Character actor Vincent Schiavelli, known to me -- and possibly you and most everybody else as well -- as "that guy" from countless quirky supporting roles in the movies, has died. You'll know him when you see him.

Personal favorites of mine: his appearances in Buckaroo Bonzai, Better Off Dead ("Mr. Meyer, please join us at the blackboard and show us your solution to this paltry geometric dilemma"), and Amadeus.

Here's a very interesting discussion about Schiavelli and some of his less widely-known contributions on the community site Metafilter.