Matthew Arkin toldThe New York Timesthat his father had suffered from heart ailments.
A loving husband, father, grand and great grandfather, he was adored and will be deeply missed.
He left the show after its second season.
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More recently he was the voice of J.D.
Salinger in the Netflix animated seriesBojack Horseman.
Arkin was born on March 26, 1934, in Brooklyn to Jewish immigrants parents from Russia and Germany.
He made his first big-screen appearance as an uncredited singer in Fred SearsCalypso Heat Wave(1957).
Arkin made his Broadway debut in the 1961 musicalFrom the Second City.
He next starred as David Kolowitz in the Broadway comedyEnter Laughing, for which he won the Tony.
It ran for a year at Henry Millers Theatre in 1963-64.
He followed that with an Oscar-nominated performance in Ben Afflecks Best Picture winnerArgo.
Arkin clocked more than 100 feature film credits across his decades-long career.
He also enjoyed a significant Broadway career, both as an actor and director.
Other Broadway acting credits include 1961sFrom the Second Cityand 1964sLuv.
Erik Pedersen contributed to this report.
