David Huffman Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi

David Huffman (1945–1985) was a character actor with many television, film and stage credits. He was married to award winning casting director Phyllis Huffman until he was murdered in 1985. Huffman was murdered by a thief in San Diego, California. After bringing cookies to a wrap party for the show Of Mice and Men at the Old Globe Theatre, he spotted and chased the thief (who had broken into a Canadian couple's motor-home) into a Balboa Park canyon. He was stabbed twice with a screwdriver. The murderer, an illegal alien from Mexico named Genaro Samano Villanueva and a student from San... MORE

David Huffman (1945–1985) was a character actor with many television, film and stage credits. He was married to award winning casting director Phyllis Huffman until he was murdered in 1985. Huffman was murdered by a thief in San Diego, California. After bringing cookies to a wrap party for the show Of Mice and Men at the Old Globe Theatre, he spotted and chased the thief (who had broken into a Canadian couple's motor-home) into a Balboa Park canyon. He was stabbed twice with a screwdriver. The murderer, an illegal alien from Mexico named Genaro Samano Villanueva and a student from San Diego High School, was sentenced to 26 years in prison in 1986. Huffman was set to begin work on the television miniseries North and South the following week. LESS