Gordon Stanley (actor)

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Gordon Stanley
Born(1951-12-20)December 20, 1951 (age 69)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
NationalityAmerican
Education Brown University [1]
Occupation(s)Actor, singer, musician
Years active1969–present

Gordon Stanley (born December 20, 1951, Boston, Massachusetts, United States) is an American stage actor.

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Theatre career

His first professional stage appearance came in a production of Richard III at the Court Theatre in Chicago in 1969. His Off-Broadway debut came in 1977 in Lyrical and Satirical. His Broadway debut was in 1980 in the musical Onward Victoria. [2]

Stanley has performed in numerous Broadway shows, including Ragtime , Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat , Beauty and the Beast , and Cabaret .

Personal life

Stanley married Renee Lutz, a stage manager on May 18, 1980. [2]

Filmography

Stanley has sung in the animated musical films Beauty and the Beast , Pocahontas , The Hunchback of Notre Dame , and Aladdin and the King of Thieves .

Stage credits

Broadway

Off-Broadway

Regional and national tours

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