George Grizzard
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- born: 01/Apr/1928 (Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, USA)
- died: 02/Oct/2007 (Manhattan, New York, New York, USA) - lung cancer
Biography
George Grizzard was an American film and stage actor.
Born in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, Grizzard appeared in more than forty films and dozens of television programs. He appeared in Advise and Consent in 1962, as well as guest starring several times on the NBC television drama "Law & Order" as defense attorney Arthur Gold.
Grizzard portrayed John Adams in the Emmy Award-winning WNET-produced PBS mini-series "The Adams Chronicles".
Grizzard made his Broadway debut in "The Desperate Hours" in 1955. He has been a frequent interpreter of the plays of Edward Albee, having appeared in the original 1962 production of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" as Nick, as well as the 1996 revival of "A Delicate Balance" and the 2005 revival of "Seascape". He won the 1996 Tony Award for Best Actor in a "Play for A Delicate Balance". Additional Broadway credits include "The Creation of the World and Other Business", "The Glass Menagerie", "The Country Girl", "The Royal Family", and "California Suite".
In 2001, Grizzard played Judge Dan Haywood in the stage production of "Judgement at Nuremberg" opposite Maximilian Schell under the production of actor Tony Randall. Grizzard appeared as Big Daddy in "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof" at the Kennedy Center in 2004.
He died in Manhattan of complications from lung cancer. He is survived by his partner, William Tynan.
Filmography
With Hitchcock...
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Fog Closing In (07/Oct/1956) - cast: Ted Lambert
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Across the Threshold (28/Feb/1960) - cast: Hubert Winter
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Act of Faith (10/Apr/1962) - cast: Alan Chatterton