American actor (1937?2019)
Ron Leibman
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Born
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1937-10-11
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October 11, 1937
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Died
| December 6, 2019
(2019-12-06)
(aged 82)
New York City, U.S.
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Education
| Ohio Wesleyan University
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Occupation
| Actor
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Years active
| 1963?2016
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Spouses
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m.
1969;
div.
1981)
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Ron Leibman
(
; October 11, 1937 ? December 6, 2019) was an American actor. He won both the
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
and the
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play
in 1993 for his performance as
Roy Cohn
in
Angels in America
. Leibman also won a
Primetime Emmy Award
in 1979 for his role as Martin 'Kaz' Kazinsky in his short-lived crime drama series
Kaz
.
Leibman appeared in films such as
Where's Poppa?
(1970),
The Hot Rock
(1972),
Norma Rae
(1979), and
Zorro, The Gay Blade
(1982). Later in his career, he became widely known for his recurring role as
Dr. Leonard Green
on
Friends
(1996?2004), and for providing the voice of Ron Cadillac on
Archer
(2013?2021).
Early life
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Leibman was born October 11, 1937, in
Manhattan
to Grace (nee Marks), who was of Russian-Jewish descent, and Murray Leibman, a Russian Jewish immigrant who worked in the
garment
business.
[1]
[2]
Leibman graduated from
Ohio Wesleyan University
.
[3]
Career
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Leibman was a member of the
Compass Players
in the late 1950s, and was admitted to the
Actors Studio
shortly thereafter.
[4]
Leibman made his film debut alongside
George Segal
in the dark comedy
Where's Poppa?
(1970). He then starred alongside
Robert Redford
and Segal in the heist film
The Hot Rock
(1972) and he was featured as a northern Jewish union organizer in the award-winning film
Norma Rae
(1979). In 1980, he starred in
Up The Academy
, a "gross-out" comedy set at a reform school and produced by
MAD Magazine
. (Reaction to the film was so poor that that it was repudiated by both MAD and Leibman himself, who had his name expunged from the credits and promotional material.)
His other film appearances include
Slaughterhouse-Five
(1972),
Your Three Minutes Are Up
(1973) with
Beau Bridges
and
Janet Margolin
,
Zorro, The Gay Blade
(1981),
Auto Focus
(2002) and
Garden State
(2004).
Leibman won an
Emmy Award
, Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series, in 1979
[5]
for his convict-turned-lawyer character in
Kaz
(1978?79), a series which he also created and co-wrote.
[6]
He was later nominated for a
Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor
for the role of Morris Huffner in
Christmas Eve
.
He co-starred with his second wife,
Jessica Walter
, in
Tartuffe
at the Los Angeles Theatre Center in 1986,
[3]
and they co-starred again in
Neil Simon
's play
Rumors
in 1988 on Broadway.
[7]
They also appeared together as husband and wife in the film
Dummy
(2003)
[8]
[9]
and in the TV series
Law & Order
in the episode "House Counsel" in 1995.
[10]
Leibman received a 1993
Tony Award
for his performance as
Roy Cohn
in the
Pulitzer Prize
-winning play
Angels in America
.
[11]
[12]
He played
Dr. Leonard Green
,
Rachel Green
's overbearing father, on the
sitcom
Friends
. He had a recurring role on
The Sopranos
as Dr. Plepler.
[8]
In 1983, Leibman starred in the Australian film
Phar Lap
as David J. Davis, the owner of legendary New Zealand/Australian racehorse
Phar Lap
,
[8]
[13]
which won the
1930 Melbourne Cup
and the
1932 Agua Caliente Handicap
.
In 2013, Leibman began appearing as a recurring character on the TV series
Archer
as Ron Cadillac, the husband to
Malory Archer
, voiced by his real-life wife Jessica Walter.
[8]
Personal life
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Leibman was married twice. His first wife was actress
Linda Lavin
, to whom he was married from 1969 to 1981.
[14]
[15]
In 1983, he married actress
Jessica Walter
.
[3]
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They remained married until his death in 2019.
[1]
Death
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Leibman died from complications of
pneumonia
in Manhattan on December 6, 2019, at age 82.
[1]
[16]
Filmography
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Film
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Television
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Stage
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References
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- ^
a
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c
Genzlinger, Neil
(December 6, 2019).
"Ron Leibman, Tony Winner for 'Angels,' Is Dead at 82"
.
The New York Times
. Retrieved
December 7,
2019
.
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Erens, Patricia (August 22, 1988).
The Jew in American Cinema
.
Indiana University Press
. p.
363
.
ISBN
9780253204936
.
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a
b
c
Arkatov, Janice.
" 'Tartuffe' Stars Aren't Just Acting As A Couple"
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Los Angeles Times
. July 15, 1986.
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Ron Leibman
at the
Wisconsin Historical Society
's Actors Studio audio collection.
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"Ron Leibman Emmy"
emmys.com, retrieved February 19, 2018
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Kaz
tvguide.com, retrieved February 18, 2018
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Rumors
Playbill, retrieved February 18, 2018
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a
b
c
d
"Ron Leibman Credits"
tvguide.com, retrieved February 18, 2018
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Dummy
tcm.com, retrieved February 18, 2018
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" 'Law & Order', Season 5, Episode 10"
rottentomatoes.com, retrieved February 18, 2018
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Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
Playbill, retrieved February 18, 2018
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Lefkowitz, David.
"Playbill On-Line's Brief Encounter with Ron Leibman"
Playbill, 1999
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Phar Lap
tcm.com, retrieved February 18, 2018
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Bosworth, Patricia (May 31, 1970).
"Ron Lunt and Linda Fontanne?"
.
The New York Times
.
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a
b
Johnson, Bonnie (July 16, 1984).
"Egg Rolls Brought Ron Leibman and Jessica Walter to the Altar and Left Them Hungry for More"
.
People
.
He had been divorced in 1981 from actress Linda (Alice) Lavin after a 12-year, childless marriage (she is now married to actor Kip Niven), and Jessica had long since recovered from the 1978 breakup of her 12-year marriage to Ross Bowman,
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Koseluk, Chris (December 6, 2019).
"Ron Leibman, Actor in 'Angels in America,' 'Where's Poppa?' and 'Friends,' Dies at 82"
.
The Hollywood Reporter
. Retrieved
December 6,
2019
.
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a
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"Friends actor Ron Leibman dies at the age of 82"
. BBC. 7 December 2019.
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Awards for Ron Leibman
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1976?2000
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1947?1975
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