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American actor
Larry Keith
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Born
| Lawrence Jay Korn
(
1931-03-04
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March 4, 1931
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Died
| July 17, 2010
(2010-07-17)
(aged 79)
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Occupation
| Actor
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Years active
| 1967–2010
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Larry Keith
(born
Lawrence Jay Korn
; March 4, 1931 – July 17, 2010
[1]
) was an American
actor
who was a cast member on the
ABC
soap opera
All My Children
and was the first American to play the role of Henry Higgins in the
Broadway
production of
My Fair Lady
.
[2]
He was born on March 4, 1931, in
Brooklyn
and adopted his stage name when he started acting. His early training was as a singer, and he earned a
Bachelor of Music
degree from
Brooklyn College
. He was drafted while he was a graduate student in music at
Indiana University Bloomington
and spent his time in the
United States Army
performing in shows for troops stationed in
South Korea
.
[2]
In the 1961 Broadway production of
My Fair Lady
, Keith served as an understudy to
Michael Allinson
and played the role of Higgins some 50 times. In an interview with the
New York Herald Tribune
before his first stage appearance as Higgins, Keith said he doubted that he could get away with a plummy British accent in England, "but I think I can in New York".
[2]
In 1992, Keith was one of the founders of
TACT (The Actors Company Theatre)
, which has the mission of presenting "neglected or rarely produced plays of literary merit", appearing in its productions of
Eccentricities of a Nightingale
and
Bedroom Farce
.
[2]
[3]
Keith also appeared on Broadway in
Titanic
in 1997 in the role of
Macy's
owner
Isidor Straus
who sang the song
Still
to his wife Ida as the boat was sinking into the ocean. In
Caroline, or Change
in 2004, Keith played the role of Mr. Stopnick.
[3]
He played the role of restaurateur
Nick Davis
on
All My Children
, appearing regularly from its inception in 1970 until 1978 and then made guest appearances in that role in the ensuing years. He appeared in television in
Damages
and several times on
Law & Order
.
[2]
A resident of
Manhattan
, Keith died there on July 17, 2010, due to complications from
lung cancer
. He was survived by his ex-wife, the former Mina Wagman, as well as by a daughter and a grandchild.
[2]
Television roles
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References
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"Larry Keith, AMC's Nick Davis, dead at 79"
. AMC News
. Retrieved
2010-07-20
.
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Fox, Margalit.
"Larry Keith, Television and Stage Actor, Dies at 79"
,
The New York Times
, July 21, 2010. Accessed July 21, 2010.
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a
b
Simonson, Robert
.
"Larry Keith, Broadway Actor, Dies at 79"
Archived
2010-07-22 at the
Wayback Machine
,
Playbill
, July 19, 2010. Accessed July 22, 2010.
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