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US actor Tom Skerritt, who starred in the TV series Picket Fences and the films Alien and Top Gun, has died aged 93, his family says.
Skerritt died on Wednesday of natural causes, his family said, adding: "While the world knew Tom through his remarkable acting career, we knew him for his humour, curiosity, wisdom, generosity and the love he brought into our lives."
In a six-decade career, he appeared in the film Mash, A River Runs Through It and Ted. He also co-founded TheFilmSchool in Seattle to support next-generation filmmakers and storytellers.
His family said he will be remembered "for his belief that stories can help people heal, find purpose and create change".
The moustachioed star of several 20th Century hit films was born in 1933 in Detroit, Michigan, and served in the US Air Force before pursuing an acting career that boasted several military roles.
He made his film debut in 1962 alongside a young Robert Redford in War Hunt and years later reunited with Redford in the 1992 period drama A River Runs Through It, which starred Brad Pitt.
Skerritt's breakthrough role came when he played US army surgeon Duke Forrest in the 1970 Korean War comedy Mash, which also starred Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould and Sally Kellerman.