Wayne Ernest Maunder (December 19, 1937 – November 11, 2018) was a Canadian-born American actor who starred in three American television series between 1967 and 1974: "Custer," "Lancer," and "Chase."
Maunder appeared as attorney Mike Barrett in the 1971 20th Century Fox film The Seven Minutes, a drama about a banned book and a rape which created chaos in a town.
In August 2018, Luke Perry was cast to portray Maunder in the Quentin Tarantino film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Maunder resided in the Greater Los Angeles Area. In 1967, Maunder married the former Lucia Maisto. The couple's son, Dylan T. Maunder, was born the next year in 1968.
Maunder died on November 11, 2018, aged 80. He was noted as having a history of heart disease.
I had the pleasure of working with Wayne on a project benefiting St. Jude's hospital. He was an incredibly sweet man; generous with his time, and appreciative (after a bad experience) of his fans. He also had a great sense of humor and I treasure the e-mails we shared.
ReplyDeleteIn doing the St. Jude's project, he agreed to let me start a Facebook page for him that is still active. When he passed, he was living in Vermont ("somewhere green") and working on a film and book project. He is much missed by his fans.