Gilbert Price

Stage Actor

Birthday September 10, 1942

Birth Sign Virgo

Birthplace New York City, NY

DEATH DATE Jan 2, 1991 (48)

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About

Tony-nominated actor who starred in such Broadway musicals as Lost in the Stars, The Night That Made America Famous, and Timbuktu!

Before Fame

In 1960, he graduated from Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, New York. He subsequently became a member of the famous Actors Studio.

Trivia

He received a Theatre World Award for his performance in a 1964 off-Broadway musical entitled Jerico-Jim Crow.

Family Life

He was born in New York City to a family of African-American heritage. He died in Vienna, Austria at the age of forty-eight.

Associated With

He was a protege of Harlem Renaissance leader Langston Hughes.