Peter Donat, actor of "The X-Files", has died

Actor Peter Donat, who played the role of Fox Mulder's father in X files, is dead.

Donat died Monday at his home in Point Reyes Station, California (via Deadline). According to his wife Maria Dejong Donat, he has died of diabetes complications and is survived by Maria, their sons Caleb, Christopher and Lucas, his stepdaughters Barbara Park Shapiro and Marina Park Sutton, his step-son Malcolm Park, his brother Richard and his 11 grandchildren.

X Files Fans will recognize Donat as Fox Mulder's father, William Mulder, appearing in six episodes of the series. Despite the short race, he made a good impression, but Donat had a career of more than 50 years in the field of theater, including television and cinema.

Among the first projects of Donat, include the TV movie The land of kings and Robert Montgomery presents, featured in both projects in 1953. He then worked in film and television, with parts in projects like Impossible mission, J & # 39; spy, Hawaii Five-O, Charlie & # 39; s angels, Dallas, The murder that she wrote, and more. He continued to have a list of stable appearance until 1995, when he first appeared under the name of William Mulder. He would make his last appearance in this role in 1999 in the episode A son.

David Duchovny, an actor with Fox Mulder, enjoyed working with Donat in the New York Times: "It was easy to interpret and seemed to come from this generation who took art seriously, but not too much.

While he regularly worked as a television and film actor, he always preferred the stage to production groups such as the American Conservatory Theater and the Stratford Festival, where he played roles such as Bergerac, King Lear and Hadrian VII.

Donat was born in Kentville, Nova Scotia on January 20, 1928 and went on stage with his uncle. His uncle was the Oscar-winning actor Robert Donat, who won an Academy Award for Best Actor for this tour Goodbye, Mr Chips in 1939, this inspired Peter to also look for the scene, eventually getting his first role in Tyrone Guthrie and The First Gentleman of Alexander Cohen.

Our thoughts are with his family right now.