Spencer Milligan dead at 86: Land of the Lost actor passes away in Wisconsin as his on-screen children pay loving tribute
Actor Spencer Milligan has died at the age of 86.
The Land of the Lost actor died on April 18 in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. His children, Wesley Eure and Kathy Coleman, paid a loving tribute to him on Tuesday.
Milligan was best known for playing Rick Marshall, the father of Will and Holly Marshall (played by Eure and Coleman), in the first two seasons of the iconic 1970s children’s adventure television series.
Eure, 72, captioned the video: It’s so hard to say goodbye to our friend and TV dad, Spencer Milligan. We love you Spencer.
He said, ‘This is a video we didn’t want to make. We heard rumors and eventually it was confirmed. Not an easy day.’
Land of the Lost actor Spencer Milligan has died at the age of 86
Milligan was best known for playing Rick Marshall, the father of Will and Holly Marshall (played by Wesley Eure and Kathy Coleman), in the first two seasons of the iconic 1970s children’s adventure series
Coleman, 62, added: “I’m a bit speechless. He was a true father to all of us. Thank God we were able to see him one last time and spend some very beautiful moments with him. He was a great man. I really, truly believe that. He will be missed.”
Milligan starred in Land of the Lost from 1974 to 1975, but left after the second season due to a dispute over the show’s merchandising profits and royalties – with the producers.
In a 2009 interview with the Associated Press, Milligan said of the drama: “We had a disagreement, let’s put it this way, about using my face for things and paying for packed lunches, compasses, where they sold them and I found It is only fair that everyone should get their fair share.’
Milligan is pictured with his on-screen children at a Land of the Lost reunion