Whitney Rydbeck

{{Short description|American actor (1945–2024)}}

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| name = Whitney Rydbeck

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| birth_name = Whitney Wilbert Rydbeck

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1945|3|13}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|7|15|1945|3|13}}

| death_place = Chatsworth, California, U.S.

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| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1970–2007

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Whitney Wilbert Rydbeck (March 13, 1945 – July 15, 2024) was an American actor. Rydbeck had a prolific career as a TV and film actor, appearing in over fifty television and motion picture titles. He appeared on the shows Scrubs, 7th Heaven, Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Star Trek: The Next Generation,{{cite book | last=Nemecek | first=L. | title=The Next Generation Companion: Star Trek The Next Generation | publisher=Simon & Schuster UK | year=2012 | isbn=978-1-4711-0679-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VTifVpk6cekC&pg=PT105 | access-date=2024-04-12 | page=105}} and Far Out Space Nuts.

Rydbeck played Whitney in the children's program Whitney and the Robot.{{cite book | last1=Iver | first1=R.M. | last2=Iver | first2=E.M. | title=La Palma | publisher=Arcadia Pub. | series=Images of America | year=2008 | isbn=978-0-7385-5957-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8Xls6A6FILMC&pg=PA99 | language=es | access-date=2024-04-12 | page=99}}{{cite book | last=Terrace | first=V. | title=Encyclopedia of Television Series, Pilots and Specials | publisher=New York Zoetrope | series=Baseline production | issue=v. 2 | year=1985 | isbn=978-0-918432-61-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AKlgjBCPPnsC&pg=PA444 | access-date=2024-04-12 | page=444}}

Rydbeck also appeared on the silver screen in Grand Jury, Battle Beyond the Stars, A Very Brady Sequel, Oliver & Company, and Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives.

Rydbeck died of complications from prostate cancer in Chatsworth, California, on July 15, 2024, at the age of 79.{{Cite web |url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/van-nuys-ca/whitney-rydbeck-11899757 |title=Whitney Wilbert Rydbeck |website=DignityMemorial.com |access-date=July 20, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/whitney-rydbeck-dead-friday-13th-crash-test-dummy-1235953792/|title=Whitney Rydbeck, ‘Friday the 13th’ Actor and Crash Test Dummy in Seat Belt Ads, Dies at 79|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=July 20, 2024|access-date=July 20, 2024}}