Dick Latessa
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| Born | 1930 (age 77–78) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
Dick Latessa (born 1930) is an American actor.
Latessa was born in Cleveland, Ohio to an automotive upholstery maker mother.[1] He made his Broadway debut in The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N in 1968. Additional theatre credits include Follies, Rags, The Cherry Orchard, Damn Yankees, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Awake and Sing!, Cabaret, and Hairspray, for which he won both the Tony and Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical.
Throughout the years he also has been featured in several Neil Simon plays, including Chapter Two, I Ought to Be in Pictures, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Broadway Bound, Rumors, and Proposals.
Latessa's screen credits include The Substance of Fire, Alfie, and Stigmata. He has appeared in numerous television movies, including Izzy and Moe, The Trial of Bernhard Goetz, and Pudd'nhead Wilson, and primetime series such Get Smart, Mission: Impossible, Ironside, Spenser: For Hire, The Sopranos, Ed, and Law & Order.
| Preceded by Shuler Hensley for Oklahoma! |
Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical 2003 for Hairspray |
Succeeded by Michael Cerveris for Assassins |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Dick Latessa at the Internet Broadway Database
- Dick Latessa at the Internet Movie Database
- TonyAwards.com Interview with Dick Latessa
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| NAME | Latessa, Dick |
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| DATE OF BIRTH | 1930 (age 77–78) |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
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