LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stephen Furst, who played naïve fraternity pledge Flounder in the hit movie Animal House,has died of complications from diabetes, his family said Saturday. Furst was 63.
Furst died Friday at his home in Moorpark, Calif., north of Los Angeles, said his son, Nathan.
Furst played Kent "Flounder" Dorfman in the 1978 film that also starred John Belushi.
Furst's long list of credits included the 1980s medical drama St. Elsewhere,on which he played Dr. Elliot Axelrod. He played Vir Coto and was an occasional director on the 1990s sci-fi series Babylon 5.
He also voiced characters on projects including TV's Buzz Lightyear of Star Commandand the video The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea.
"He was proudest of his family, and he felt blessed and incredibly privileged to have the career that he had and enjoyed," Nathan Furst said Saturday.
Stephen Furst also was a director and producer, working with his other son, Griff. Their Curmudgeon Film projects included the movies My Sister's Keeperand Cold Moon, a suspense thriller set for release in October, Griff Furst said.
Stephen Furst's survivors include his wife, Lorraine, and two grandchildren, his sons said.
