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Levin with Rue McClanahan on “The Golden Girls”
Authorities have located human remains in the search for missing actor Charles Levin, 70, best-remembered for his roles on “The Golden Girls” and “Seinfeld.”
Fox San Antonio reports that crews began searching for Levin this weekend after when he went missing Monday during a move in Oregon.
Levin’s car was found Saturday on an “impassable” road. Inside was the body of his pug, Boo Bear.
A search of the area for several hours turned up human remains that are believed to be Levin’s. No positive identification or cause of death have yet been confirmed.
Levin is a familiar face more than a familiar name on TV and in movies, including playing a the groundbreaking role of a sympathetic gay hustler on six episodes of “Hill Street Blues” (1982-1986), the love interest of “dingy chick” Vera (Beth Howland) on “Alice” (1983-1985), gay housekeeper Coco on the pilot for “The Golden Girls” (1985), and a hysterically nervous mohel on the “Seinfeld” episode “The Bris” (1993). Levin made many other appearances on episodic TV.
He appeared in the films “Annie Hall” (1977), “Manhattan” (1979), “The Seduction of Joe Tynan” (1979), “Honeysuckle Rose” (1980), and “The Golden Child” (1986), among others.