Actor who was Mr. Pitt on 'Seinfeld'(voice of Palpatine in "Star Wars: The Clone wars) dies at 77
Actor who was Mr. Pitt on 'Seinfeld' dies at 77
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Ian Abercrombie, a veteran British stage and screen actor whose TV roles included Elaine's boss Mr. Pitt on "Seinfeld" and the voice of Chancellor Palpatine in "Star Wars: The Clone Wars," has died. He was 77.
A website statement from LucasArts said Abercrombie died Friday. A friend, Cathy Lind Hayes, told the Los Angeles Times ( http://lat.ms/A6xXRE ) that he died at a Los Angeles hospital from complications of kidney failure and recently had been diagnosed with lymphoma.
"Though he played a villain on our show, you would be hard pressed to meet a kinder person," said Dave Filoni, a supervising director for "Clone Wars." "He loved to laugh and his sense of humor always lightened our record sessions. I will miss his stories, I will miss his performances, and I will miss his contribution to our show."
Abercrombie began his career as a dancer and made his American stage debut in a 1951 production of "Stalag 17."
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Also the episode where he holds the rope under the Woody Woodpecker balloon. 
RIP
