Richard Roat Wife: Was Richard Roat Married?

Richard Roat, a character actor whose career spanned five decades and was best known for starring in “Seinfeld,” “Friends” and “Dallas,” has died at age 89.

According to the actor’s obituary, which was published in The Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, he passed away “suddenly” on Aug. 5 in Orange County, Calif.

Was Richard Roat married? Roat was married to his wife Kathy for forty years.

She was described by the Los Angeles Times’s obituary as Roat’s “true soulmate.”

Roat and Kathy had recently celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary together, which she said was truly “An Affair to Remember.”

Roat’s career took off with the early ’60s soap opera “The Doctors,” on which he appeared in 172 episodes as Dr. Jerry Chandler.

Roat then went on to appear in “Hawaii Five-O,” “Cheers,” “Happy Days,” “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “The Golden Girls,” “The F.B.I.,” “Westworld,” “Kojak,” “St. Elsewhere” and dozens more television programs.

Aside from his successful acting career, Roat also owned a practice as an entertainment tax preparer for more than 50 years.