Geoffrey Holder

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Holder at a convention (2008)
Holder and his wife (1955)

Geoffrey Richard Holder (born August 1, 1930 in Port of Spain , Trinidad , Trinidad and Tobago , † October 5, 2014 in Manhattan , New York ) was an actor , writer , singer and dancer from Trinidad and Tobago. He was married to the American dancer, choreographer and actress Carmen De Lavallade .

Life

Holder was born one of four siblings. At the age of seven, Holder joined his older brother and his dance troupe and was tutored in dancing and painting by them. At the beginning of 1954 he moved to the United States. In December 1954, Holder had his first appearance at the theater. In 1955 he married Carmen De Lavallade, with whom he had a son. After that he concentrated on dancing.

Holder became known through the James Bond film Live and Let Die , in which he played Baron Samedi. In 1975 Holder won a Tony Award for best director of a musical ( The Wiz ). He died on October 5, 2014 in Manhattan at the age of 84 of complications from pneumonia .

Filmography (selection)

Books

Web links

Commons : Geoffrey Holder  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jennifer Dunning, William McDonald: Geoffrey Holder, Dancer, Actor, Artist and Much More, Dies at 84. Obituary in The New York Times, October 6, 2014 (accessed October 6, 2014).
personal data
SURNAME Holder, Geoffrey
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Holder, Geoffrey Richard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Actors, writers and dancers from Trinidad and Tobago
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Port of Spain , Trinidad (island)
DATE OF DEATH 5th October 2014
Place of death Manhattan , New York City , New York