"JAG" Actor Trevor Goddard Found Dead
By Marcus Errico
Trevor Goddard, the Aussie actor best known for playing a Yank military man on JAG, was found dead over the weekend in his apartment of a suspected drug overdose.
'JAG' Star Goddard Found Dead
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The 37-year-old's death may have been a suicide, the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office said Monday. An autopsy will be conducted Tuesday.
Authorities believe Goddard died late Saturday night. He had talked to a friend on the phone around 9 p.m. and wasn't seen again until noon the following day, when his girlfriend found his body in a bed.
Although no suicide note was found, Goddard had apparently been struggling through a divorce and custody battle over his two sons.
In a posting on the Officially Trevor Goddard Website (www.trevorgoddard.com), a message attributed to "Wiseguy...Brother" and titled "Trevor...In a Happier Place" says, "Trevor simply died of a broken heart."
A former boxer, Goddard first made a splash in Hollywood playing the heavy Kano in 1985's Mortal Kombat. A string of mostly forgettable C-grade movies and teleflicks followed until he landed on CBS' hit military series JAG in the recurring role of Lieutenant Commander Mic Brumby, a role he played from 1998 to 2001.
"We considered Trevor a member of the JAG family and are deeply saddened by the news. Our condolences go out to his family, " the show's producers said in a statement Monday.
Aside from JAG, Goddard's credits included the 2000 Nicolas Cage (news) vehicle Gone in Sixty Seconds, the 2001 TV movie When Billie Beat Bobby with Helen Hunt (news) and Ron Silver (news), and commercials for Hoover's Floor Mate vacuum cleaner (as a strapping Aussie bushman with the catchphrase, "I clean that floor, mate").
He recently finished working with Johnny Depp (news) and Orlando Bloom (news) on Disney's would-be summer blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl playing an undead buccaneer named Grapple. The film opens July 11.
