Television actor Peter Scolari sadly passed away on Friday morning. The Emmy-winning star of Bosom Buddies, Newhart, and Gotham died on Friday at the age of 66, following a two-year battle with cancer. Ellen Lubin Sanitsky at Wright Entertainment broke the news of Scolari’s passing.

Fans probably know Scolari for his villainous turn as Commissioner Loeb in the first season of Gotham, the Batman origin story on FOX. Scolari’s Loeb was the corrupt police commissioner of Gotham City when Jim Gordon was first coming into his own as a detective.

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