How Chesapeake Shores Cast Is Honoring Treat Williams After Death

May 2024 · 4 minute read

Hallmark’s Stephen Huszar is mourning the lack of former Chesapeake Shores costar Treat Williams

“It’s been a very emotional time,” Huszar, 39, completely instructed Us Weekly whilst promoting his new film A Royal Christmas Crush with girlfriend Katie Cassidy. “But in some way, it’s introduced the [Chesapeake Shores cast] again together. We’ve been celebrating his lifestyles. He’s just this sort of power and truly the patriarch for our family and a patriarch for me, in my view.” 

Williams, who died unexpectedly in June at the age of 71 after being eager about a bike accident, starred on Hallmark’s Chesapeake Shores alongside Huszar for six seasons prior to his passing. Williams portrayed Mick O’Brien at the heartwarming series, while Huszar, for his part, played Luke Tatum — a love pastime for Mick’s daughter Bree (Emilie Ullerup). 

“I simply really feel like Treat used to be a person who just in reality cherished lifestyles and lived life to the fullest,” Huszar continued, calling Wiliams a “legendary” and “improbable” actor. “And he was once doing something he liked when he went out. We all just keep him very just about our middle. It’s if truth be told brought us back in combination.”

Huszar had his personal personal message for Williams as smartly, including, “So in the event you’re listening to this brother, we leave out you so much and also you’ll be with us all the time.”

Following his death, Hallmark additionally paid tribute to Williams, who additionally starred in numerous of the network’s projects through the years including 2020’s The Christmas House and its subsequent sequel. 

We are heartbroken over the passing of loved Treat Williams, star of Chesapeake Shores, The Christmas House and so a lot more,” the network wrote via Instagram on the time. “We will endlessly cherish him in our hearts, and prolong our condolences to Treat’s family, buddies, and family members.”

Williams’ costar Barbara Niven, who performed Williams’ onscreen spouse Megan O’Brien on Chesapeake Shores, additionally took to social media to honor the actor following the “sudden and immense loss.”

“Treat lived massive and savored each and every bit of life. He liked his craft and it used to be an honor to spend six years with him on Chesapeake Shores. He truly was once the patriarch of our family, both on and off the set. And he made it such a lot a laugh,’ she wrote by the use of Instagram in June. “He would unexpectedly damage right into a song from Grease or Hair as we had been rehearsing a scene, and came in with terrible dad jokes each day to make the team chortle. What an actor he was once. I think he was this technology’s Spencer Tracy.”

Hallmark is known for its tight-knit staff of actors. It’s that kind of “familiarity” that keeps Huszar coming again for more projects. 

“Working with different performers and team once more, it’s simply in point of fact great. It’s family. It in reality feels like family,” Huszar gushed to Us about his time with the network. “It’s always great to paintings with folks you’ve worked with before [that have] your again and also you’re simply there to make a super creative piece with each different and feature fun whilst you do it. That’s the name of the game, isn’t it?” 

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One inventive piece Huszar has definitely had a good time making is his upcoming film A Royal Christmas Crush. The movie — which premieres July 8 and is part of Hallmark’s Christmas in July match — follows Huszar’s personality, Prince Henry, as he reveals sudden love with architect Ava (Cassidy) when he comes to stateside to talk over with. The chemistry on set was so believable, in reality, the twosome sparked a real-life romance. 

“It’s laborious to explain, but I simply assume the extra [Katie and I] were given to understand every other, we discovered we’re basically the same person, simply in a unique pores and skin. Which used to be ordinary. I’ve never met anyone that’s so identical in ways than I'm. It’s been moderately a journey,” Huszar told Us of the couple’s blossoming romance, to which Cassidy, 36, added, “It’s like we end each and every other’s sentences.” 

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