2ND UPDATE: In an Instagram submit Tuesday night, former Everwood co-star Chris Pratt mourned each Deal with Williams, who died Monday, and fellow former solid member John Beasley, who died two weeks in the past.
“It’s an incredibly sad season for the cast and crew of Everwood. We’re still reeling from the loss of John Beasley and yesterday we lost Treat Williams as well,” Pratt stated. “Both men were exceptional actors, wonderful husbands, fathers and friends. They will be missed tremendously.”
UPDATE: Everwood creator Greg Berlanti has shared a remembrance of his first assembly with Deal with Williams following the veteran actor’s dying Monday in a bike accident in Vermont. Berlanti posted a tribute on Instagram subsequent to a photograph of Williams with Berlanti’s sister. “I can still feel the warmth of your presence,” Berlanti wrote.
“I remember our first lunch like it was yesterday. Myself and my fellow producer were meeting you about playing Doctor Andy Brown. I was only 29 and had never worked with a star of your stature, let alone had lunch about anything I had written. I was shaking (it was only months after September 11th and the whole world was still shaking). The assignment by the studio was to somehow vibe and see if “you were Andy”. The lunch lasted hours and on the finish you gave me a hug that made me really feel like the whole lot can be okay. My reply to the community after was that if we had been in a position to seize half of Deal with’s heat, humor, knowledge and coronary heart we’d have a television present. I can nonetheless really feel the heat of your presence again then. Folks may really feel it by the display when watching Everwood. That was the key magic of the present, each week you had been giving the world a a lot wanted hug. The kindness you confirmed me from that lunch by our time working collectively modified the course of my life and my very own coronary heart. Your loss from this world, particularly solely weeks after the lack of the beloved John Beasley, is heartbreaking and inconceivable to me. My love and prayers for you and your lovely household who you really liked so dearly and at all times jogged my memory nothing was price something with out.
I’ve many photographs from that joyful time. That is the one I maintain by my writing desk. It’s from our lunch after the Everwood decide up at upfronts, of you and my sister. I’ve at all times cherished it as a result of it jogs my memory of one of the best about this enterprise. Because it, and also you, at all times will.”
PREVIOUS: Gregory Smith, who portrayed Deal with Williams’ son Ephram on all 4 seasons of Everwood, is paying tribute to the veteran actor, who died Monday following a bike accident.
“This news is devastating,” Smith stated in a press release to Deadline. “Treat was a wonderful man and a brilliant actor. Above all, he loved his family so much. I’m very grateful for the time I got to spend as part of his extended tv family. He made an indelible impression on me during my most formative years. I will always cherish my time with Treat and think fondly of his stories, his laugh and his passion for adventure. I’m sending love to his family, Pam, Gil and Elinor. He will be deeply missed.”
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Williams starred because the kindhearted Dr. Andy Brown on WB’s Everwood from 2002-2006, receiving two SAG Award nominations for his work on the present, which additionally helped launch the careers of Smith, Emily VanCamp and Chris Pratt.
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Sarah Drew, who co-starred as Hannah Rogers on Seasons 3 and 4 of Everwood additionally issued a press release to Deadline. “I’m utterly heartbroken by the tragic and sudden death of Treat Williams. My experience working with Treat on Everwood was formative in my life and career. We had a beautiful and extremely close-knit family during our years in Salt Lake City. I learned so much from Treat’s talent and leadership and we have lost a bright light today. My heart goes out to his family.”
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VanCamp, who starred reverse Williams issued a press release Monday. “The many times we worked together- always wonderful and I was always excited for the next time,” VanCamp wrote on Instagram alongside a photograph of Williams. “Sending all my love to your family, Treat. Fly high my friend.”
Scott Wolf, who protrayed Dr. Jake Hartman on Everwood, remembers Williams’ “big, beautiful heart.”
