Dick Latessa
| Dick Latessa | |
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Latessa in the play The Miracle at Naples in 2009
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| Born |
September 15, 1929 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died |
December 19, 2016 (aged 87) Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Heart failure |
| Occupation | Actor |
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Richard Robert "Dick" Latessa (September 15, 1929 – December 19, 2016) was a Tony Award-winning American stage, film, and television actor.
Latessa was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1929. After serving in the Army in the early 1950s, he began performing in Cleveland before moving to New York in 1959 to pursue acting professionally.
He made his Broadway debut in The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N in 1968. His subsequent theatre credits include Follies, Rags, The Cherry Orchard, Damn Yankees, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Awake and Sing!, Cabaret, The Will Rogers Follies and Hairspray, for which he won both the Tony- and Drama Desk awards for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. In 2012, he appeared opposite Linda Lavin in the Nicky Silver drama, The Lyons.
Latessa was featured in several Neil Simon plays, including Chapter Two, I Ought to Be in Pictures, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Broadway Bound, Rumors and Proposals. He was featured in the 2010 revival of the Burt Bacharach and Hal David musical, Promises, Promises as Dr. Dreyfuss.
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