Steve Susskind was an American actor who appeared in numerous small parts in sitcoms

Situation comedy

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, such as Frasier

Frasier

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, Married with Children, Scrubs

Scrubs (TV series)

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, and NewsRadio

NewsRadio

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. Susskind also performed as an actor and a voice actor in several film

Film

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s, such as Friday the 13th Part III, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

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, Monsters, Inc.

Monsters, Inc.

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and Osmosis Jones

Osmosis Jones

Osmosis Jones is a 2001 live-action/animated comedy film directed by Tom Sito and Piet Kroon for the animated segments and the Farrelly brothers for the live-action segments...

; and the video games Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

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and Dead to Rights

Dead to Rights

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. He also sang with The Roommates, who had hit records with Please Love Me Forever (with Cathy Jean) and The Glory of Love in 1961.

Susskind died on January 21, 2005 in an automobile accident in Sunland, California.

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