Tributes have been paid to actor Norman Lloyd, who worked with Alfred Hitchcock and later appeared in medical drama St Elsewhere, following his death at 106.
Judd Apatow, who directed him in 2015's Trainwreck, said Lloyd had "loved to tell stories and make people laugh".
"What a career," said Ben Stiller of an actor whose films included Dead Poets Society, Charlie Chaplin's Limelight and Scorsese's The Age of Innocence.
He also played Dr Daniel Auschlander on six seasons of St Elsewhere.
Born Norman Perlmutter in New Jersey in 1914, Lloyd began his career on stage and was a member of Orson Welles' famed Mercury Theatre company in the 1930s.
One of his earliest films was Alfred Hitchcock's 1942 thriller Saboteur, in which his titular German spy falls to his death from the top of New York's Statue of Liberty.
Hitchcock cast him again in his 1945 film Spellbound and subsequently hired him to direct and produce episodes of his Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV series.
He was cast in Chaplin's 1952 film Limelight after developing a friendship with the Hollywood legend based on their mutual love of tennis.
His role as stern headmaster Mr Nolan in 1989's Dead Poets Society saw him work alongside Robin Williams and a young Ethan Hawke.
Writing on Instagram, Apatow said Hawke had learned "a giant lesson" from Lloyd telling him to "pay attention" and appreciate how special that film was.
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