Lorenzo Music
| Lorenzo Music | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Gerald David Music May 2, 1937 Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Died | August 4, 2001 (aged 64) Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Cause of death | Complications from lung and bone cancer |
| Other names | L. Music |
| Occupation | Actor, voice actor, writer, producer, musician |
| Years active | 1962–2001 |
| Known for | Voice of Garfield and Peter Venkman |
| Notable work |
Garfield and Friends The Real Ghostbusters |
| Spouse(s) | Henrietta Music (m. ?–2001; his death) |
| Children | 4 |
Gerald David "Lorenzo" Music (May 2, 1937 – August 4, 2001) was an American actor, voice actor, writer, producer, and musician. His best-known roles include voicing the animated cartoon cat Garfield, and Carlton the doorman on the CBS sitcom Rhoda. He is also known for his work as Tummi Gummi in Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears, the original voice of Peter Venkman in DIC's The Real Ghostbusters, and Larry the Crash Test Dummy in a series of United States Department of Transportation public service announcements that promoted the use of seat belts from 1985 to 1998.
Music was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was raised in Duluth, Minnesota, where he was educated at Central High School and the University of Minnesota Duluth. He met his wife Henrietta at the latter, and together they formed a comedy duo named Gerald and His Hen. They performed successfully together for eight years. He changed his first name to Lorenzo for spiritual reasons after he became a member of the international spiritual association Subud.
Music became a writer and a regular performer on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour during 1968 and 1969. His work as a writer on The Mary Tyler Moore Show in 1970 would lead him to his big break.
He was the co-creator of The Bob Newhart Show (with his then-producer/writing partner David Davis) which went on the air in 1972 and ran for six years; he also co-wrote the theme song to the show with his wife Henrietta. Music continued writing for the Mary Tyler Moore Show spin-off Rhoda. While casting Rhoda, the producers were looking for a voice actor to play the part of a character that would be heard but never seen: Carlton the doorman. When they heard Music's sleepy, husky voice, they offered him that role, which made his voice recognizable to a worldwide television audience. The character was popular enough to warrant a one-off single in 1975 called "Who Is It?" (b/w "The Girl in 510", United Artists UA-XW643-X), which became a regional hit. Music also co-produced and co-wrote a 1980 animated special Carlton Your Doorman which won an Emmy Award.
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