Miguel Ferrer, who played NCIS Assistant Director Owen Granger on NCIS: Los Angeles ,died Thursday of cancer. He was 61.
Born in Santa Monica, Ferrer was the oldest child of Jose Ferrer and Rosemary Clooney, making him a cousin of actor George Clooney.
He got his start in television in the 1980s, with small parts in movies and guest roles on TV shows, including Magnum, P.I. and The Man Who Wasn't There. In 1987, he played villain Bob Morton in RoboCop.
In addition to NCIS: LA, on which he has starred since 2012, Ferrer's other notable television credits include Twin Peaks and Crossing Jordan. He will reprise his Twin Peaks character, FBI forensic pathologist Albert Rosenfield, in the upcoming revival. (www.tvguide.com/)
