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Leonard Frey

Actor | * 09/04/1938 († 49, 08/24/1988) | Brooklyn, New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Leonard Frey (September 4, 1938 – August 24, 1988) was an American actor. Frey received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the 1971 musical film Fiddler on the Roof. He made his stage debut in an Off-Broadway production of Little Mary Sunshine and received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for The National Health. ()

Brooklyn-born Leonard Frey won raves as Harold, the self-described "32-year-old, ugly, pockmarked Jew fairy," in the movie The Boys in the Band.The actor went on to play Motel the tailor in the movie Fiddler on the Roof for which he received an Oscar nomination.He died of AIDS in 1988 at the age of 49.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

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In a small Jewish community in a pre-Revolutionary Russian village, a poor milkman, determined to find good husbands for his five daughters, consults the traditional matchmaker – and also has words ...

Fiddler on the Roof

G

1971 | 3.9/5 | 3h 1min
Drama, Romance / Love
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A witty, perceptive and devastating look at the personal agendas and suppressed revelations swirling among a group of gay men in Manhattan. Harold is celebrating a birthday, and his friend Michael has ...

The Boys in the Band

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1970 | 3.7/5 | 1h 58min
Drama
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Sir Guy Grand, the richest man in the world, adopts a homeless man, Youngman. Together, they set out to prove that anyone--and anything--can be bought. ...

The Magic Christian

PG

1969 | 2.7/5 | 1h 32min
Comedy
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Mr. Smith is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 23 through December 16, 1983. The series was based around the premise of a talking orangutan. Mr. Smith was canceled after thirteen epi ...

Mr. Smith

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1983 | 2.5/5 | 30min per episode
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Awards & Nominations for Leonard Frey

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
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Movies with Leonard Frey as Actor(9)

as Neil Witherspoon1987 Bride of Boogedy
as Halsey1981 Tattoo
as Desk Clerk1980 Where the Buffalo Roam
as Jerry Axelrod1973 Shirts/Skins
as Motel1971 Fiddler on the Roof
as Harold1970 The Boys in the Band
as Guiles1970 Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
as Laurence Faggot1969 The Magic Christian
1963 The Fat Black Pussycat

TV Shows/Series with Leonard Frey as Actor(16)

1986 Mr. Sunshine
1985 Moonlighting
as Felix Casslaw1984 Murder, She Wrote
1983 Mr. Smith
as Parker Tillman1981 Best of the West
1980 Skag
1979 Trapper John, M.D.
1979 Hart to Hart
1977 Eight Is Enough
1976 Quincy, M.E.
as Roland Gusik1975 Barney Miller
as Alfred Royce1975 Barney Miller
1969 Medical Center
as Self - Guest1968 The Dick Cavett Show
1966 Mission: Impossible
as Judas1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame

Full Name: Leonard Frey
Born: Sunday, 09/04 1938 (September) in Brooklyn, New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Wednesday, 08/24 1988 (August) in New York City (aged: 49)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Educated at: Cooper Union, Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, James Madison High School
Leonard Frey frequently works together with these people:
Julie Harris (12x, Actress)
Allan Miller (12x, Actor)
Maurice Evans (11x, Actor)
Sid Haig (10x, Actor)
William Windom (10x, Actor)
Herb Edelman (10x, Actor)
Pat Hingle (9x, Actor)
Ed Nelson (9x, Actor)
Rosanna Huffman (9x, Actress)
Bradford Dillman (9x, Actor)
Kenneth Tigar (9x, Actor)
Jerry Fielding (3x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:65547, Added: 05/23/2018, Last updated: 03/27/2024