appeared on WKRP in Cincinnati in the 1980 episode "Herb's Dad", playing Herb Tarlek Sr. (father of series' regular Herb Tarlek Jr.). In 1988, Parks appeared on an episode of 227 as himself. He also made cameos as himself in a 1990 episode of Saturday Night Live hosted by Tom Hanks, and a 1991 episode of Night Court. Death Parks died of lung cancer at La Jolla, California, on February 2, 1992, at the age of 77. References External links 1914 births 1992 deaths 20th-century American male actors 20th-century American singers American game show hosts Beauty pageant hosts Deaths from lung cancer in California Jewish American male actors Jewish American musicians Male actors from Atlanta Miss America Marist School (Georgia) alumni 20th-century American male singers 20th-century American Jews