Cliff Gorman
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Joel Joshua Goldberg (October 13, 1936 – September 5, 2002), known professionally as Cliff Gorman, was an American actor.[1] He won an Obie Award in 1968 for the stage presentation of The Boys in the Band,[1] and went on to reprise his role in the 1970 film version.[2]
Life and career
Gorman was born Joel Joshua Goldberg in Queens, New York, the son of Jewish parents, Ethel (née Kaplan) and Samuel Goldberg, who later changed their surname to Gorman.[3][4] He attended the High School of Music & Art in Manhattan.[1]
Gorman won a Tony Award in 1972 for playing Lenny Bruce in the play Lenny.[1] Although the film version, directed by Bob Fosse, featured Dustin Hoffman, Gorman was recruited to portray a Dustin Hoffman-like character portraying Lenny Bruce in a side-story in Fosse's autobiographical film All That Jazz (1979).[5][6]
He played Joseph Goebbels in the 1981 television film The Bunker, and co-starred as Lt. Andrews in the film Angel (1984). He had roles in the films Cops and Robbers (1973), Rosebud (1975), Brinks: The Great Robbery (1976), An Unmarried Woman (1978) with Jill Clayburgh, Night of the Juggler (1980), Hoffa (1992) with Jack Nicholson and Danny DeVito, and Night and the City (1992).Script error: No such module "Unsubst". His TV work included performances in the series Law and Order, Murder, She Wrote, Friday the 13th: the Series, and the 1970s drama Police Story, written by former LAPD Detective Sergeant Joseph Wambaugh.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
On the September 13, 1965 episode of To Tell The Truth, Gorman sat in seat #1 as an imposter for game #3 of the evening. He received two votes, one from Orson Bean, and one from Kitty Carlisle. When asked what he actually did for a living, he responded that he sold room air conditioners for the Republic Water Heater Company.[7]
Personal life
Gorman and his wife cared for his fellow The Boys in the Band cast member Robert La Tourneaux in the last few months of his battle against AIDS, until La Tourneaux's death on June 3, 1986.[8][9]
Death
On September 5, 2002, Gorman died of leukemia at the age of 65 at his home in Manhattan.[1]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Justine | "Toto" | |
| 1970 | The Boys in the Band | Emory | |
| 1973 | Cops and Robbers | Tom | |
| 1975 | Rosebud | Hamlekh | |
| 1975 | The Silence | Stanley Greenberg | TV film |
| 1976 | Brinks: The Great Robbery | Danny Conforti | TV film |
| 1977 | Having Babies II | Arthur Magee | TV film |
| 1978 | An Unmarried Woman | Charlie | |
| 1979 | All That Jazz | Davis Newman | |
| 1980 | Night of the Juggler | Gus Soltic | |
| 1981 | The Bunker | Joseph Goebbels | TV film |
| 1984 | Angel | Lieutenant Andrews | |
| 1992 | Night and the City | Phil Nasseros | |
| 1992 | Hoffa | Soloman "Solly" Stein | |
| 1999 | Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai | Sonny Valerio | |
| 2000 | King of the Jungle | Jack | |
| 2003 | Kill the Poor | Yakov | Posthumous release |
References
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- 1936 births
- 2002 deaths
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- Male actors from Queens, New York
- Obie Award recipients
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