Ron Faber, a stage performer who won an Obie Award and gained the most notoriety for a brief but significant moment in the 1973 horror classic The Exorcist, passed away on March 26 from lung cancer. He was 90.
William Friedkin noticed Faber for the little part of Chuck in The Exorcist after receiving an Obie Award for his performance in the 1972 Off-Broadway play And They Put Handcuffs on Flowers.
In the movie, Chris MacNeil, played by Ellen Burstyn, is the star of the movie-within-a-movie called Crash Course, directed by Faber’s Chuck.
In a crucial sequence, a shocked Chuck makes his way to MacNeil’s Georgetown residence to inform him that Crash Course director Burke Dennings (Jack MacGowran) has been discovered dead on the front steps.
Ron Faber’s cause of death: How did Ron Faber die?
According to reports, Ron Faber passed away from lung cancer. Our thoughts go to the family and loved ones in this difficult time. Faber would contribute to The Exorcist in more ways than just the small part.
Although actor Mercedes McCambridge primarily voiced the demon, Faber added some of the deeper, guttural vocal noises to the soundtrack to imply that Regan was being tormented by more than one demon.
