Los Angeles, Feb. 21 -- Veteran actor Peter Jason has passed away. He was 80.

Peter is best known for starring in nine features for Walter Hill and seven for John Carpenter. He portrayed the card dealer-turned-reverend Con Stapleton on HBO's Deadwood, as per The Hollywood Reporter.

His death was confirmed by a reprsentative at Vanguard Management.

The Hollywood native amassed more than 275 acting credits on IMDb alone during his seven-decade onscreen career that began in the mid-1960s with a comedy sketch on CBS' The Red Skelton Show, and he made his big-screen debut in Howard Hawks' final film, Rio Lobo (1970), where his character died in the arms of John Wayne.

He also was an actor and production associate for Orson Welles on The Ot...