Nicolas Coster, a veteran actor known for his work on the daytime dramas 鈥淪anta Barbara鈥 and 鈥淎nother World,鈥 died Monday, his daughter announced in a Facebook post.

He was 89.

鈥淚t鈥檚 with great sadness that I am posting this to my father鈥檚 book page,鈥 Dinneen Coster wrote. 鈥淣icolas Coster passed on this evening in a hospital in Florida. Please remember him as a great artist. He was an actor鈥檚 actor! I will always be inspired by him and know how lucky I am to have such a great father!! Rest In Peace.鈥

In a statement to CNN, Coster鈥檚 agent Chrystal Ayers said he died of complications from a long-term battle with cancer.

A veteran actor with more than 100 film and television credits, Coster鈥檚 film, television and theater career spans decades. Among many other titles, Coster worked extensively on various long-running daytime soap operas.

Coster was best known for his role as Robert Delaney on NBC鈥檚 television series 鈥淪omerset,鈥 joining the cast in 1970 and continuing to portray Delaney on 鈥淎nother World鈥 until 1980. He appeared in over 250 episodes through his time on the show, and later returned in 1989 for the 25th anniversary.

He also starred as Lionel Lockridge on the daytime soap 鈥淪anta Barbara,鈥 which followed a community of wealthy families in the affluent California city. Coster appeared in nearly 600 episodes between 1984 and 1993.

Throughout his career, Coster went on to appear in other notable soaps such as 鈥淎s the World Turns鈥 as Eduardo Grimaldi, as gangster-turned-informant Anthony Makana on 鈥淥ne Life to Live鈥 and kidnapper Steve Andrews on 鈥淎ll My Children.鈥 His first role starring in a soap came in the1960s when he played professor Paul Britton on 鈥淭he Secret Storm.鈥

The London native was raised in California and returned to England to study acting at the Royal Academy of the Dramatic Art, and later studied acting with famed acting teacher and theater director Lee Strasberg in New York City, according to a biography.

Coster鈥檚 early acting credits from the 1960s include roles on various television shows such as 鈥淥ur Private World鈥 and 鈥淭he Green Hornet鈥 after appearing in a number of uncredited feature films through the 1950s.

In 1976, he starred alongside Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman as Markham in 鈥淎ll the President鈥檚 Men,鈥 the iconic cinematic retelling of how 鈥淲ashington Post鈥 reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncovered pivotal details related to the Watergate scandal that led to former president Richard Nixon鈥檚 resignation.

Coster also played Colonel Huff in 鈥淢acArthur鈥 alongside Gregory Peck, the 1977 World War II era biopic of General Douglas MacArthur, and appeared in the 1981 journalism drama 鈥淩eds鈥 alongside Warren Beatty.

Between 1982 and 1988, Coster played David Warner, Blair Warner鈥檚 father on the NBC sitcom 鈥淭he Facts of Life.鈥 His other credits include 鈥淢urder, She Wrote,鈥 鈥3rd Rock From the Sun,鈥 鈥淒r. Quinn: Medicine Woman,鈥 鈥淟aw & Order,鈥 and he starred as a series regular on 鈥淭he Bay鈥 as Mayor Jack Madison throughout the 2010s.

Coster鈥檚 more recent credits include playing Archbishop Norman in the 2020 horror film 鈥淭he Last Exorcist鈥 and as LLoyd Cutler in Ryan Murphy鈥檚 鈥淎merican Crime Story: Impeachment鈥 mini-series in 2021. His final credit in 2023 is for one episode of 鈥淭he Rookie: Feds鈥 as Joseph Cicero.

Coster was also an author who published his memoir 鈥淎nother Whole Afternoon鈥 in 2021 and was a celebrated stage actor with various stints on and off Broadway shows.