Floyd Levine, Beloved Character Actor of Baywatch and Dukes of Hazzard, Dies at 93
By Avery Sinclair – Because nothing says “end of an era” like a 93-year-old character actor slipping away with a martini-shaped wish list and a trail of F-bombs that apparently funded someone’s retirement plan. Floyd Levine, the man who brought us everything from mob bosses on *Baywatch* to small-town schemers on *The Dukes of Hazzard*, has died. And no, before you ask, this isn’t some elaborate Hollywood joke. It’s real.
According to a heartfelt Instagram post from his daughter-in-law, Tracy Robbins, Floyd passed away peacefully on August 24, 2025, surrounded by family and likely a few decades’ worth of inside jokes. His final wish? A martini, of course. Because if you’re going to check out, you might as well do it with style and a little liquid courage.
Levine’s career was long, varied, and filled with enough minor roles to make IMDb look like a novel. From his debut in *Super Fly* (1972) to a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo in *The Hangover* (2009), he was the kind of actor who could walk into a scene and make you think, “Wait, I’ve seen that guy before.” And you probably had. He popped up everywhere—from *Wonder Woman* to *Murder, She Wrote*, and even shared screen time with his own son, Brian Robbins, who went on to become a major Hollywood executive before recently stepping down from Paramount Pictures amid its Skydance merger.
Yes, Floyd Levine was the kind of guy who raised his kid to run a studio while he kept playing cops, gangsters, and suspiciously shady tailors. And somehow, it all worked. He was a Brooklyn-born taxi driver turned Hollywood staple, who never quite became a household name but was always the guy you recognized in the background, making the scene just a little more interesting.
His daughter-in-law’s tribute was touching, funny, and refreshingly honest—especially when she mentioned how Floyd’s colorful language kept his wife, Stella, in business. And yes, she’s not wrong. That kind of linguistic flair deserves its own legacy fund.
Levine’s final on-screen appearance came in *A Thousand Words* (2012), where he played an uncredited tailor alongside Bradley Cooper and the rest of the *Hangover* crew. Because of course he did. That’s just the kind of life he lived—always in the mix, never hogging the spotlight.
As for the tributes? They poured in fast and furious, including a message from none other than Kris Jenner, who offered her condolences to the Robbins-Levine clan. Because apparently, even the queen of Keeping Up sent her love. And if that doesn’t tell you something about the kind of man Floyd was, nothing will.
So, Floyd Levine is gone. But his martini wish, his wisecracks, and his decades of character work? Those are staying right where they belong—in the background, but never forgotten.
Sources: Celebrity Storm and New York Post, The Hollywood Reporter, The New York Times
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