Alan Rachins, ‘L.A. Law’ and ‘Dharma & Greg’ Actor, Dies at 82
variety.comMichaela Zee Alan Rachins, an actor known for his work on the series “L.A. Law” and “Dharma & Greg,” has died. He was 82.
Rachins died in his sleep of heart failure, his manager Mark Teitelbaum confirmed to Variety. Rachins played lawyer Douglas Brackman Jr.
on NBC’s “L.A. Law” for its entire eight-season run from 1986 to 1984, as well as the 2002 made-for-TV film, “L.A. Law: The Movie.” He received nominations for a Primetime Emmy and Golden Globe in 1988 for his performance as Douglas. “In the pilot episode, there was nothing of the more flamboyant or bizarre side of Douglas; he was going to be the hard-line office manager, the penny pincher,” Rachins said in a 1990 interview with The New York Times. “It was kind of limited, and I didn’t know where it was going.
But quickly it developed a lot more color and flamboyance.” After L.A. Law, Rachins portrayed Larry Finkelstein, the hippie father of Jenna Elfman’s Dharma, on the ABC sitcom “Dharma & Greg,” which ran for five seasons from 1997 to 2002.
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