Peter Crombie

Peter B. Crombie III (June 26, 1952 – January 10, 2024) was an American film and television actor.

Early life and education

Crombie was born Peter B. Crombie III on June 26, 1952 to Virginia (née Taborsky; 1916–1999) and Peter B. Crombie Jr. (1923–2002), and raised in Oak Lawn, a suburb of Chicago. He has one brother named Jim. He studied acting at the Yale School of Drama before moving to New York City.

Career

Crombie appeared in such films as Born on the Fourth of July, Natural Born Killers, Seven, My Dog Skip and The Doors. His best-known television role was as the recurring minor character "Crazy" Joe Davola on Seinfeld. The name was used with the consent of Fox TV executive, Joe "Lennard" Davola.

Crombie also made guest appearances on such television series as Spenser: For Hire, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (in the episode "Melora"), Walker, Texas Ranger, Law & Order, Picket Fences, NYPD Blue, Perfect Strangers and many others. Crombie wrote the script for the 2006 short drama Threshold.

Personal life and death

Crombie married Nadine Kijner in 1991 and the couple divorced in 1997.

Crombie died after a brief illness on January 10, 2024, at the age of 71.

Filmography

Film

• 1988 — The Blob — Soldier at Command Post
• 1989 — Born on the Fourth of July — Undercover Vet
• 1990 — Desperate Hours — Connelly
• 1990 — Smoothtalker — Jack Perdue
• 1991 — The Doors — Associate Lawyer
• 1993 — Rising Sun — Greg
• 1994 — Natural Born Killers — Intense Cop
• 1995 — Safe — Dr. Reynolds
• 1995 — Seven — Dr. O'Neill
• 2000 — My Dog Skip — Junior Smalls

Television

• 1987 — Broken Vows — Dan Phelan — Television film
• 1987 — Loving — Alan Howard #2 — Episode #1.1096
• 1987 — Leg Work — Haddix — Episode: "Pilot"
• 1988 — Spenser: For Hire — Solomon Trench — Episode: "Arthur's Wake"
• 1988 — Perfect Strangers — Mr. Jones — Episode: "The Graduate"
• 1988 — American Playhouse — Bernhard Goetz — Episode: "The Trial of Bernhard Goetz"
• 1989 — As the World Turns — Gage — Episode dated 29 December 1989
• 1990 — H.E.L.P. — Mr. Perry — Episode: "Fire Down Below"
• 1991 — Law & Order — Howie Neffer — Episode: "Confession"
• 1992–1993 — Seinfeld — Crazy Joe Davola — 5 episodes
• 1993 — Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — Fallit Kot — Episode: "Melora"
• 1993 — The John Larroquette Show — Ted Slattery — Episode: "There's a Mister Hitler Here to See You"
• 1994 — Diagnosis: Murder — Brother Charles Simmons — Episode: "Lily"
• 1994 — L.A. Law — Julius Watson — Episode: "Dead Issue"
• 1995 — Get Smart — Larz — Episode: "Pilot"
• 1996 — Grace Under Fire — Counterman — Episode: "Take Me to Your Breeder"
• 1996 — Picket Fences — Agent Wesley Banes — Episode: "Forget Selma"
• 1996 — L.A. Firefighters — Norman Minter — 5 episodes
• 1997 — A Walton Easter — Calvin Weeks — Television film
• 1997 — House of Frankenstein — Frankenstein's Creature — 2 episodes
• 1998 — NYPD Blue — Carney — Episode: "Honeymoon at Viagra Falls"
• 2000 — Walker, Texas Ranger — Detective Moody — Episode: "Deadly Situation"