Terminator actor Earl Boen dies at 81 (Dr. Peter Silberman)

UK Daily Mail ^ | January 6, 2023 | Heidi Parker

[PJ-Comix]

Hollywood actor Earl Boen has died at the age of 81, it was shared on Friday.

A family member told TMZ the actor passed away the day before while in Hawaii. The cause of death was not shared with the outlet.

The actor was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer in the fall of 2022, according to a friend of Boen’s, Variety reported.

The star appeared in many installments of The Terminator franchise with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton - The Terminator (1984), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003). He could also be seen in archive footage in Terminator: Dark Fate (2019).

Boen played criminal psychologist Dr Peter Silberman.

[PJ-Comix]

He was great in the Terminator series by providing something of comedy relief as skeptical (later wary) psychologist Peter Silberman.

[Anti-Bubba182]

RIP!

[silent_jonny]

[ConservativeMind]

I enjoyed his roles.

[ansel12]

He was very effective in the little roles he played, he always struck just the right note.

[glorgau]

An excellent repeating gig.

[PJ-Comix]

Dr Silberman questions Kyle Reese

[RoosterRedux]

Good character actors are always a lot of fun. And seem to have a lot of work over the long run.

[PJ-Comix]

Dr. Silberman mocks Sarah | Terminator 2

[DariusBane]

Good choice... RIP

[PghBaldy]

He did a great job in the Terminator films. 291 credits at Imdb. More recently lots of video game voice work.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0091286/

[PJ-Comix]

Graveyard shoot-out (Dr. Silberman appearance) - Terminator 3

[skimbell]

He’ll be back.

[libh8er]

Lung cancer.

[libh8er]

To self : must read more than just the headline before commenting.

[DariusBane]

Thanks I didn’t remember that scene. He plays it so well.

[Dr. Ursus]

Agreed!

[SlipperySlope99]

Very good actor who could steal scenes from the biggest of stars. I associate him from a time when Hollywood while liberal was still more interested in telling a good story, now everything is either woke or a dumbed down super hero movie that can be marketed internationally.

[Ciaphas Cain]

He played the mayor in a pretty hilarious episode of Newhart:

"Candidate Larry"

Wish they made TV that funny more often.

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.