// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Jeff Cahill? A hill of a guy.
Jeff Cahill | |
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| Born | Jeffrey Garold Cahill December 19, 1968 Northbrook, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | January 18, 2013 (aged 44) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupations | Film and television actor |
Jeffrey Garold Cahill (December 19, 1968 – January 18, 2013) was an American film and television actor. He was best known for playing the recurring role of Tony Fig, the transport dispatcher in the fifth and sixth season of the American medical drama television series ER.[1]
Cahill guest-starred in television programs including Pacific Blue, The Practice, Touched by an Angel, Mad About You, Southland, Philly and Prison Break. He played the recurring role of J. B. Murphy in the sixth and seventh season of the ABC police procedural television series NYPD Blue,[2][3] and played the recurring role of Garrity Hartman in the ABC drama television series Dangerous Minds. He also appeared in films such as The Blues Brothers and The Shadow.[1][4] Aside from acting, he worked as a visual artist.[5]
Cahill died of cancer on January 18, 2013, in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 44.[1][6]
References
[edit source]- 1 2 3 Lentz, Harris (June 3, 2014). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2013. McFarland. p. 54. ISBN 9780786476657 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "'NYPD Blue' fans can exhale". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. December 23, 1999. p. 34. Retrieved August 8, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Blue is back!". The Index-Journal. Greenwood, South Carolina. January 11, 2000. p. 11. Retrieved August 8, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Pitts, Michael (October 2004). Famous Movie Detectives III. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 215. ISBN 9780810836907 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Jeff Cahill Obituary (2013)". Los Angeles Times. January 26, 2013. Retrieved August 8, 2026 – via Legacy.com.
- ↑ "Cahill, Jeff". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. January 24, 2013. p. 2-9. Retrieved August 8, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.