American actor
Anthony Heald
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Born
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Occupation
| Actor
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Years active
| 1983?present
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Spouse
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Robin Herskowitz
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m.
1985)
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Children
| 2
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Anthony Heald
is an American character actor known for portraying
Hannibal Lecter
's jailer,
Dr. Frederick Chilton
, in
The Silence of the Lambs
(1991) and
Red Dragon
(2002), and for playing vice principal
Scott Guber
in
David E. Kelley
's
Boston Public
(2000?2004). Heald also had a recurring role as Judge Cooper on Kelley's
The Practice
and
Boston Legal
.
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He had a prominent role as a troubled psychic in
The X-Files
episode "
Closure
".
Early life and education
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Heald was born in
New Rochelle, New York
, the son of an
editor
. He graduated from
Michigan State University
in 1971.
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Career
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Heald has worked extensively on
Broadway
and has been twice nominated for the
Tony Award
for his work as Lord Evelyn Oakleigh in
Anything Goes
(1988) and
Terrence McNally
's
Love! Valour! Compassion!
(1995). He also appeared in McNally's
The Lisbon Traviata
(1989),
Inherit the Wind
(1998),
Deep Rising
(1998), and
Lips Together, Teeth Apart
(1991).
Heald recorded over 60 audio books/books on tape, including works as varied as
Where the Red Fern Grows
,
The New York Times
bestsellers such as
The Pelican Brief
(in the
film adaptation
of which he also played a villainous lawyer),
Jurassic Park
and
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
,
Moby-Dick
, several works by science fiction writer
Philip K. Dick
, as well as a sizable number of titles in the
Star Wars
audio book library.
He made brief appearances in
Miami Vice
("The Prodigal Son"),
X-Men: The Last Stand
(2006 film), and the
Cheers
series finale "
One for the Road
". He later appeared on the
Cheers
spin-off
Frasier
in a recurring role. He appeared in
Unaccompanied Minors
as a distressed,
Christmas
-hating airport employee.
Personal life
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Heald lives in
Ashland, Oregon
, with his wife Robin (daughter of violist
Karen Tuttle
[2]
) and children Zoe and Dylan. He has
converted
to Judaism, his wife's faith. He regularly performs in productions of the
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
. During the 2010 season of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Heald played
Shylock
in Shakespeare's
The Merchant of Venice
.
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Filmography
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Film
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Television
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Notes
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The character was named "Wallace Cooper" on
The Practice
but "Harvey Cooper" on
Boston Legal
.
References
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Davis, Jim (April 3, 1999).
"All the world's a stage, but this one is home"
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Mail Tribune
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Medford, Oregon
. Archived from
the original
on March 4, 2016
. Retrieved
July 15,
2017
.
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Fox, Margalit (December 27, 2010).
"Karen Tuttle, Spirited Violist and Teacher, Dies at 90"
.
The New York Times
.
Archived
from the original on March 5, 2016
. Retrieved
January 2,
2012
.
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Hughley, Marty (June 5, 2010).
"Seasoned by Broadway and Hollywood, actor Anthony Heald reaches new peaks at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival"
.
The Oregonian
. Retrieved
June 15,
2017
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