Anthony Peck(1947-1996)

According to director John McTiernan in his DVD commentary for Stirb langsam (1988) when he met Peck was working as a waiter in between roles. He cast Peck as one of the cops in Stirb langsam (1988) and was so impressed with what he was able to do with such a small role he later gave him a much larger part as a naval officer in Jagd auf Roter Oktober (1990). This exposure lead to Peck playing a series of lucrative roles as police officers in big budget productions such as Last Action Hero (1993), In the Line of Fire: Die zweite Chance (1993) and returning to the Die Hard series in Stirb langsam - Jetzt erst recht (1995).