Co-founder of the American Place Theater and the Apple Core Theater, an inter-racial repertory company, both in New York City.
Both of his marriages, first to Rosemary Forsyth and then to Carol Hume, produced daughters and ended in divorce.
His survivors are his domestic partner, Donna Peck of Copiague, NY; three daughters, Alexandra Tolan; Jenny Tolan and Emily Tolan; a brother, Gerald Tuchow; and his sister-in-law Marilyn Tuchow of Bloomfield, Hills, MI.
Graduated with a Bachelor's Degree from Wayne State University in Detroit, MI. He earned an acting Fellowship at Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA.
After his death he was cremated. His ashes were given to his domestic partner, Donna Peck.
His father, Morris Tuchow, was a Russian Jewish immigrant. His mother, Gertrude (Gold), was born in Canada, to Russian Jewish parents.