{{Short description|American actor (1952–2024)}} {{More citations needed|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Peter Crombie | image = Seinfeld-peter-crombie_resize.jpg | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = Crombie as "Crazy" Joe Davola in a 1992 ''Seinfeld'' episode. | birth_name = Peter B. Crombie III | birth_date = {{Birth date|1952|06|26}} | birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|01|10|1952|06|26}} | death_place = Palm Springs, California, U.S. | spouse = {{marriage|Nadine Kijner|1991|1997|end=divorce}} | other_names = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1987–2000 | known_for = | notable_works = ''Seinfeld'' | height = 6′ 2″ }}

'''Peter B. Crombie III''' (June 26, 1952 – January 10, 2024)<ref>{{cite web |title=It is with shock and extreme sadness that I share my Ex-husband died this morning. Thank you for so many wonderful memories and being such a good man. Fly free into the Un-boundless source of light, Peter. May you be greeted with love by your parents, and Oliver 🐈‍⬛. So so many people loved you because you were a kind, giving, caring and creative Soul. #petercrombie #transition #grief #love #joy #gift #RIP #peace #thankyou❤️ #yaleactors #compassion #angel |url=https://www.instagram.com/nadinekijner/p/C18KO25J9C5/?img_index=1 |website=instagram.com}}</ref> was an American film and television actor.

==Early life and education== Crombie was born Peter B. Crombie III on June 26, 1952 to Virginia (née Taborsky; 1916–1999) and Peter B. Crombie Jr. (1923–2002),<ref name="CROMBIE">{{cite web |title=PETER B. CROMBIE (2002) |url=https://339thconstruction.weebly.com/uploads/1/8/3/2/18323339/crombie__peter_obituary_-_oak_lawn_il_%7C_chicago_tribune.pdf |website=339thconstruction.weebly.com}}</ref> and raised in Oak Lawn, a suburb of Chicago. He has one brother named Jim.<ref name="CROMBIE"/> He studied acting at the Yale School of Drama before moving to New York City.<ref>{{cite web |title=Peter Crombie, known for 'House of Frankenstein,' dies at 71 |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1147488-peter-crombie-known-for-house-of-frankenstein-dies-at-71 |website=www.thenews.com.pk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Ortiz |first=Aimee |date=2024-01-14 |title=Peter Crombie, Actor Known for 'Seinfeld' Appearances, Dies at 71 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/13/arts/television/peter-crombie-dead.html |access-date=2024-01-14 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

== Career == Crombie appeared in such films as ''Born on the Fourth of July'', ''Natural Born Killers'', ''Seven'', ''My Dog Skip'' and ''The Doors''. His best-known television role was as the recurring minor character "Crazy" Joe Davola on ''Seinfeld''. The name was used with the consent of Fox TV executive, Joe "Lennard" Davola.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Armstrong |first=Jennifer Keishin |date=2014-07-15 |title=The Real Joe Davola |url=https://jenniferkarmstrong.com/2014/07/15/the-real-joe-davola/ |access-date=2022-09-18 |website=Jennifer Keishin Armstrong |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-09-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920172806/https://jenniferkarmstrong.com/2014/07/15/the-real-joe-davola/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Crombie also made guest appearances on such television series as ''Spenser: For Hire'', ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' (in the episode "Melora"), ''Walker, Texas Ranger'', ''Law & Order'', ''Picket Fences'', ''NYPD Blue'', ''Perfect Strangers'' and many others. Crombie wrote the script for the 2006 short drama ''Threshold''.

== Personal life and death == Crombie married Nadine Kijner in 1991 and the couple divorced in 1997.<ref>{{cite web |title='Seinfeld' actor Peter Crombie dead at 71: ex-wife |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/seinfeld-actor-peter-crombie-dead-71-ex-wife |website=www.foxnews.com|date=13 January 2024 }}</ref>

Crombie died after a brief illness on January 10, 2024, at the age of 71.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/01/peter-crombie-dead-seinfeld-cast-favorite-crazy-joe-davola-was-71-obituary-1235731850/|title=Peter Crombie Dies: 'Seinfeld' Cast Favorite As 'Crazy Joe Davola' Was 71|website=Deadline|date=2024-01-12|access-date=2024-01-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/peter-crombie-dead-seinfeld-actor-1235787184/|title=Peter Crombie, 'Seinfeld' and 'House of Frankenstein' Actor, Dies at 71|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=2024-01-12|access-date=2024-01-13}}</ref>

== Filmography ==

=== Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1988 |''The Blob'' |Soldier at Command Post | |- |1989 |''Born on the Fourth of July'' |Undercover Vet | |- |1990 |''Desperate Hours'' |Connelly | |- |1990 |''Smoothtalker'' |Jack Perdue | |- |1991 |''The Doors'' |Associate Lawyer | |- |1993 |''Rising Sun'' |Greg | |- |1994 |''Natural Born Killers'' |Intense Cop | |- |1995 |''Safe'' |Dr. Reynolds | |- |1995 |''Seven'' |Dr. O'Neill | |- |2000 |''My Dog Skip'' |Junior Smalls | |}

=== Television === {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1987 |''Broken Vows'' |Dan Phelan |Television film |- |1987 |''Loving'' |Alan Howard #2 |Episode #1.1096 |- |1987 |''Leg Work'' |Haddix |Episode: "Pilot" |- |1988 |''Spenser: For Hire'' |Solomon Trench |Episode: "Arthur's Wake" |- |1988 |''Perfect Strangers'' |Mr. Jones |Episode: "The Graduate" |- |1988 |''American Playhouse'' |Bernhard Goetz |Episode: "The Trial of Bernhard Goetz" |- |1989 |''As the World Turns'' |Gage |Episode dated 29 December 1989 |- |1990 |''H.E.L.P.'' |Mr. Perry |Episode: "Fire Down Below" |- |1991 |''Law & Order'' |Howie Neffer |Episode: "Confession" |- |1992–1993 |''Seinfeld'' |Crazy Joe Davola |5 episodes |- |1993 |''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' |Fallit Kot |Episode: "Melora" |- |1993 |''The John Larroquette Show'' |Ted Slattery |Episode: "There's a Mister Hitler Here to See You" |- |1994 |''Diagnosis: Murder'' |Brother Charles Simmons |Episode: "Lily" |- |1994 |''L.A. Law'' |Julius Watson |Episode: "Dead Issue" |- |1995 |''Get Smart'' |Larz |Episode: "Pilot" |- |1996 |''Grace Under Fire'' |Counterman |Episode: "Take Me to Your Breeder" |- |1996 |''Picket Fences'' |Agent Wesley Banes |Episode: "Forget Selma" |- |1996 |''L.A. Firefighters'' |Norman Minter |5 episodes |- |1997 |''A Walton Easter'' |Calvin Weeks |Television film |- |1997 |''House of Frankenstein'' |Frankenstein's Creature |2 episodes |- |1998 |''NYPD Blue'' |Carney |Episode: "Honeymoon at Viagra Falls" |- |2000 |''Walker, Texas Ranger'' |Detective Moody |Episode: "Deadly Situation" |}

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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0188598|Peter Crombie}}

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