HOLLYWOOD actor Robert Swan has died at the age of 78.
The star – who appeared in The Untouchables and Hoosiers – passed away at home after a battle with liver cancer, his friend confirmed.
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Pal Betty Hoeffner said he had died “peacefully” in his sleep at his home in Indiana, United States.
Swan was known for his roles in several hit films, most notably as a Mountie captain in Brian De Palma’s 1987 flick The Untouchables.
He starred alongside movie legends Kevin Costner and Sean Connery.
The Chicago-born actor also played Rollin Butcher in the 1986 basketball movie Hoosiers.
In 1994, the award-winning screenwriter starred in Oliver Stone and Quentin Tarantino’s Natural Born Killers as Deputy Napalatoni.
His other credits included the 1984 Emmy-nominated Jane Fonda-led TV movie The Dollmaker and 1992 sports film The Babe.
And in 1993, he reunited with Hoosiers director David Anspaugh to star in Rudy with Sean Astin.
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Swan also impressed with his performances in Somewhere in Time, The Twilight Zone, Heart of Steel, and Stingray.
The actor was also the founder of Harbor Country Opera and appeared in a number of plays in Chicago, drawing critical acclaim.
Friend and neighbour Betty paid tribute to Swan and emotionally described him as her “best friend”.
She told Fox News: “It was quietly in his sleep. He had been suffering from cancer for a very, very, very, very long time.
“He was my best friend, he was a great actor, amazing producer, singer.”
Betty said his “dying wish” was to turn his screenplay about Samuel Johnson – the man who created the first modern dictionary – into a movie.
She added: “I told him… when he got to the other side to get some spirits together and help me get somebody to turn this into a movie.
“I hope he gets the due he deserves because he was such a versatile actor and was a multi-talented human being.”
Swan is survived by his wife Barbara, his brothers David and Charles and his three nephews.
A celebration of his life is set to be “announced at a later date.”
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