David Haskell | |
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Born |
David Michael Haskell June 4, 1948 , United States |
Died | August 30, 2000 Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, United States |
(aged 52)
Cause of death | Brain cancer |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1970s–1980s |
David Michael Haskell (June 4, 1948 – August 30, 2000) was an American film, stage and television actor and singer.
He was born in , San Joaquin County, California. David graduated from Terra Linda High School, San Rafael, California, in June 1966.
He attended the College of Marin before transferring to Carnegie Mellon University.
He was also a Past Master Councilor of the Mill Valley Chapter, Order of DeMolay.
Haskell is best remembered for his dual performance in the 1970s in the New York City, New York, Off-Broadway musical-theatre production Godspell and its subsequent film adaptation Godspell: A Musical Based on the Gospel According to St. Matthew (1973) appearing as both John the Baptist and Judas Iscariot. He also appeared as Claudio in the Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival off-Broadway theatre production (1976), at the Delacorte Theater, of the play Measure for Measure (circa 1603 or 1604) by William Shakespeare.
He played recurring character Nick Hartley on the soap opera Santa Barbara from 1985-1986, the love interest of the character Kelly played by Robin Wright-Penn. He can also be seen as the doctor who saves the life of the dog at the end of the 1989 movie K-9.