PHOTO. Steven Gilborn picture above is dead.

Steven Gilborn, Ellen DeGeneres’ dad on “ELLEN”, is dead. The “Ellen” father died of cancer. He was 72.

Steven Gilborn also appeared in “The Wonder Years”, “Damages,” “The Bernie Mac Show,” “NYPD Blue,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “The West Wing,” “The Practice,” “L.A. Law,” “Columbo” and “Law & Order.”

A memorial for Gilborn will be held at the Spencertown Academy in Spencertown, N.Y. on February 7.

He will be missed.