Cliff Gorman
Gorman inAn Unmarried Woman (1978)
Born	Joel Joshua Goldberg (1936-10-13)October 13, 1936 Queens, New York City, U.S.
Died	September 5, 2002(2002-09-05) (aged 65) Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1968–2002
Spouse	Gayle Gorman ​ (m. 1963)​

Joel Joshua Goldberg (October 13, 1936 – September 5, 2002), known professionally asCliff Gorman, was an American actor.^[1] He won anObie Award in 1968 for the stage presentation ofThe Boys in the Band,^[1] and went on to reprise his role in the 1970film version.^[2]

Gorman was born Joel Joshua Goldberg inQueens, New York, the son of Jewish parents, Ethel (née Kaplan) and Samuel Goldberg, who later changed their surname to Gorman.^[3][4] He attended theHigh School of Music & Art in Manhattan.^[1]

Gorman won aTony Award in 1972 for playingLenny Bruce in the playLenny.^[1] Although thefilm version, directed byBob Fosse, featuredDustin Hoffman, Gorman was recruited to portray a Dustin Hoffman-like character portraying Lenny Bruce in a side-story in Fosse's autobiographical filmAll That Jazz (1979).^[5][6]

He playedJoseph Goebbels in the 1981 television filmThe Bunker, and co-starred as Lt. Andrews in the filmAngel (1984). He had roles in the filmsCops and Robbers (1973),Rosebud (1975),Brinks: The Great Robbery (1976),An Unmarried Woman (1978) withJill Clayburgh,Night of the Juggler (1980),Hoffa (1992) withJack Nicholson andDanny DeVito, andNight and the City (1992).^{[citation needed]} His TV work included performances in the seriesLaw and Order,Murder, She Wrote,Friday the 13th: the Series, and the 1970s dramaPolice Story, written by formerLAPD Detective SergeantJoseph Wambaugh.^{[citation needed]}

On the September 13, 1965 episode ofTo Tell The Truth, Gorman sat in seat #1 as an imposter for game #3 of the evening. He received two votes, one fromOrson Bean, and one fromKitty Carlisle. When asked what he actually did for a living, he responded that he sold room air conditioners for the Republic Water Heater Company.^[7]

Gorman and his wife cared for his fellowThe Boys in the Band cast memberRobert La Tourneaux in the last few months of his battle againstAIDS, until La Tourneaux's death on June 3, 1986.^[8][9]

On September 5, 2002, Gorman died ofleukemia at the age of 65 at his home inManhattan.^[1]

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• Cliff Gorman at theInternet Broadway Database
• Cliff Gorman at theInternet Off-Broadway Database

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