Actor Spencer Milligan has died at the age of 86.
The Land of the Lost actor died in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, on April 18, and his on-screen children Wesley Eure and Kathy Coleman paid him a loving tribute on Tuesday.
Milligan was best known for the role of Rick Marshall, the father of Will and Holly Marshall (played by Eure and Coleman), in the first two seasons of the iconic 1970s children’s adventure television series.
Eure, 72, captioned the video: It’s so hard to say goodbye to our friend and TV dad, Spencer Milligan. We love you, Spencer.
He said: ‘This is a video we didn’t want to have to make. We heard rumors and it was finally confirmed. It’s not an easy day.
Land of the Lost actor Spencer Milligan dies at 86
Milligan was best known for his role as Rick Marshall, the father of Will and Holly Marshall (played by Wesley Eure and Kathy Coleman), in the first two seasons of the iconic 1970s children’s adventure television series.
Coleman, 62, added: “I’m a little speechless. He was a real father to all of us. Thank God we got to see him one last time and spend some really beautiful times with him. He was a great man. I really believe that. He will be missed.’
Milligan starred on Land of the Lost from 1974 to 1975, but left after the second season due to a dispute over the show’s merchandising and royalty earnings with its producers.
In a 2009 interview with the Associated Press, Milligan said of the drama: “We had a difference of opinion, let’s put it this way, about using my face for things and paying me (lunch boxes, compasses) where they were sold and I thought it was fair that everyone They received their fair share.
Milligan is pictured with his on-screen children at a Land of the Lost reunion