Occupation Actor Plays Chinese Coffee Role Actor | Name Ira Lewis Years active 1955–2004 | |
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Full Name Ira Lewis Metsky Born 27 August 1932 ( 1932-08-27 ) Newark, New Jersey, United States Died April 4, 2015, Edison, New Jersey, United States Movies Chinese Coffee, Looking for Richard, Tough Guys Don't Dance, Loose Cannons, Personal Sergeant Similar People Al Pacino, Bob Clark, Norman Mailer, Robert Salerno, Larry Meistrich | ||
The Hoshruba Repertory's Chinese Coffee: A Play by Ira Lewis
Ira Lewis Metsky (27 August 1932 — 4 April 2015) was an American actor, writer, and playwright. Lewis was best known for his one-act play, Chinese Coffee, which opened at the Circle in the Square Theatre in 1992, starring Al Pacino. A film adaptation of Chinese Coffee, also starring Pacino, as well as Jerry Orbach, was released in 2000. Ira Lewis wrote the film's screenplay, while Pacino directed the adaptation.
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- The Hoshruba Repertorys Chinese Coffee A Play by Ira Lewis
- Chinese Coffee a play by Ira Lewis September 2014 NYC
- Biography
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Chinese Coffee: a play by Ira Lewis.. September 2014 NYC
Biography
Lewis was born on August 27, 1932 in Newark, New Jersey. He studied acting and made his Broadway debut in Arthur Miller’s “Incident at Vichy”. In 1965, Lewis toured with a production of “Long Day’s Journey Into Night”.
Lewis died in Edison, New Jersey, of complications following heart surgery on 4 April 2015. He was a resident of Westfield, New Jersey.