel Fever at the American Place Theater, he also enjoyed success as a performer.
On social media, fans paid tribute to the actor. One Twitter user wrote: “The Exorcist isn’t far behind The Shining as far as the scariest movie I’ve seen. Godspeed, Ron Faber.
The children of Ron are Hart, Raymond (Sadia), Elise Manuel (Alex), and Anthony, as well as his wife Kathleen Moore Faber.
