I Guess Lt. Col. Slade Did Take a Flamethrower to the Place

(Props to Phil)

Or

I Can't Believe That Guy Died

(Additional accolades a la Phil)

James Robert Rebhorn, who I saw on the Boardwalk in Ocean City, NJ the night before the MS 150 Bike-a-Thon last year, has died at the age of 66. The classic “Hey, It’s That Guy” had an angular face, narrow set eyes and long, thin nose that made him ideally suited to weasely roles like Secretary of Defense Nimzicki in Independence Day, the headmaster of Charlie’s school in Scent of a Woman, the easily discredited expert witness in My Cousin Vinny, the district attorney in the Seinfeld finale, one of the fake people in The Game and the doctor friend of the Byrnes in Meet the Parents. One of his last recurring roles was actually a good guy, as Peter’s boss Reese Hughes on White Collar, who loses his job while providing cover for Peter and Neil’s wacky schemes.