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Dick Latessa

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Birth Date:
15.09.1929
Death date:
19.12.2016
Person's maiden name:
Richard Robert Latessa
Categories:
Actor
Nationality:
 american
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Richard Robert "Dick" Latessa (September 15, 1929 – December 19, 2016) was a Tony Award-winning American stage, film, and television actor.

Stage career

Latessa was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1929. 

After serving in the Army in the early 1950s, he began performing in Cleveland before moving to New York in 1959 to pursue acting professionally.

He made his Broadway debut in The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N in 1968. His subsequent theatre credits include FolliesRagsThe Cherry OrchardDamn YankeesA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ForumAwake and Sing!CabaretThe Will Rogers Follies and Hairspray, for which he won both the Tony- and Drama Desk awards for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. In 2012, he appeared opposite Linda Lavinin the Nicky Silver drama, The Lyons.

Latessa was featured in several Neil Simon plays, including Chapter TwoI Ought to Be in PicturesBrighton Beach MemoirsBroadway Bound and Proposals. He was featured in the 2010 revival of the Burt Bacharach and Hal David musical, Promises, Promises as Dr. Dreyfuss.

Film and television career

Latessa's screen credits include The Substance of FireAlfie, and Stigmata. He appeared in numerous television movies, including Izzy and MoeThe Trial of Bernhard Goetz, and Pudd'nhead Wilson, and such primetime series as Get SmartMission: ImpossibleIronsideSpenser: For HireThe SopranosEd and Law & Order. He died on December 19, 2016.

Source: wikipedia.org

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