Popular actor Nicolas Coster dead at 89

Posted by Esmerelda Emerald Espino

Nicolas Coster in 1975. By Addison, Goldstein & Walsh, Public Relations, Public Domain, https commons.wikimedia.org

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Nicolas Dwynn Coster (December 3, 1933 – June 26, 2023) was an English-born American actor, most known for his work in daytime drama and as a character actor on nighttime television series, such as Wonder WomanBuck Rogers in the 25th CenturyT. J. Hooker, and Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Coster died on June 26, 2023, at the age of 89, while admitted to a hospital in Florida according to his daughter.

Coster appeared in the NBC soap opera Young Doctor Malone. He created the role of Professor Paul Britton on The Secret Storm, a role he played in 1964 and from 1967 to 1968. He played John Eldridge in the primetime serialized drama Our Private World and on As the World Turns. His first appearance on television was an episode of The U.S. Steel Hour in 1959. Coster appeared more than 80 times on 36 television shows, notably in the role of David Warner, the father of character Blair Warner, on the sitcom The Facts of Life.

Coster created the role of Robert Delaney on Somerset in March 1970 and later moved to Another World playing the same character. He played gangster-turned-informant Anthony Makana on One Life to Live, but left that series to create the role of Lionel Lockridge on Santa Barbara. He played kidnapper Steve Andrews on the ABC soap opera All My Children and returned to Another World for its 25th anniversary in 1989. He returned to his role on Santa Barbara in 1990 until the show was canceled in January 1993. He appeared on As the World Turns from 1993–1995.