JON Cypher, the actor who played Prince Charming in the original TV production of Cinderella, has died at the age of 94.
A family announcement said the thespian died at his home in Central Point, Oregon, on August 3.
His wife of 40 years Carol Rosin was by his side.
The cause of death has not been disclosed.
Jon will perhaps be well-known as the ambitious police chief Fletcher Daniels on the long-running Hill Street Blues.
He appeared throughout the acclaimed TV drama.
Jon also had a prominent role as General March Craig on Major Dad.
He, though, had a long list of credits including Dynasty, Knots Landing, Walker, Texas Ranger, Law & Order, As the World Turns, Santa Barbara and JAG.
Jon first appeared on the small screen alongside Julie Andrews in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s live 1957 CBS broadcast of Cinderella.
At the time, Jon was a virtual unknown,
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The big-budget production aired live and in color on CBS in March 1957.
It attracted an audience of more than 107million, more than 60 per cent of US households tuning in.
He went on to play Man-At-Arms in the 1987 film Masters of the Universe.
Jon also made regular appearances on Broadway, with credits including Man of La Mancha, The Great White Hope, Big, Coco and 1776.
In a 2014 interview, Jon said that acting was “not an easy profession. You’re always being judged, by critics, by the audience,” he said.
“I’d say to any young actor who is thinking about entering the fray, ‘Gird your loins very sturdily and have a sharp sword,’ because you have to pick yourself up many, many, many times.”
Jon is due to be buried on Tuesday at the Forest Conservation Burial Ground in Ashland, Oregon, “under tall trees in a meadow, wrapped in a completely natural, biodegradable shroud, obliging his wish to return to nature.”
