Peter Crombie

Peter B. Crombie (June 26, 1952 – January 10, 2024)^[1] was an American film and television actor.

Peter Crombie
Peter Crombie as Joe Davola in Seinfeld in a 1992 episode.
Born	Peter B. Crombie (1952-06-26)June 26, 1952 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	January 10, 2024(2024-01-10) (aged 71) Palm Springs, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Notable work	Seinfeld
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Spouse	Nadine Kijner ​ ​ (m. 1991; div. 1997)​

Early life and education

Crombie was born on June 26, 1952, and raised in Oak Lawn, a suburb of Chicago. He studied acting at the Yale School of Drama before moving to New York City.^[2][3]

Career

Crombie appeared in such films as Born on the Fourth of July, Natural Born Killers, Seven, My Dog Skip and The Doors. His best-known television role was as the recurring minor character "Crazy" Joe Davola on Seinfeld. The name was used with the consent of Fox TV executive, Joe "Lennard" Davola.^[4]

Crombie also made guest appearances on such television series as Spenser: For Hire, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (in the episode "Melora"), Walker, Texas Ranger, Law & Order, Picket Fences, NYPD Blue,Perfect Strangers and many others. Crombie wrote the script for the 2006 short drama Threshold.

Personal life and death

Crombie married Nadine Kijner in 1991 and the couple divorced in 1997.^[5]

Crombie died after a brief illness on January 10, 2024, at the age of 71.^[6][7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	The Blob	Soldier at Command Post
1989	Born on the Fourth of July	Undercover Vet
1990	Desperate Hours	Connelly
1990	Smoothtalker	Jack Perdue
1991	The Doors	Associate Lawyer
1993	Rising Sun	Greg
1994	Natural Born Killers	Intense Cop
1995	Safe	Dr. Reynolds
1995	Seven	Dr. O'Neill
2000	My Dog Skip	Junior Smalls

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Broken Vows	Dan Phelan	Television film
1987	Loving	Alan Howard #2	Episode #1.1096
1987	Leg Work	Haddix	Episode: "Pilot"
1988	Spenser: For Hire	Solomon Trench	Episode: "Arthur's Wake"
1988	Perfect Strangers	Mr. Jones	Episode: "The Graduate"
1988	American Playhouse	Bernhard Goetz	Episode: "The Trial of Bernhard Goetz"
1989	As the World Turns	Gage	Episode dated 29 December 1989
1990	H.E.L.P.	Mr. Perry	Episode: "Fire Down Below"
1991	Law & Order	Howie Neffer	Episode: "Confession"
1992–1993	Seinfeld	Crazy Joe Davola	5 episodes
1993	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Fallit Kot	Episode: "Melora"
1993	The John Larroquette Show	Ted Slattery	Episode: "There's a Mister Hitler Here to See You"
1994	Diagnosis: Murder	Brother Charles Simmons	Episode: "Lily"
1994	L.A. Law	Julius Watson	Episode: "Dead Issue"
1995	Get Smart	Larz	Episode: "Pilot"
1996	Grace Under Fire	Counterman	Episode: "Take Me to Your Breeder"
1996	Picket Fences	Agent Wesley Banes	Episode: "Forget Selma"
1996	L.A. Firefighters	Norman Minter	5 episodes
1997	A Walton Easter	Calvin Weeks	Television film
1997	House of Frankenstein	Frankenstein's Creature	2 episodes
1998	NYPD Blue	Carney	Episode: "Honeymoon at Viagra Falls"
2000	Walker, Texas Ranger	Detective Moody	Episode: "Deadly Situation"