Still Game star Stevie Allen has died as his co-stars pay tribute to the "genuine" actor who was "full of fun".
It's understood the Scots actor, best known for playing Frank 'Manky Frankie' Riley on the popular sitcom, died on Thursday, March 30.
Jane McCarry, who played Isa, is devastated and said she had known him since the pair were young children.
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Jane, 52, told The Scottish Sun: "I'm so sad to hear this news.
"I've known him since I was 12, he worked in my school as a science technician in the early 80s, and then I used to see him at Glasgow Arts Centre, he was a fantastic guy, so genuine and full of fun."
During his short stint on the Scottish sitcom, Stevie starred alongside the likes of Greg Hemphill and Paul Riley.
Greg Hemphill, who played pensioner Victor McDade, tweeted: "Gutted to hear the news that Stevie Allen has sadly passed away. He was out with us only briefly on Still Game, but boy did he leave an impression."
Still Game and former Taggart actor Colin McCredie wrote: "A lovely guy. A year above me at the Academy. Did a few Taggarts with him too."
Over the course of his career, Stevie played a variety of roles including that of the first murderer in Shakespeare's Macbeth, as well as playing Len and Rory Cassidy in two episodes of the TV series, Taggart, between 1995 and 1996.
The late actor's telly career came to an end after he filmed three episodes of Still Game, with his final airing in 2004.
Prior to his death, it is claimed that Stevie had worked as a paramedic for the Scottish Ambulance Service, the Mirror reports.
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