Alongside a successful career in the movies, Hedaya has appeared in several TV roles, including Carla Tortelli's ex-husband Nick on the sitcom Cheers and its short-lived spinoff The Tortellis.

She refuses, so Nick asks to work at the bar as a cleaner to prove he is a changed man. He later became well known for his work on Power 106 in Los Angeles.He is survived by his wife, Sally Michelson, whom he married in 1987, and their two children, Samuel and Jacob. “My father was a WASP and my mother was Italian.”Mr. After several unsuccessful attempts to reunite with Carla, he married the much-younger Loretta, an aspiring singer. Thomas was one of the main characters in “Love & War,” a CBS sitcom that ran for three seasons beginning in 1992. She is best known for her role as head-waitress Carla Tortelli in the sitcom Cheers (1982–1993). Jay Thomas, Actor on ‘Murphy Brown’ and ‘Cheers,’ Is Dead at 69 Jay Thomas on “Cheers” in 1987. Thomas’s good looks and ability to play a wiseacre were something of a calling card, and his secondary roles could brighten even a weak show or movie. When his wife Loretta throws him out for not supporting her singing, Carla's ex-husband Nick comes to Cheers and begs her to be part of his life again. Holland’s Opus” in 1995.Between “Mork & Mindy” and “Murphy Brown” his most prominent role was a recurring spot on “Cheers” in the 1980s as Eddie LeBec, an ice hockey player who was married to Carla Tortelli (Rhea Perlman), a waitress at the Boston bar of the show’s title.Mr. Carla Maria Victoria Angelina Teresa Apollonia Lozupone Tortelli LeBec, known as Carla Tortelli, is a waitress on the American television show Cheers, portrayed by Rhea Perlman.

Thomas was born Jon Thomas Terrell in Kermit, Tex., on July 12, 1948, and raised in New Orleans. —XFINITY Entertainment Staff (Photo: NBC) His other television credits included the ABC ensemble series “Married People” in the early 1990s and the recent Showtime series “Ray Donovan.”Mr. They remained together until Eddie was killed by a Later in the series, Carla becomes unaccountably attracted to John Allen Hill (played by The Cheers & Frasier Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community.Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Mr. Thomas played Remo DaVinci, co-owner of a deli, and appeared in dozens of episodes during the run of the show, which ended in 1982.After that, the work came fairly regularly, often in the form of smaller TV roles but also the occasional movie appearance, most notably in “Mr. When he and Joan Cusack played best friends to the central couple in the 1997 movie “A Smile Like Yours,” Janet Maslin wrote in His quick tongue also served him well on the talk-show circuit. Rhea Jo Perlman (born 31 March, 1948) is an American actress and writer. Synopsis. She expressed a particular dislike for Carla seems willing to commit a crime if she thinks she can get away with it. In the episode following Frasier's and Lilith's initial separation, we learn that, while Frasier was sleeping in the Cheers office, Carla stole his Carla's promiscuity and sexual prowess (if not odd sexual tastes) was a running gag. Three weeks later, Loretta begs Nick to return to her. This feature is not available right now. In recent years he reunited with a son he had fathered in his 20s who was given up for adoption, the country singer J. T. Harding.“I met my biological mother, and she told me, ‘Your father is an actor, and he’s on ‘Cheers,’ ” Mr. Harding said during an appearance that he and Mr. Thomas Jay Thomas, Actor on ‘Murphy Brown’ and ‘Cheers,’ Is Dead at 69Jay Thomas on “Cheers” in 1987. Thomas also portrayed Carla’s (played by Rhea Perlman) hockey player husband, Eddie Lebec, on “Cheers” from 1987 to 1989. Outwardly, at least, Carla is a mean-spirited woman who expresses disdain for many (perhaps even most) people. Jay Thomas, an actor and radio personality whose work on the television series The cause was cancer, his agent, Don Buchwald, said.Mr. He played Eddie LeBec, the husband of Carla Tortelli, who was played by Rhea Perlman. Thomas was a disc jockey in 1979 when he was cast in a recurring role on “Mork & Mindy,” the ABC sitcom about a space alien played by Robin Williams.