George Grizzard

Infobox actor
name = George Grizzard

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birthname = George Cooper Grizzard Jr.
birthdate = birth date|1928|04|1
location = Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, USA
deathdate = death date and age|2007|10|2|1928|04|1
deathplace = Manhattan, New York, USA
occupation = Actor
spouse = William Tynan
emmyawards = Outstanding Supporting Actor - Miniseries/Movie
1979 "The Oldest Living Guard"
tonyawards = Best Leading Actor in a Play
1996 "A Delicate Balance"

George Cooper Grizzard, Jr. (April 1, 1928 – October 2, 2007) was an American Emmy Award- and Tony Award-winning actor of film and stage.

Career

Born in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, Grizzard appeared in more than 40 films and dozens of television programs.

Grizzard appeared in "Advise and Consent" in 1962, and guest-starred several times on the NBC television drama "Law & Order" as defense attorney Arthur Gold. He 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".

In 1980 he won an Emmy for his work in "The Oldest Living Graduate". 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.

Death

Grizzard died in Manhattan of complications from lung cancer. He is survived by his partner, William Tynan, who was also a stage and TV actor, until he became a "Time" Arts Reporter. [ [http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1668755,00.html Time article] ]

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