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Cliff Gorman

Cliff Gorman

Birthday: 1936-10-13 | Place of Birth: Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Cliff Gorman was an American stage and screen actor. He won an Obie award in 1968 for the stage presentation of The Boys in the Band, and went on to reprise his role in the 1970 film version. Gorman and his wife cared for his fellow The Boys in the Band cast member Robert La Tourneaux in the last few months of his battle against AIDS, until La Tourneaux's death on June 3, 1986 Gorman died of leukemia in 2002, aged 65, although his final film, Kill the Poor, was not released until 2003. He was survived by his wife, Gayle Gorman.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2003
Kill the Poor

as    Yakov

2000
King of the Jungle

as    Jack

2000
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

as    Sonny Valerio

1992
Night and the City

as    Phil Nasseros

1984
Angel

as    Lt. Andrews

1980
Night of the Juggler

as    Gus Soltic

1978
An Unmarried Woman

as    Charlie

1975
Strike Force

as    Det. Joey Gentry

1975
Rosebud

as    Yafet Hemlekh

1973
Cops and Robbers

as    Tom

1970
The Boys in the Band

as    Emory

1969
Justine

as    Toto