George Grizzard

Hot gay actor who was in Advise and Consent (1962). Any stories?

by Anonymousreply 39March 15, 2021 3:35 AM

He was Sen Fred Van Ackerman who was a closet case intent on destroying beautiful Sen Brig Anderson. Betty White was Sen Bessie Adams. A great movie.

by Anonymousreply 1October 23, 2020 10:32 PM

Saw him on an old Law & Order earlier today playing the defense attorney. He got his client acquitted and McCoy wasn't happy about it. Jan Maxwell played the Defendant's wife.

He considered himself primarily a stage actor and didn't care for most of his films. He won the Tony for Best Actor in Albee's A Delicate Balance. He was gay and had a long-term partner.

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by Anonymousreply 3October 23, 2020 10:57 PM

Gay? But he was married to Blanche Deveraux!

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by Anonymousreply 4October 23, 2020 11:07 PM

Grizzard's part on L&O was a recurring role. He played that character 5 or 6 times starting in the late 90s.

by Anonymousreply 5October 23, 2020 11:18 PM

Advise and Consent was Grizzard's first major movie role.

by Anonymousreply 6October 23, 2020 11:42 PM

He was also married to Elaine Stritch on "Third Rock From the Sun" and dated Eileen Heckart on "The Five Mrs. Buchannans". He played the troubled brother of Constance Ford on an episode of "Thriller".

by Anonymousreply 7October 23, 2020 11:43 PM

He originated the role of Angier Duke in the non-musical stage version of [italic]The Happiest Millionaire[/italic] that John Davidson would go on to play in the 1967 Disney musical version.

by Anonymousreply 8October 24, 2020 1:10 AM

I always thought he was George Peppard.

by Anonymousreply 9October 24, 2020 1:15 AM

The original Nick in Virginia Woolf, as shown at r2.

by Anonymousreply 10October 24, 2020 1:21 AM

He was a good actor, but never a hot one.

by Anonymousreply 11October 24, 2020 1:22 AM

r11 is either blind or has never seen Advise and Consent.

by Anonymousreply 12October 24, 2020 1:29 AM

He was John Adams in The Adams Chronicles on PBS in the 70s

by Anonymousreply 13October 24, 2020 2:22 AM

Advise and Consent is such a wonderful gay movie! I love Laughton as the kindhearted cornpone Senator and the gay Greenwich Village scenes.

by Anonymousreply 14October 24, 2020 2:26 AM

I thought Don Murray was the hottie in "Advise and Consent".

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by Anonymousreply 15October 24, 2020 2:27 AM

Did he hook up with David Marshall Grant when they played father/son in “The Shady Hill Kidnapping”?

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by Anonymousreply 16October 24, 2020 2:29 AM

He and Elaine Stritch fought like crazy during A Delicate Balance in 1996.

Elaine was on the wagon (expect for her “panacea” that she “only gargalled”.)

After trying to talk to Grizzard about showing up tipsy before a show and being told to fuck off she called him a drunk until they just started to ignore each other.

I can’t imagine what all he called her.

by Anonymousreply 17October 24, 2020 2:41 AM

R17 How did they get along on Third Rock?

by Anonymousreply 18October 24, 2020 3:11 AM

I just caught him on The Golden Girls. He was a nice looking guy. Kind of odd he played Blanche's dead husband and then his brother. IMDB lists his long term partner William Tynan.

by Anonymousreply 20February 18, 2021 5:00 AM

R4 yeah but he faked his death to get rid of her.

by Anonymousreply 21February 18, 2021 5:03 AM

When Grizzard won the Tony Elaine jumped to her feet and applauded wildly which I thought was sweet. She lost btw. That was also the best production of A Delicate Balance I’ve ever seen.

by Anonymousreply 22February 18, 2021 5:13 AM

Joan Crawford greets him at her final public appearance, Roz Russell's 1974 book party @ 1:50.

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by Anonymousreply 23February 18, 2021 6:04 AM

More pictures of David Marshall Grant please

by Anonymousreply 24February 18, 2021 6:08 AM

I saw him in a local production of Deathtrap as a child. That play scared me silly as a kid. Later on I remember a high school teacher saying it was the only time she ever so a play that was actually scary (like screams and stuff) like a horror movie.

by Anonymousreply 25February 18, 2021 8:31 AM

GG appeared in one of the odder(and that's saying something) "Twilight Zone" episodes entitled 'In His Image.' It's one of the hour-long episodes, of which most were not up to par. Playing two characters, with widely differing personalities, it is amazing to watch.

He always reminded me of a handsomer, more sharply defined Aldo Ray.

by Anonymousreply 26February 18, 2021 9:41 AM

R26 I loved Aldo Ray. What a masculine guy plus he had a great raspy speaking voice.

by Anonymousreply 27February 18, 2021 10:35 AM

This thread is another example of DL sending me down a rabbit hole of sorts... I click on the link because I always enjoyed Grizzard on L&O. I knew of his stage performances, reading reviews, my parents saw the original production of Albee's" Who's Afraid of..."

Did not know he was gay until this morning, wish I could find a photo of William Tynan - how nice to read that they were a couple for 40 years! And he co-starred with Christine Baranski is a Paul Rudnick show... wonder what her tales are.

Found a nice remembrance from years ago, linked below

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by Anonymousreply 28February 18, 2021 11:54 AM

I remember when he played in Deathtrap in summer theatre. One night, he invited some of the backstage back to his room. All I remember is him sitting in chair with a shirt almost buttoned to his navel and he had a boy toy sitting on the arm.

by Anonymousreply 29February 18, 2021 1:26 PM

I saw him in his Tony-winning performance in “A Delicate Balance”—he was incredible in the monologue near the end. Stretch gave a performance for the ages—no shtick, it feel like it was coming from some deep, true place. Rosemary Harris was her usual wonderful place. Only Mary Beth Hurt was disappointing in the role Marian Seldes won a Tony for in the original production. It had never been my favorite Albee (had only seen it in college and community productions), but the revival made the best argument for the play’s place in Albee’s top canon as possible.

by Anonymousreply 32February 18, 2021 2:36 PM

George was good in Woody Allen's Smalltime Crooks (2000).

by Anonymousreply 33February 18, 2021 3:18 PM

R22 that’s nice to hear. She was very proud of that show and so was Edward Albee. He said that Grizzard gave the best line ratings that he had ever heard from George.

I think Rosemary Harris should’ve been the only one in best actress. I think it Lane could’ve pulled the win off in featured.

by Anonymousreply 35March 13, 2021 7:24 PM

r31, that's my favorite out of all the hour-long episodes

by Anonymousreply 38March 15, 2021 3:04 AM

The Adams Chronicles on PBS was some of the best television of the time.

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by Anonymousreply 39March 15, 2021 3:35 AM

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