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''.]] Lloyd Bochner ( July 29 , 1924 - October 29 , 2005 ), born in Toronto , Ontario , Canada ) was a Jewish Canadian leading man, usually playing the role of cool, suave, rich men. At age 11, Bochner began his acting career on ''. Over the years Bochner continued to portray a variety of roles in television and film, from a Warlock on '' Bewitched '' to a Homosexual doctor coming out at middle age in the 1977 TV-movie ''Terraces'', to Pia Zadora 's abusive screenwriter husband in the camp classic film ''The Lonely Lady''. His son Paul said he "almost always played a suave, handsome, wealthy villain." A typical and very famous Bochner role was that of the scheming 'Cecil Colby' on ''''. In 1998 Bochner co-founded the Committee to End Violence, a panel designed to study the impact violent images had on culture. He was also active in Association of Canadian Radio and Television Artists and was a licensed amateur radio operator. He joined the Stratford Festival of Canada in its first season in 1953 and spent six years there, playing Horatio in "Hamlet," Orsino in "Twelfth Night" and Duke Vincentio in "Measure for Measure," opposite James Mason. He left behind 3 children - actor Hart Bochner (who also did voices for ''Batman'') as well as a son, Paul, and a daughter, Johanna Courtleigh. He is also survived by his wife of many years, Ruth Bochner. He died on October 29 , 2005 , of Cancer at the age of 81 at home in Santa Monica, California . SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY
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