Name Gilbert Price Role Baritone | Movies Anguish | |
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Awards Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical nominee (1972)Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical nominee (1975)Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical nominee (1978)Theatre World Award (1964) Nominations Tony Award for Best Lead Actor in a Musical Similar People Brock Peters, Kelly Garrett, Geoffrey Holder, Bigas Luna | ||
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Gilbert Price (September 10, 1942 – January 2, 1991) was an American operatic baritone and actor.
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- Early life
- Career
- Awards
- Other works
- Death
- References
Price was a protégé of Langston Hughes. He was also a life member of New York's famed Actors Studio. 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.
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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.
It has been written that while he was a protégé of Langston Hughes, Hughes had become smitten with the young Price. Unpublished love poems by Hughes were addressed to a man Hughes called "Beauty." It is believed these poems referred to Price.
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. 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:
Other works
Death
Price died in Vienna, Austria, in 1991 of accidental asphyxiation. He was 48 years old.