Actor Ed Williams, known for playing a mega-quirky lab scientist in the “Police Squad!” television series and its big-screen incarnation as the original “Naked Gun” movies, has died at age 98.

The veteran actor died Oct. 2, his granddaughter Stephanie Williams told The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday.

His nephew, Marty Wolfe Williams-Wilson, posted about the loss of his beloved uncle on social media.

“Our beloved Uncle Ed passed away peacefully last night in Los Angeles,” Williams-Wilson wrote earlier this month. “Professionally, he was a successful actor. Personally, we adored him and will miss him.”

Acting was Williams’ second career, one he took up after teaching for more than 30 years. The San Jose, California, native had acted in plays at San Jose State and Stanford universities an

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