( CNN ) -- Charles Keating , best known for his role as villain Carl Hutchins on the NBC soap opera `` Another World , '' has died , his son said Tuesday . The 72-year-old actor had been fighting lung cancer for several years and died Friday , Sean Keating said . The London native began his career on the stage , appearing with the Royal Shakespeare Company . Charles Keating turned his attention toward television , first in the United Kingdom , then in the United States . He enjoyed stints as reformed criminal Hutchins on `` Another World '' -- from 1983 to 1985 and from 1991 to 1998 and the final episode in 1999 . His work earned him a Daytime Emmy win for outstanding lead actor in a drama series in 1996 . Keating also appeared on soaps `` As the World Turns , '' `` All My Children '' and `` Port Charles '' and prime time shows including `` Sex and the City , '' `` Xena : Warrior Princess '' and `` Miami Vice . '' The actor appeared in numerous films , including 1992 's `` The Bodyguard , '' and the 1999 version of `` The Thomas Crown Affair . '' Keating was nominated for a Tony Award in 1986 for his featured role in the Broadway play `` Loot . '' His former `` Another World '' co-star Alicia Coppola tweeted about the veteran actor . `` Charles Keating has passed , '' Coppola wrote . `` I am so very sad . Along w/ @ LindaDano he was my very first acting teacher . The actress I am is because of them . '' Keating died at his home in Weston , Connecticut . Keating is survived by his wife , Mary , and one other son . `` He as an extraordinary actor . He was an actor 's actor , '' Sean Keating said . Charles Keating told his family he wanted to be cremated and there will be no funeral , instead a traditional Irish celebration of his life will take place on his birthday , his son said . The Internet Movie Database says Keating was born on October 22 , 1941 . People we 've lost in 2014 . CNN 's Steve Almasy and Carolyn Sung contributed to this report .
Charles Keating had lung cancer , his son said . He appeared on soaps 'Another World , ' ' The Young and the Restless'and'General Hospital'in later years. Actress Alicia Coppola credits him as one of her mentors .