Tom Troupe, a stage and screen actor who appeared in dozens of projects in the late 1990s, such as My Own Private Idaho, Star Trek, Cagney & Lacey and Mission: Impossible, has died. He was 97. He died five days after his birthday at his Beverly Hills home due to natural causes, a family spokesperson announced.

The character actor appeared in a wide variety of TV shows and stage productions after serving in the Korean War.

Tom Troupe, who had an extensive acting career onstage and on television, died Sunday at 97 of natural causes at his home in Beverly Hills.