Alan Rachins, a cherished television actor known for his roles in popular shows like LA Law and Dharma & Greg, has passed ...

Rachins died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center of heart failure, his family confirmed in a statement to The Times.

Alan Rachins, an Emmy-nominated actor known for playing two very funny but very different television characters — a boorish, miserly law-firm partner on “L.A. Law” and a histrionic ex ...

A few years after the end of “L.A. Law,” Rachins became a series regular on ABC sitcom “Dharma & Greg” in 1997. He played the ...

The two characters he played in both shows were radically different, and he even mentioned that both roles were “like night ...

Over the course of his decades-long career, Rachins also worked on numerous other TV titles, including Dallas, The Golden ...

Alan Rachins, who spent 13 seasons on television portraying the boorish law partner Douglas Brackman Jr. on L.A. Law and the ...

Alan Rachins, an Emmy-nominated actor known for playing two very funny but very different television characters — a boorish, miserly law-firm partner on “L.A. Law” and a histrionic ex ...

Rachins played lawyer Douglas Brackman Jr. on NBC’s “L.A. Law” for its entire eight-season run from 1986 to 1984, as well as ...

The Emmy-nominated actor was known for playing two very funny but very different television characters: a boorish, miserly law-firm partner on “L.A. Law,” a drama, and a histrionic ex-radical on ...

Rachins died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center of heart failure, his family confirmed in a statement to The Times, adding that the actor “died peacefully in his sleep.” “Alan loved ...

Alan Rachins, who starred in the long-running TV ... his family confirmed in a statement to The LA Times, adding that the actor “died peacefully in his sleep.” “Alan loved acting, recently ...