Gordon Heath
Gordon Heath (born September 20, 1918 in New York City , † August 27, 1991 in Paris ) was an American actor .
Life
From 1937 to 1981 Heath worked as a theater and film actor in the United States. He was seen in various theater and film roles. His longtime partner was Alain Woisson.
In the play " Deep Are the Roots, " written by Arnaud d'Usseau and James Gow and directed by Elia Kazan , Heath played a young black lieutenant returning to the southern states from World War II .
With the French actor Lee Payant , he opened a nightclub ( L'Abbaye ) in Paris in 1949 , where they performed together as musicians for over 30 years. In 1955, Heath and Payant released a recording of the folk song Scarborough Fair on their album Encores From The Abbaye , which was based on a printed sheet music edition by the English song collector and music scholar Frank Kidson (1891).
Filmography (selection)
- The Emperor Jones (TV, 1953)
- BBC Sunday-Night Theater (TV series 1950–1954)
- Rise of the Animals (1954) (Narrator)
- Mr. Arkadin (1955)
- Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion (TV series 1955)
- The heroes are tired (1955)
- Othello (TV 1955)
- Le secret de soeur Angèle (1956)
- Man of Africa (1956)
- Storm Over Jamaica (1958)
- The Sapphire Girl (1959)
- My baby is black! (1961)
- My Uncle from Texas (1962)
- They Fear Neither Death nor the Devil (1966)
- Under the stairs (1969)
- The madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
- La nuit Bulgarian (1972)
- L'Aventure, c'est l'aventure (1972)
- The Bush Pilot (1983)
- Asterix Versus Caesar (1985)
- Asterix in Britain (1986)
- Samuel Fuller's Street of No Return (1989)
Works (selection)
- Autobiography, "Deep are the Roots: Memoirs of a Black Expatriate," University of Massachusetts Press, 1991
- 1954: Gordon Heath and Lee Payant: Sing Songs of the Abbaye - Elektra
- 1955: Gordon Heath and Lee Payant: Sing Encores from the Abbaye - Elektra
- 1957: An Evening at L'Abbaye - Elektra
Web links
- Gordon Heath in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- New York Times: Gordon Heath, 72; Co-Starred in Play 'Dweep Are the Roots'
Individual evidence
- ^ New York Times: Gordon Heath, 72; Co-Starred on Play 'Dweep Are the Roots' , August 31, 1991
- ^ New York Times: Gordon Heath, 72; Co-Starred on Play 'Dweep Are the Roots' , August 31, 1991
- ^ New York Times: Gordon Heath, 72; Co-Starred on Play 'Dweep Are the Roots' , August 31, 1991
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SURNAME | Heath, Gordon |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American theater and film actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 20, 1918 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
DATE OF DEATH | August 27, 1991 |
Place of death | Paris |