NEW YORK — A character mover who had minor components in "Tootsie," " jade Driver" and dozens of other(a) films has died. Willy Switkes (SWIT'-kehs) was 83.
His niece Ellen Switkes says he died of colon crabmeat on Thursday at a hospice in Rockville, Md.
Willy Switkes was a native of Washington, D.C., and a longtime New York City resident. He appeared in Broadway productions of "The Cherry Orchard" and "A Thousand Clowns" and was an switch to Buster Keaton during a 1960 tour of "Once Upon a Mattress." His other films include "The French Connection" and "Bananas."
His characters often were unidentified, such as his "man at cab" credit for "Tootsie," in which he's throw from a taxi aft(prenominal) trying to cut in front of title character Dustin Hoffman.
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