Gilbert Price | |
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| Born | (1942-09-10)September 10, 1942 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | January 2, 1991 (aged 48) |
| Occupations | Stage, film, television actor |
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Gilbert Price (September 10, 1942 – January 2, 1991) was an American operatic baritone and actor.
Price was a protégé of Langston Hughes.1 He was a life member of New York's famed Actors Studio.2 Price first gained notice in 1964, for his performances in Hughes' Off-Broadway production of Jerico-Jim Crow. For his work, Price received a Theatre World Award.3
Early life
Price was born on September 10, 1942, in New York City of African-American heritage. In 1960, he graduated from Erasmus Hall High School, where he stood out for both his talent and gentle, easygoing manner.3 It has been written that while he was a protégé of Langston Hughes, Hughes had become smitten with the young Price.4 Unpublished love poems by Hughes were addressed to a man Hughes called Beauty; it has been posited these poems referred to Price.15
Career
Price made guest appearances on several television talk and variety shows including The Ed Sullivan Show, Red Skelton, Garry Moore and The Merv Griffin Show.6 Price also sang oratorios, including Leonard Bernstein's Mass, in 1971.
Awards
Price was nominated for three Tony Awards and was the recipient of a Theatre World Award:78
- Jerico-Jim Crow (1964) – Theatre World Award
- Lost in the Stars (1972) – Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical
- The Night That Made America Famous (1975) – Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical
- Timbuktu! (1978) – Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
Other works
- Fly Blackbird (1962) - C. Bernard Jackson & James Hatch
- The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd (1965) - Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley
- Promenade (1969) - Maria Irene Fornes & Al Carmines
- 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (1976) - Leonard Bernstein & Alan Jay Lerner
Death
Price died in Vienna, Austria, in 1991 at age 48, of accidental asphyxiation due to a faulty space heater.1
References
References
- "Gilbert Price collection, 1965-1991". New York Public Library archive. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
- Garfield, David (1980). "Appendix: Life Members of The Actors Studio as of January 1980". A Player's Place: The Story of The Actors Studio. New York: MacMillan Publishing. p. 279. ISBN 978-0-0254-2650-4.
- "Gilbert Price, 48, Broadway Baritone". The New York Times. January 8, 1991. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
- Rampersad, Arnold (1988). The Life of Langston Hughes: 1941-1967, I Dream a World. Vol. 2. New York City: Oxford University Press. p. 373. ISBN 978-0-1998-8227-4. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
- "Langston Hughes (1902-1967) Poet". University of Illinois Springfield. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - "Ed Sullivan Show performance: I've Gotta be Me!". YouTube. 16 October 2008. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
- "Gilbert Price Tony Awards Info - Browse by Nominee". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
- "Theatre World Award Recipients" Archived 2020-05-26 at the Wayback Machine. Theatre World Awards. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
External links
External links
- Gilbert Price at IMDb
- Gilbert Price at the Internet Broadway Database
- "Gilbert Price Obituary". The New York Times.
- Find A Grave: [1]