death_place death_date years_active birth_place birth_date article_title occupation
los angeles , california . u.s. 26 february 2012 1992 -- 2012 cleveland , ohio , u.s. 16 october 1949 ed brigadier
 actor
ed brigadier

ed brigadier -lrb- october 16 , 1949 -- february 26 , 2012 -rrb- was an american actor immortalized as the gruesome motorcycle-riding title character in the cult slasher film , `` dr. chopper '' -lrb- 2005 -rrb- .
brigadier made many other appearances in film and television on such shows as `` house '' , `` nip/tuck '' , `` scrubs '' , `` alias '' , and `` malcolm in the middle '' .
he appeared many times on the history channel , most memorably as philippe de rigaud vaudreuil in the miniseries `` the war that made america - the story of the french and indian war '' , and acted on stage in such plays as `` the imaginary invalid '' , `` a servant of two masters , '' and `` a midsummer night 's dream '' .
in the 1980s , brigadier spent time in berlin , germany working for the u.s. army recreation services as a director for the community theater there .
he performed and directed `` arsenic and old lace '' while there .
