CNN —
Actor and writer Quinn K. Redeker, whose works include Days of Our Lives, The Young and the Restless and The Deer Hunter, the latter of which earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay, died recently Month, according to its agent Christopher Hartman.
Hartman said in an email to CNN that the entertainer died of natural causes on December 20. He was 86.
Hartman said Redeker’s daughter Arianne Raser confirmed the news late Monday.
Redeker appeared as the devious Alex Marshall in nearly 850 episodes of the hit daytime soap, Days of Our Lives, from 1979 to 1987.
He also appeared in over 200 episodes of the CBS soap The Young and the Restless, primarily as Rex Sterling, over a 25-year period from 1979 to 2004. He also played a character named Nick Reed.
His other films include Bonanza, Kojak, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Rockford Files and the 1979 film The Electric Horseman.
Alongside his screen career, Redeker has written, including for the Oscar-winning 1978 film The Deer Hunter, starring Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken and Meryl Streep.
The verified Twitter account for “The Young and the Restless” wrote in memory of Redeker on Monday: “The Y&R family sends our deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of Quinn Redeker who blessed Y&R with his talents in two memorable roles .”