American actor Peter Scolari, who starred opposite lifelong friend Tom Hanks in the early 1980s sitcom 'Bosom Buddies', died on Friday at the age of 66. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Scolari, an Emmy winner whose credits also included 'Newhart' and HBO's 'Girls', had been living with cancer for the past two years.

A native of New Rochelle, New York, Scolari landed his first major acting role in the short-lived 1980 ABC comedy 'Goodtime Girls'. Later that year, he and a then-unknown Hanks starred in 'Bosom Buddies', playing two guys who disguise themselves as women to live in an affordable, all-female apartment building.