article_snippet: Other details of von Bargen death were not known.
article_snippet: In February 2012, von Bargen was seriously injured when von Bargen shot von Bargen in the temple in an apparent suicide attempt, distraught because von Bargen had been battling diabetes and was set to have two toes removed.
article_snippet: von Bargen rose from the dead as the satanic Nix in the Clive Barker horror film "Lord of Illusions" (1995); played a futuristic sheriff in "The Postman" (1997), directed by and starring Kevin Costner; and portrayed a Southern lawman who pursued George Clooney's character in the Coen brothers'
article_snippet: An expert at playing authority figures, von Bargen was a member of the Air Force on NBC's "The West Wing" and in the 1996 film "Broken Arrow," a SWAT communicator in "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991), a cop in "Basic Instinct" (1992) and "Super Troopers" (2001), a secret service agent in "I.Q." (1994),
article_snippet: A native of Cincinnati who graduated from Purdue University, von Bargen joined the Trinity Square Repertory Company in Providence, Rhode Island, after college.
article_snippet: von Bargen appeared in a David Mamet production of "Uncle Vanya" opposite Christopher Walken, then attracted Hollywood's eye in 1989 when von Bargen played Maj.
article_snippet: In 2013, von Bargen starred in "The Treatment" at the Joseph Papp Public Theater in New York.
article_snippet: I treasure the years when I worked with von Bargen at Trinity Rep and in a couple of TV films.
article_snippet: I admire von Bargen excellent body of work in the movies.
article_snippet: And I mourn for the darkness and pain that were von Bargen final years.
article_snippet: von Bargen was a hell of a guy.
highlights_snippet: Character actor Daniel von Bargen has died at the age of 64 .
  