Al Matthews, best known for playing Gunnery Sergeant Apone in Aliens (1986), has died aged 75.
Alongside his role in Aliens, Matthews also played the fire chief in Superman III (1983), a workman in Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981), and General Tudor in The Fifth Element (1997).
Born in Brooklyn in 1942, Matthews had served as a Marine in the Vietnam War.
He returned to the role of Sgt Apone nearly 30 years later, when he voiced the character in the video game Aliens: Colonial Marines (2013).