{{Short description|American actor (1945–2024)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Sources|biography|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Whitney Rydbeck | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing [[brackets]] --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = Whitney Wilbert Rydbeck | birth_date = {{Birth date|1945|3|13}} | birth_place = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|7|15|1945|3|13}} | death_place = [[Chatsworth, California]], U.S. | other_names = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1970–2007 | known_for = | notable_works = }} '''Whitney Wilbert Rydbeck''' (March 13, 1945 – July 15, 2024) was an American actor. Rydbeck had a prolific career as a TV and film actor, appearing in over fifty television and motion picture titles. He appeared on the shows ''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]'', ''[[7th Heaven (TV series)|7th Heaven]]'', ''[[Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color]]'', ''[[Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series)|Buck Rogers in the 25th Century]]'', ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'',<ref>{{cite book | last=Nemecek | first=L. | title=The Next Generation Companion: Star Trek The Next Generation | publisher=Simon & Schuster UK | year=2012 | isbn=978-1-4711-0679-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VTifVpk6cekC&pg=PT105 | access-date=2024-04-12 | page=105}}</ref> and ''[[Far Out Space Nuts]]''.
Rydbeck played Whitney in the children's program ''Whitney and the Robot''.<ref>{{cite book | last1=Iver | first1=R.M. | last2=Iver | first2=E.M. | title=La Palma | publisher=Arcadia Pub. | series=Images of America | year=2008 | isbn=978-0-7385-5957-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8Xls6A6FILMC&pg=PA99 | language=es | access-date=2024-04-12 | page=99}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last=Terrace | first=V. | title=Encyclopedia of Television Series, Pilots and Specials | publisher=New York Zoetrope | series=Baseline production | issue=v. 2 | year=1985 | isbn=978-0-918432-61-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AKlgjBCPPnsC&pg=PA444 | access-date=2024-04-12 | page=444}}</ref>
Rydbeck also appeared on the [[film|silver screen]] in ''Grand Jury'', ''[[Battle Beyond the Stars]]'', ''[[A Very Brady Sequel]]'', ''[[Oliver & Company]]'', and ''[[Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives]]''.
Rydbeck died of complications from prostate cancer in [[Chatsworth, California]], on July 15, 2024, at the age of 79.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/van-nuys-ca/whitney-rydbeck-11899757 |title=Whitney Wilbert Rydbeck |website=DignityMemorial.com |access-date=July 20, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/whitney-rydbeck-dead-friday-13th-crash-test-dummy-1235953792/|title=Whitney Rydbeck, ‘Friday the 13th’ Actor and Crash Test Dummy in Seat Belt Ads, Dies at 79|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=July 20, 2024|access-date=July 20, 2024}}</ref>
==Partial filmography== *''[[Sleeper (1973 film)|Sleeper]]'' (1973) – Janus (uncredited) *''Grand Jury'' (1976) – DMV Clerk *''[[Love at First Bite]]'' (1979) – Male Commissare *''[[Rocky II]]'' (1979) – Sound Man *''[[1941 (film)|1941]]'' (1979) – Daffy *''[[The Baltimore Bullet]]'' (1980) – Photographer *''[[The Jayne Mansfield Story]]'' (1980) – Photographer *''[[Battle Beyond the Stars]]'' (1980) – Saunders: Dr. Hephaestus' Staff *''The Cherokee Trail'' (1981) - Bob Cochraine<ref>{{cite book | last=Andreychuk | first=E. | title=Louis L'Amour on Film and Television | publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers | year=2010 | isbn=978-0-7864-5717-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ICrqx0NOLjoC&pg=PA141 | access-date=2024-04-12 | page=141}}</ref> *''[[Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives]]'' (1986) – Roy *''[[Oliver & Company]]'' (1988) – (voice) *''[[A Very Brady Sequel]]'' (1996) – Auctioneer *''Striking Resemblance'' (1997) – Dr. Baxter *''Folle d'elle'' (1998) – Fauvette *''Angels with Angles'' (2005) – Jack Benny * ''[[Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th]]'' (2013) - Himself (documentary film)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Whitney Rydbeck |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/whitney-rydbeck/credits/3000220473/ |access-date=2025-08-14 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{IMDB name|0753044}}
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