Willie Garson
Willie Garson (born February 20, 1964 as William Garson Paszamant in Highland Park , New Jersey , † September 21, 2021 ) was an American actor . He was best known for his roles as Stanford Blatch in Sex and the City and Teddy "Mozzie" Winters in White Collar .
Life
Prior to acting as an actor, Garson studied at Wesleyan University and graduated from Yale Drama School. He got his first role in the mid-1980s for American television. He mainly took on small supporting roles in various television series, and from time to time he also played in TV films. In the 1990s and at the beginning of the 21st century he took part in various larger productions: in 1993 he was in Real Love and Groundhog Day , and in 1999 he worked alongside Christopher Lambert in The Fortress II: The Return with, in 2003 he was in Freaky Fridayand in 2006 a role in The TV Set followed . Directed by the Farrelly brothers, he starred in their comedies Kingpin (1996), Crazy About Mary (1998) and A Man for a Season (2005).
His breakthrough as an actor came with the role of Stanford Blatch in the television series Sex and the City . In this role he was seen in a total of 28 episodes from 1998 to 2004. In 2008 he again portrayed Blatch in the Sex-and-the-City movie and in 2010 in its sequel Sex and the City 2. From 2009 he was seen in the television series White Collar as Teddy "Mozzie" Winters.
Willie Garson died of cancer in September 2021 at the age of 57. He leaves behind a son who was adopted in 2009.
Filmography (selection)
- 1989: Troop Beverly Hills (Troop Beverly Hills)
- 1990: Back to the Past ( Quantum Leap, TV series, three episodes)
- 1990: Rivals (Across the Tracks)
- 1992: Jack Ruby - In the Mafia Network (Ruby)
- 1993: Groundhog Day (Groundhog Day)
- 1994: Speechless (Speechless)
- 1995–1999: The X-Files - The Scary Cases of the FBI ( The X-Files, TV series, two episodes)
- 1996: Touched by an Angel ( Touched By An Angel, television series, one episode)
- 1996: Mars Attacks!
- 1996: The Rock - Rock of the decision (The Rock)
- 1997: Practice - The Lawyers ( The Practice, TV series, an episode)
- 1997: Melrose Place (TV series, two episodes)
- 1997: Ally McBeal (TV series, two episodes)
- 1998: Star Trek: Spaceship Voyager ( Star Trek: Voyager, TV series, an episode)
- 1998: There's Something About Mary (There's Something About Mary)
- 1998: Buffy the Vampire Slayer ( Buffy the Vampire Slayer, TV series, an episode)
- 1999: The Fortress II: The Return (Fortress 2: Re-Entry)
- 1999: Being John Malkovich
- 1999: Friends (TV series, episode)
- 1998–2004: Sex and the City (TV series, 21 episodes)
- 2000–2006: Stargate - Kommando SG-1 ( Stargate SG-1, television series, three episodes)
- 2000: Chaos City ( Spin City, TV series, an episode)
- 2000: Good Vibrations - Sex vom Another Star (What Planet Are You From?)
- 2001–2002: Special Unit 2 - Die Monsterjäger ( Special Unit 2, TV series, two episodes)
- 2002: Taken (miniseries, 2 episodes)
- 2003: Freaky Friday - A fully Freaky Friday (Freaky Friday)
- 2003: CSI: On the trail of the perpetrators ( CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, TV series, an episode)
- 2004: Monk (TV series, an episode)
- 2005: As long as you are there (Just Like Heaven)
- 2005: A Man for a Season (Fever Pitch)
- 2005: Little Manhattan
- 2006: Las Vegas (TV series, episode)
- 2006: CSI: Miami (TV series, two episodes)
- 2007: John from Cincinnati (TV series)
- 2008: Sex and the City: The Movie
- 2009: (K) a little pregnant (Labor Pains)
- 2009: Medium - Nothing remains hidden ( Medium, TV series, an episode)
- 2009: Pushing Daisies (TV series, an episode)
- 2009-2014: White Collar (TV series, 81 episodes)
- 2010: Sex and the City 2
- 2012: Hot in Cleveland (TV series, episode)
- 2013: Two and a Half Men (TV series, one episode)
- 2014: Franklin & Bash (TV series, one episode)
- 2015–2020: Hawaii Five-0 (TV series, nine episodes)
- 2016: Trust Fund
- 2016: Detective Laura Diamond (TV series, episode)
- 2017: The Polka King
- 2017: Feed
- 2019: 7 Days to Vegas
- 2019: A Christmas Wish (TV movie)
- 2019: Magnum PI (TV series, episode 2x10)
- 2019-2020: Supergirl (TV series, three episodes)
- 2020: The Bellmen
- 2020: Magic Camp
- 2021: Before I Go
Web links
- Willie Garson at the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Willie Garson in the WorldCat bibliographic database
Individual proof
- ↑ Ellise Shafer: Willie Garson, 'Sex and the City' and 'White Collar' Actor, this at 57 . In: variety.com from September 21, 2021.
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SURNAME | Garson, Willie |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Paszamant, William Garson (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
BIRTH DATE | February 20, 1964 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Highland Park , New Jersey, United States |
DATE OF DEATH | September 21, 2021 |