Cliff Gorman
Acting
Born October 13, 1936 · Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Died September 5, 2002
Also known as Joel Joshua Goldberg
Biography
Cliff Gorman was an American stage and screen actor. He won an Obie award in 1968 for the stage presentation of The Boys in the Band, and went on to reprise his role in the 1970 film version. 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 Gorman died of leukemia in 2002, aged 65, although his final film, Kill the Poor, was not released until 2003. He was survived by his wife, Gayle Gorman.
Awards & recognition
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 1972
- Tony Award — Best Featured Actor in a Play · 1978 · nominated
Filmography20 titles
Making a Case for Murder
Murder, She Wrote
All That Jazz
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Law & Order
Hawaii Five-O
Cagney & Lacey
Police Story
The Streets of San Francisco
The Boys in the Band
The Dick Cavett Show
An Unmarried Woman
Night of the Juggler
Hoffa
The Bunker
Cops and Robbers
Great Performances
Angel
Rosebud