POLICE Academy star George R. Robertson has died aged 89 after playing the character Chief Hurst in six movies.
His family have confirmed he died at a Toronto hospital last Sunday and a memorial is planned for later in March.
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He became a household name after securing his role as Chief Hurst in the Police Academy franchise.
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Robertson left after six films, declining to stay for the last one, 1994’s Police Academy: Mission To Moscow.
In 2006 Robertson played Dick Cheney in the controversial ABC two-parter The Path To 9/11.
He also took on the roles of Admiral Leahy in 1995’s Hiroshima and Senator Fulbright in 2003’s The Pentagon Papers.
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