Born January 20, 1920· Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
† Died November 5, 2008
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Emerging from a Brooklyn upbringing, the son of a poet-grocer who introduced him to Shakespeare, he worked to shed his local accent and, after serving in Italy during World II and earning a Bronze Star and Purple Heart, entered the New York stage. His Broadway debut came in a 1946 modern-dress Antigone, and he later earned acclaim as Frank Strang in the original production of Peter Shaffer’s Equus…
