Eddie Driscoll, actor known for “Entourage” and “Mad Men”, dies at 60

The actor appeared in dozens of shows like "Sex and the City" and a recurring role on "The Last Ship."

Eddie Driscoll, best known for his roles in shows like Mad Men and Entourage, has died at age 60.

The actor died on Dec. 15 in Los Angeles from a saddle pulmonary embolism following months of struggling with stomach cancer, life-long friend Jimmy Palumbo tells PEOPLE.  EW reached out to Driscoll's reps for confirmation.

Driscoll was "a real talent," Palumbo, an actor who has appeared in films like Taken 3 and A Most Violent Year, told PEOPLE. "[Driscoll] could do it all — sing, dance, act, comedy. He worked all the time. He was always booking work. Everyone that worked with him loved him."

Driscoll, who was born in New York, studied acting at the University of Miami and was in an apprenticeship program at the Burt Reynolds Institute for Film & Theatre, per The Hollywood Reporter. There, he studied with great comic actors like Charles Nelson Reilly, Carol Burnett, Dom DeLuise, and Reynolds.

He began his career with a series of appearances alongside Reynolds in Physical Evidence, Breaking In, B.L. Stryker, and Evening Shade.

Driscoll went on to have a recurring role in TNT's military pandemic series The Last Ship and starred as Angelo "Gyp" DeCarlo in a West Coast tour production of Jersey Boys. He also made appearances in many films and shows like Sex and the City, Boston Public, This Is Us, The King of Queens, 24, Heroes, Days of Our Lives, CSI: Miami, CSI NY, and many others.

The actor was also a long-time host at the now-closed karaoke bar Dimples and, later, the Fox Fire Room, where a celebration of life was held in January, Palumbo tells PEOPLE.

"So many people showed up," he said. "I call it the underbelly of L.A. showbiz. There were stars in the room, there were working actors, but there was also this underbelly. His friend base was pretty interesting."

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