Mike Hagerty (May 10, 1954 - May 5, 2022) was an American-born TV actor, known for his mustache, thick Chicago accent and usually playing a blue collar worker.
He appeared on Married...with Children as the coroner in the Season 2 episode, "You Better Watch Out".
Acting Career[]
He began his acting career in the early 1980s and appeared on various TV shows such as Cheers, Family Ties and and major films such as Overboard and Red Heat.
During the 1990s, he had various roles on TV, some of them recurring, such as Drexler's Class, Seinfield, The Drew Carey Show, The George Carlin Show and Star Trek: The Next Generation. During the 1990s and into the early 2000s, he had a recurring role on the NBC show, Friends, as Mr. Treeger, the building superintendent. During this time, he also had roles in various films such as Dick Tracy, Wayne's World, So I Married An Axe Murderer, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me and Inspector Gadget.
During the 2000s, he continued acting in television shows such as ER, American Dad, Angel, Lucky Louie and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
In recent years, he had appeared on shows such as The Goldbergs, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Shameless, Glee and The Mindy Project.
His most recent project was the HBO series, Somebody, Somewhere which began airing in January 2022.
Appearance on MWC[]
As the coroner, telling Al that he can't remove the body from the Bundy household until the kids leave
He appeared in the Season 2 episode, You Better Watch Out, as the coroner who is sent to retrieve the body of Santa Claus from the Bundy's backyard. As he and his men are about to take the body out the door, they see a group of neighborhood kids waiting to see Santa. He then convinces Al to dress up as Santa and make the kids think that Santa is fine.
Death[]
His death was announced on May 6, 2022 by Bridget Everett, who was his co-star on the HBO series, Somebody, Somewhere, stating that he had died the day before, on May 5. It was later revealed that he had died while in a coma due to an adverse reaction to anti-biotics. After recovering from an infection in one of his legs in April, he returned to set to continue filming Somebody, Somewhere, when he complained that he was still feeling lethargic. He was sent back to the hospital, where he was given anti-biotics that caused him to have a seizure and left him in a coma, before eventually passing away.[1][2]
He is survived by his wife, Mary Kathryn, his sister Mary Ann Hagerty and her wife Kathleen O’Rourke, and their daughter Meg.
Trivia[]
- Besides appearing on MWC, he acted alongside Ed O'Neill in the 1992 film, Wayne's World, which also featured MWC guest stars Tia Carrere and Brian Doyle-Murray.
- He is an an alumni of The Second City in Chicago along with MWC guest stars Brian Doyle-Murray, Dan Castellaneta, and Fred Willard