Gregory Itzin Passes On

Gregory Itzin, who had regular or recurring roles on such TV shows as Murder One, 24, The Mentalist, and Covert Affairs, died on July 8 2022 at the age of 74. The cause was complications during an emergency surgery.

Gregory Itzin was born on April 20 1948 in Washington, DC. When he was in sixth grade his family moved to Burlington, Washington. He studied acting at he American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco.

Gregory Itzlin made his television debut in an uncredited role as a White House Tour Guide in the miniseries Backstairs at the White House in 1979. That same year he guest starred on the TV shows Mork & Mindy and Charlie's Angels. He made his film debut in 1980 in Airplane!

In the Eighties Gregory Itzlin was a regular on the short-lived sitcom The Nutt House. He guest starred on the shows Fame, Lou Grant, American Playhouse, Voyagers!, Street Hawk, Falcon Crest, Santa Barbara, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Dallas, Tales from the Darkside, Hunter, Hill Street Blues, Hotel, The A-Team, Easy Street, MacGyver, St. Elsewhere, Outlaws, Max Headroom, Frank's Place, 21 Jump Street, A Year in the Life, Something is Out There, Knot's Landing, Jesse Hawkes, Murphy Brown, Anything But Love, Head of the Class, Coach, and Over My Dead Body. In the Eighties he appeared in the movies The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982), Airplane II: The Sequel (1982), Hard to Hold (1984), Teen Wolf (1985), The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989), and Dad (1989).

In the Nineties Gregory Itzin had recurring and regular roles on the shows Eerie, Indiana; Something Wilder; Murder One; and Strip Mall. He guest starred on the shows Gabriel's Fire; Jake and the Fireman; Dark Justice; DEA; Night Court; FBI: The Untold Stories; Homefront; Davis Rules; Bodies of Evidence; Empty Nest; Civil Wars; Beverly Hills, 90120; Matlock; Major Dad; Shaky Ground; Quantum Leap; L.A. Law; Dave's World; Picket Fences; The Client; Strange Luck; Murder, She Wrote; ER; Chicago Hope; Arli$$; Diagnosis Murder; The Pretender; Millennium; JAG; Players; Suddenly Susan; Star Trek: Deep Space Nine; The Closer; C-16: FBI; Any Day Now; Brother's Keeper; Caroline in the City; V.I.P.; Party of Five; Wasteland; Early Edition; It's Like You Know...; Family Law; Beggars and Choosers; Profiler; Bull; Star Trek: Voyager; and The Michael Richards Show.He appeared in the movies Young Goodman Brow(1993), Born to Be Wild (1995), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), Fly Boy (1999), Making Contact (1999), What's Cooking? (1999), and Boy's Life 3 (2000).

In the Naughts Gregory Itzin starred as President Charles Logan on 24. He guest starred on the shows Wolf Lake, Philly, The West Wing, For the People, Firefly, NYPD Blue, NCIS, Without a Trace, The Lyon's Den, The Practice, Friends, Medical Investigation, The O.C., Crossing Jordan, Judging Amy, Star Trek: Enterprise, Boston Legal, Robot Chicken, Medium, and Hannah Montana. He appeared in the movies Evolution (2001), Original Sin (2001), Life or Something Like It (2002), Igby Goes Down (2002), Adaptation. (2002), I Know Who Killed Me (2007), Float (2008), Law Abiding Citizen (2009), The Job (2009), and Autopilot (2010).

In the Teens Gregory Itzin continued to appear on 24. He also had recurring or regular roles on the shows Big Love, The Mentalist, Covert Affairs, and Mob City. He guest starred on the TV shows Desperate Housewives, Once Upon a Time, Hawaii Five-0, Code Black, The Resident, and NCIS. He appeared in the mini-series Stay Filthy, Cali, and America 2.0. He appeared in the movies L.A., I Hate You (2011), The Change-Up (2011), The Ides of March (2011), Lincoln (2012), Small Time (2014), Sensitivity Training (2016), Ice: The Movie (2018), and Dark, Deadly & Dreadful (2018).

Gregory Itzin was a versatile actor who played everything from regular roles on TV show to guest roles that lasted only a few minutes. He played a variety of authority figures. In addition to President Logan on 24 and Senator Dwyer on Big Love, he was Mayor Winston Chisel on Eerie, Indiana; Magistrate Higgins in the Firefly episode "Jaynestown;" and District Attorney Garfield on Murder One. Whether the authority figures were corrupt (as President Logan on 24 was) or honest, he played all of them well. Of course, Gregory Itzin played a wide variety of other sorts of roles. In the Quantum Leap episode, "Memphis Melody: July 3, 1954," he played Sam Phillips, the founder and owner of Sun Records. In the Night Court episode "Where There's a Will, There's a Tony: Part 2," he was a mugger. He was a burn doctor in the ER episode "The Healers." Over the years Gregory Itzin played many roles. What is more he played them well.