Ron Faber, who played a pivotal role in the 1973 supernatural horror film , has.
The late actor had been diagnosed with lung , and has been remembered for his many roles on the stage throughout his career.
In The Exorcist, Faber played assistant director Chuck on Crash Course (a movie-within-a-movie), who revealed that the film’s director Burke Dennings (Jack MacGowran) had died.
His line went: ‘I suppose you’ve heard,’ before continuing by saying: ‘You haven’t heard. Burke’s dead. He must have been drunk. He fell down from the top of the steps right outside. By the time he hit M Sreet he broke his neck.’
However, in actual fact, Dennings had been Ki**ed by the demon at the centre of the flick.
Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on February 16 1933, Faber appeared in movies including Navy SEALS, The Private Files of J Edgar Hoover and Soup for One.
He also had extensive experience on stage, starring in Broadway productions including First Monday in October adn Medea.
The actor performed in several off-Broadway plays, resulting in him winning an Obie Award in 1972 – a prestigious accolade awarded for off-Broadway productions – for his performance in And They Put Handcuffs on the Flowers.
Faber was also recognised with a Drama Desk Award for his performance in the same year.
Other off-Broadway acting credits included parts in Happy Days, Timse an Appetits of Toulouse Lautrex, Hamlet, The Last Laugh and Woyzeck.
He also appeared in several TV movies throughout his career, and could be seen in programmes such as Law and Order and The Edge of Night.
In 2016, Faber opened up about his contribution to The Exorcist, admitting his annoyance over never getting ‘any credit’ for being part of the voice of the demon on the film, which he delivered alongside his scene as Chuck.
Referencing the horror’s director William Friedkin, he told : ‘Friedkin told me that there were three people doing the voice of the demon for the film.
‘He was determined to make sure that the devil did not sound like just one person, he wanted it to sound like a legion of voices.’
Faber continued at the time: ‘So he had Mercedes McCambridge do the core part of the voice of the demon, and myself and someone else, and I never got any credit for it.’
The late actor said that he felt ‘shocked’ that McCambridge ended up receiving the ‘sole credit’ in the end.
Faber is survived by his wife Kathleen Moore Faber and children Hart, Raymond (Sadia), Elise Manuel (Alex), and Anthony, several grandchildren and step-grandchildren. He was pre-deceased by his son, Eric.
