Word has reached this site that Victor Millan — real name Joseph Brown — passed away last month aged 89.

A well-known character actor, he was the Dean of Theater Arts at Santa Monica College and appeared in over 80 films including cinema classics Giant and Touch of Evil, and TV shows such as The Streets of San Francisco, The Fugitive, Wanted: Dead or Alive, and Bonanza.

Knight Rider fans will remember him as Latin-American President Eduardo Casafranca — the target for an assassin — in the first season episode Forget Me Not.