Template:Short description Template:Distinguish Template:Infobox person Harry Goz (February 16, 1932 – September 6, 2003) was an American musical theatre and voice actor.
CareerEdit
Goz debuted in the 1964 Broadway production of Bajour, co-starring Chita Rivera and Nancy Dussault.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Goz played Tevye in the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof from 1966 to 1968, both as understudy and lead actor.<ref name="NYTimes">Template:Cite news</ref> He appeared in musicals such as Two by Two and Chess, for which he was nominated in 1988 for a Drama Desk Award in the Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical category,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and comedies such as The Prisoner of Second Avenue.<ref name="NYTimes" />
Goz had a number of TV and movie guest appearances throughout his career. He starred as The Big Apple in Fruit of the Loom underwear TV commercials during the 1970s and 80s.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He portrayed Dr. Tom Walz in Bill, a 1981 television film.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The same year, Goz portrayed Pepsi-Cola chairman and Joan Crawford's last husband, Alfred Steele, in the film adaptation of Christina Crawford's book Mommie Dearest. In his later years, Goz became known to a new audience with his role as the voice of Captain Hazel "Hank" Murphy in the Cartoon Network/Adult Swim series Sealab 2021.<ref name="NYTimes" />
DeathEdit
Goz died from multiple myeloma at the age of 71 on September 6, 2003.<ref name="NYTimes"/>
Goz was survived by his wife, three children and nine grandchildren.<ref name="NYTimes"/> His son, Michael Goz, took over as a new character on Sealab 2021 following his father's death. Michael died after an 8 year battle with cerebellar degeneration and ataxia on November 11, 2014, aged 55.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
FilmographyEdit
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1976 | Marathon Man | Jewelry Salesman #1 | |
1977 | Looking Up | Sylevine | |
1981 | Mommie Dearest | Alfred Steele | |
1981 | Bill | Dr. Tom Walz | |
1983 | Bill: On His Own | Dr. Tom Walz | |
1985 | Tales from the Darkside | Louie Farnum | "If the Shoes Fit..." |
1985 | Rappin' | Thorndike | |
1987 | Dead Aim | Androsov | |
1995 | Die Schelme von Schelm | Gronam Ox | Voice |
1998 | Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night | Mayor Huffenmeier | Voice Direct-to-Video |
2000-2003 | Sealab 2021 | Captain Hazel "Hank" Murphy | Voice |
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
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