In a statement, his family remembered him as "a talented actor and director".

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"He was a wonderful man and supremely talented actor, " wrote actor Max Greenfield.

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But why should a talented singer, musician or actor be sentenced to a life with no privacy simply because of their success?

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As for Uggie, the terrier, the actor says that it turned out easier to play across a talented canine than anticipated ("I helped him with little pieces of sausage that I had in my pocket or in my pants cuffs") and that, in retrospect, even the long days on set were part of the fun.

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