Sydney Pollack best known as a great American film director, producer and actor, died of cancer on Monday. He was 73.

He directed more than 21 films and 10 television shows, acted in over 30 films or shows, and produced over 44 films. Pollack is best known for directing films Out of Africa (Academy Awards, 1985), Tootsie (1982), Three Days of the Condor (1975), The Yakuza (1975), The Way We Were and Jeremiah Johnson (1972), along with newer films The Interpreter (2005), Sabrina (1995), The Firm (1993) and Havana (1990). He appeared in over 15 films, including The Interpreter (2005), Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Husbands and Wives (1992), The Player (1992), and The Electric Horseman (1979). In 2007, he appeared opposite George Clooney in Michael Clayton, a film which he also co-produced.

Pollack died surrounded, by his family: his beloved wife that spend with him more than 50 years- Claire Griswold, their two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel, and his brother, Bernie.

The celebrity was diagnosed with cancer about 10 months ago, but doctors were never able to determine the primary source of the disease, said his spokeswoman Leslee Dart

"Sydney made the world a little better, movies a little better and even dinner a little better. A tip of the hat to a class act," said George Clooney about his lost.

As a character actor, Pollack subsequently appeared in films such as A Civil Action, Changing Lanes, and Eyes Wide Shut, as well as his own, including Random Hearts and The Interpreter. He also appeared in Woody Allen's Husbands and Wives as a New York lawyer undergoing a midlife crisis. He had a recurring guest star role on the NBC sitcom Will & Grace, playing Will Truman's (Eric McCormack) unfaithful but loving father, George Truman. In 2007, Pollack made guest appearances on the HBO TV series The Sopranos and Entourage as well as an appearance on NBC's Just Shoot Me.

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