But it was The Big Lebowski that was the highest-profile part that Huddleston played in the later part of his career.
The actor also had an accomplished stage career, including appearances on Broadway in 1776 – in which he played Benjamin Franklin – and Death of a Salesman.
We’re sorry to report that David Huddleston passed away this week at the age of 85.
According to THR, citing the actor’s family, Huddleston succumbed to heart and kidney disease in Santa Fe, N.M. Huddleston was born in 1930 in Virginia.