Kent Broadhurst, the character actor who appeared in films including The Verdict, Silkwood, and Silver Bullet, has passed away at the age of 86. He died on May 20 at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, according to a paid obituary. Born in St.
Louis on February 4, 1940, James Kent Broadhurst graduated from the University of Nebraska and headed to New York, where he began his career in the arts. He made his big-screen debut in Stuart Rosenberg's Brubaker (1980), starring Robert Redford, and went on to appear in notable films such as Sidney Lumet's The Verdict (1982), starring Paul Newman, and Mike Nichols' Silkwood (1983), starring Meryl Streep.