Lew Palter, who played businessman Isidor Straus in James Cameron’s 1997 epic "Titanic," has died. He was 94 years old. 

Along with his acting career, which included roles on "Hill Street Blues" and "The Flying Nun" and extensive theater work, Palter was a longtime acting teacher at CalArts in Santa Clarita, California. 

"It is with great sadness that I share the news that longtime School of Theater faculty Lew Palter has passed away," Travis Preston, the dean of CalArts’ School of Theater, said in a statement to Fox News Digital.

"Lew retired from CalArts in 2013, having served our community since 1971 as an acting teacher, director, and mentor. Lew loved the craft of acting, and taught his students to do the same. He fostered deep curiosity, care, intellect, and humor in every scene, play, and class. He had the utmost respect of his students, and encouraged all to find truth in their work and lives."

Preston added, "His career on the stage and screen was formidable, and he was a lifelong student of the theater. Alongside his many colleagues and collaborators, I always found him to be straightforward, thoughtful, and sincere. His legacy is carried forth in the many careers, lives, and stories he touched, and our collective CalArts thoughts are with his family, friends, and theater community who loved him so."

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According to the Hollywood Reporter, Palter's daughter, Catherine, confirmed he died on May 21 of lung cancer at his home in Los Angeles.

The late star taught famous students like Ed Harris, Don Cheadle and Cecily Strong over the years, the outlet reported. 

In Strong's tribute to Palter, she called him a "great teacher" who "knew how to live life well." She also thanked Palter "because for so many years I got to brag that my teacher was the old guy in Titanic that chose to stay in bed."

"Lew knew how to live life well. How to teach students to be not only better actors but better people. He got to a beautiful 94," Strong wrote, in part.

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Palter’s portrayal of the real-life former Macy’s co-owner, though a small role, gave the movie one of its more poignant moments as Straus cradled his wife in bed while they prepared to go down with the ship.

Straus and his wife, Ida, were both killed when the "unsinkable" ship sank in April 1912 in the cold waters of the Atlantic.

A deleted scene from the film showed Palter as Straus begging his wife to get into a lifeboat. She answered in the movie and according to history: "We’ve been together for 40 years, and where you go, I go. Don’t argue with me, Isidor. You know it does no good."

Straus and his wife were two of the wealthiest passengers on Titanic. The 67-year-old refused to get into a lifeboat while there were still women, children and younger men on the sinking ship, and his wife refused to leave him. 

Straus was also reportedly an ancestor of Wendy Rush, the widow of OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, who was one of five killed when their submersible imploded on June 18 while descending the Atlantic to view the Titanic wreck. Wendy Rush is the great-great-granddaughter of the Strauses, the New York Times reported, citing archival records.

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Born Leon Louis Palter on Nov. 3, 1928, Palter graduated from Tufts University before earning his master’s degree from Alfred University. He went on to get his Ph.D. in theater from Northwestern University, per THR. In between earning his various degrees, he enlisted and served in the Army before starting a stage career.

Palter went on to act in numerous TV shows, including "Run for Your Life," "The Brady Bunch" and "L.A. Law," among others. He joined CalArts in the early '70s and continued to appear on-screen in acting roles.

"As a teacher, he seemed to have truly changed people’s lives," his daughter told the outlet.

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The outlet reported that in addition to his daughter, Palter is survived by his grandchildren: Sam, Tessa and Miranda.

Fox News Digital's Tracy Wright contributed to this report.

When Conor McGregor was strutting in a red jumpsuit on the Kaseya Center court during the NBA Finals, he seemed in good standing with the Miami Heat. But that doesn’t appear to be the case now. 

McGregor and the Heat reportedly had a plan to make his "cryo" pain spray from Tidl Sport the "official pain relief partner" of the franchise. But that idea has gone cold since his incidents involving the team, according to Page Six. 

McGregor had developed a good relationship with the Heat, but two situations at Game 4 of the Finals have changed everything. 

The first was McGregor sending the team’s mascot, Burnie, to a hospital after punching him in the head during a skit that clearly went wrong. 

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The second and more serious situation involves allegations by a woman who claims she was raped in a Kaseya Center bathroom by the MMA star. 

The pain spray deal no longer appears to be on the table for McGregor.

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"This was very bad for an otherwise crystal clean organization," an insider told Page Six. "I can’t imagine the Heat brass want the Tidl Sports patch on their jerseys. It’s a reminder of the 24 hours of hell the organization went through."

The woman’s attorney, Ariel Mitchell, claims her client was separated from her friends and forced into a bathroom, where McGregor was allegedly waiting for her, per the New York Post. A video later surfaced showing McGregor and the victim at a club after the game. They were talking, and he eventually left.

Mitchell believes TMZ Sports’ video shows the two "visibly awkwardly interacting with each other."

McGregor has strongly denied the accusations.

"Mr. McGregor will not be intimidated," his attorney, Barbara Llanes, has said.

"While the claimant’s story has changed yet again, our account of the evening has never changed," Llanes added about the video. "This video only reinforces our position. We look forward to the swift conclusion of the investigation."

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TMZ unearthed a second video in which McGregor was seen escorting the woman to a bathroom by the hand with others standing near the door. 

Mitchell added that her client believed she was being escorted out of the arena when a man in a Denver Nuggets jersey told her, "Conor told me to come get you." 

The video showing McGregor ushering her away led Mitchell to say her client "did not even recall who led her into the restroom until seeing this video."

Again, Llanes responded. 

"After the video was released by TMZ, the claimant’s lawyer now has changed her story," Llanes said. "Mr. McGregor welcomes the investigation, which he firmly believes will show the claims against him are false. After not responding to the demand for money made by claimant’s counsel, she turned to the media to apply pressure. This is no more than a shakedown."

Mitchell later told Fox News Digital "shakedown" accusations were "false."

"Mr. McGregor‘s team can say this is a shakedown, these allegations are false, but the video is clear. A soon-to-be married man with a fourth baby on the way is himself leading a woman he doesn’t know and not his pregnant fiancée into the bathroom," Mitchell said.

McGregor has since been seen in New York City alongside fiancée Dee Devlin and their children. 

The Heat and the NBA were both aware of the accusations.