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Clifford David
Clifford David
	David in 2007
Born	June 30, 1928; Toledo, Ohio, United States
Died	November 30, 2017 (aged 89); Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actor, singer
Years active	1953–2017

Clifford David (June 30, 1928 – November 30, 2017)^[1] was an American actor, singer,^[2] and coach. His career began in the 1950s, with early live television appearances leading to roles in Broadway musicals. He also played character roles in television series, feature films, and theatre.^[3]

Early life

David was born in Toledo, Ohio, the youngest son of Farris and Lily (née Abdow). His uncle was Syrian Orthodox Metropolitan Samuel David of Toledo.^{[citation needed]}

Career

A protégé of Lee Strasberg, David made his Broadway debut as Scipio in Albert Camus' Caligula directed by Sidney Lumet.^[4] He also played Pasquale in The Aspern Papers, directed by Margaret Webster, Antipholus in the 1963 Off-Broadway revival The Boys from Syracuse, Laertes in Joseph Papp's Hamlet, and Lord Byron in the Lincoln Center production of Tennessee Williams' Camino Real with Al Pacino.

A member of the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences,^[5] Clifford's filmography includes Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964), Resurrection, and M. Night Shyamalan's Signs (2002). As an accomplished pianist, he was cast as Beethoven in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989).

A member of the Actors Studio from 1962, David worked with many of the greats of American theater, film, and television. He told stories of drinking with Richard Burton and shopping with Marilyn Monroe. He was working with Monroe on a play entitled The Cat, adapted from a Colette novel by Arthur Miller, when she died.

David was featured in the principal casts and on the original studio albums of such Broadway musicals as Wildcat^[6] with Lucille Ball,^[7] 1776,^[8]^[9] with William Daniels, Alan Jay Lerner's On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Other feature film credits include The Last Mile (1959), The Party's Over (1965) with Oliver Reed, Riot (1969), The Betsy (1978), with Laurence Olivier, Fort Apache, The Bronx with Paul Newman (1981), and The Exorcist III (1990).

He was seen on television in the miniseries Blind Ambition, as well as in political dramas Fear on Trial and Missiles of October with Martin Sheen. He appeared in episodes of Bonanza, The Big Valley, Charlie's Angels, Mary Tyler Moore, Murphy Brown, Party of Five, Murder, She Wrote, Will & Grace, and Law & Order.^[10]^[11]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
1957	Street of Sinners	Tom
1959	The Last Mile	Richard Walters
1964	Invitation to a Gunfighter	Crane Adams
1965	Hamlet	Laertes
1965	The Party's Over	Carson
1969	Riot	Mary Sheldon
1978	The Betsy	Joe
1980	Resurrection	George
1981	Fort Apache, The Bronx	Dacey
1986	Agent on Ice	Kirkpatrick
1989	Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure	Beethoven
1990	The Exorcist III	Dr. Bruno
1991	Pyrates	Advisor
2002	Signs	Columbia University Professor
2004	Kinsey	Professor Smithson