Roy London
| Roy London | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 3, 1943 New York City, New York |
| Died | August 8, 1993 (aged 50) Los Angeles, California |
| Occupation | Actor, acting coach, writer, director, playwright, teacher |
| Partner(s) | Tim Healey |
Roy London (March 3, 1943 – August 8, 1993) was an American actor, acting coach and teacher.
London was born and raised on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City. A math prodigy at age five, London was on the radio show, Quiz Kids, and educated at the experimental elementary school at Hunter College, NYC. In 1948 the school was featured in Life magazine and shows little Roy telling an arresting tale of death, transfiguration and group marriage involving Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. To graduate at twenty from Antioch College, in Yellow Springs, Ohio, London wrote a paper that combined mathematical concepts and the precepts of theater.
Upon returning to New York, in 1963, he immediately found work, both on Broadway and in the burgeoning Off-Broadway scene. He studied acting at the Herbert Berghof Studio with Uta Hagen and was an integral member of Joseph Chaiken's avant-garde, Open Theater. During this era, London lived with Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Lanford Wilson.
In the late 1970s when London was on tour with Lynn Redgrave and performing on stage at the Huntington Hartford Theater in Los Angeles, he decided to stay in Hollywood. As an actor, he appeared on television in programs as widely diverse as WNET's USA Writer's segment about Catcher in the Rye, (London is the only person to have professionally portrayed Holden Caulfield and with J.D. Salinger's approval) to the daytime soap opera The Edge of Night, where he was popular as a peeping-tom for several seasons. In commercials London was an everyman, playing one of the Tang astronauts, the Williams Lectric Shave man, the Western Auto man, and innumerable others. He appeared on Falcon Crest, Hill Street Blues, Newhart, Momma's Place, Fatal Vision and many more. In feature films, after a bit part in The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart, London went on to roles in Hardcore with George C. Scott, Antonioni's Zabriskie Point, William Friedkin's Rampage and other films.
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