Cliff Gorman
Actor
Cliff GormanCliff Gorman (October 13, 1936 - September 5, 2002) was an American stage and screen actor. He won an Obie award in 1968 for the stage presentation of ''The Boys in the Band '', and went on to reprise his role in the 1970 film version . In this article: Cliff Gorman, Bob Fosse, Lenny Bruce, Leukemia, Dustin Hoffman, Kill the Poor, Angel, and Lenny |
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Wikipedia | October 20, 2009
The Boys in the Band
...the play's initial stage run in New York City, includes Kenneth Nelson as Michael, Peter White as Alan, Leonard Frey as Harold, Cliff Gorman as Emory, Frederick Combs as Donald, Laurence Luckinbill as Hank, Keith Prentice as Larry, Robert La...
In this article: The Boys in the Band, William Friedkin, New York City, Mart Crowley, Leonard Frey, and DVD
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Wikipedia | October 12, 2009
Robert La Tourneaux
...of a live-in caregiver. La Tourneaux won the court case, but died on June 3, 1986. Boys co-star Cliff Gorman and his wife cared for him during his illness up through to his death. ''The Boys in the Band '' (1968 play) ''The Boys in...
In this article: The Boys in the Band, Leonard Frey, Von Richthofen and Brown, Broadway, New York City, The Merchant of Venice, AIDS, and Mart Crowley
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Wikipedia | September 13, 2009
Chapter Two (play)
...premiere at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles on October 7, 1977 with Judd Hirsch as George, Anita Gillette as Jennie, Cliff Gorman as Leo, and Ann Wedgeworth as Faye. It ran through November 26 and then transferred to the Imperial...
In this article: Chapter Two, Neil Simon, Tom Conti, Herbert Ross, and Judd Hirsch
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Wikipedia | September 11, 2009
All That Jazz
...structure is often compared to Federico Fellini's 8½, another thinly-veiled autobiographical film with fantastical elements. Cliff Gorman's role of a difficult and self-obsessed actor portraying a real-life notorious stand-up comic was...
In this article: All That Jazz, Bob Fosse, Roy Scheider, Leonard Maltin, Lenny Bruce, Oscar, and DVD
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Backstage | July 30, 2009
10 Rare DVD Performances
...convoluted monologue in which Nina confuses herself with the titular bird. (Broadway Theatre Archive) Cliff Gorman, "The Boys in the Band" The Brooklyn-born Gorman, who won a 1974 Tony for playing tough-guy comic Lenny Bruce in Julian...
In this article: Patricia Routledge, Thomas Mitchell, DVD, Peter O'Toole, Cicely Tyson, Oscar, and PBS
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Wikipedia | January 30, 2009
Hogan's Goat
...607 performances. The original cast included Ralph Waite as Stanton, Faye Dunaway as Kathleen, and Tom Ahearne as Quinn, with Cliff Gorman and Conrad Bain in supporting roles. Replacements later in the run included Barnard Hughes and Richard...
In this article: Faye Dunaway, Hogan's Goat, Richard Mulligan, DVD, St. Clement's Church, Catholic Church, and Glenn Jordan
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www.washingtonpost.com | January 14, 2009
Broadway Director of 'Hair' And 'Jesus Christ Superstar'
...O'Horgan's other notable Broadway productions was "Lenny," a play by Julian Berry about comedian Lenny Bruce, who was portrayed by Cliff Gorman. He also directed the musical revue "Inner City." Among his more notable off-Broadway...
In this article: Hair, Tom O'Horgan, Broadway, Jesus Christ Superstar, Lenny Bruce, La MaMa, Tim Rice, and Dude
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Salon | November 24, 2008
Drinks, dancing, dinner, self-loathing
...that a straight director was handed the keys to the screen version of a breakthrough gay play. One can argue the pros and cons of Cliff Gorman's confrontational performance as Emory, the play and film's most outrageously effeminate...
In this article: The Boys in the Band, William Friedkin, Mart Crowley, DVD, Cruising, and The Exorcist
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www.washingtonpost.com | March 16, 2000
'Ghost Dog': Time to Fall on a Sword
...cartoons) and some Jim Jarmusch-style "humor." This consists largely of Mafia lampoons handled crudely for the opera bouffe crowd. Cliff Gorman, for example, one of many people in the hierarchy that Ghost Dog eliminates one by one, is apt to...
In this article: Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, Forest Whitaker, Jim Jarmusch, Carrier pigeon, Mafia, Tricia Vessey, and HBO
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www.washingtonpost.com | March 16, 2000
'Ghost Dog': A Warrior And a Gentleman
...them. He sends a bird into Louie's apartment every day for messages. "Hold it, hold it, hold it!" says Vargo's sideman, Sonny (Cliff Gorman). "Did you just say he contacts you through a [expletive] bird?" "What particular species of bird?"...
In this article: Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, Forest Whitaker, Ice cream, Carrier pigeon, Hagakure, Mystery Train, and Sanjuro
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Cliff Gorman (born October 13 1936 - September 5 2002) was an American stage and screen actor.
He won an Obie award in 1968 for the stage presentation of The Boys in the Band, and went on to reprise his role in the 1970 film version.
He won a Tony Award in 1972 for playing Lenny Bruce in the play Lenny. Although the film version, directed by Bob Fosse, featured Dustin Hoffman, Gorman was recruited to portray a Lenny-like character in a side-story in Fosse's film All That Jazz. In 1984 he co-starred as Lt. Andrews in the film Angel.
Gorman died of leukemia in 2002, aged 65, although his final film, Kill the Poor, wasn't released until 2006. He was survived by his wife, Gayle Gorman.
- Birth Date:
- October 13, 1936
- Death Date:
- September 05, 2002
- Place of Death:
- New York City, New York USA
- Spouse:
- Gayle Gorman (1963-2002)
- Occupation:
- Actor
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