Ralph Richeson

Ralph Richeson was an actor getting his big break at age 52 while working as an extra on Deadwood 2004 he was singled out and given a minor but memorable recurring guest role of Richardson a dimwitted cook for hotel owner EB Farnum This led to roles in several other films including Will Smiths Hancock 2008 and The Revenant 2009 Richesons health began failing soon after and he died in 2015 of multiple organ failure at the age of 63