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12 de ago. de 2008 · Actor and playwright George Furth, best known for his collaborations with Stephen Sondheim, has died at the age of 75. The Chicago-born Furth died at hospital in Santa Monica, Calif., on Monday ...
George Furth ( Book) was born George Schweinfurth on December 14, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from Northwestern University’s School of Speech in 1954 and received a master’s in Fine Arts from Columbia University in 1956. After appearing in more than 85 films and countless television shows as a character actor, (best remembered ...
George Furth BIO. Furth was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of George and Evelyn (née Tuerk) Schweinfurth. He was of German and Irish ancestry, and was raised as a Christian Scientist. He ...
12 de ago. de 2008 · George Furth, a frequent collaborator with Stephen Sondheim who won a Tony for his work on the Broadway musical "Company," has died at 75. Aug. 12, 2008, 1:20 AM UTC / Source : The Associated Press
A noted librettist who worked in collaboration with Stephen Sondheim on shows such as Company, Furth will be best known to film audiences for his performance as mild mannered train guard Woodcock in Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid (1969). His other films include Blazing Saddles (1974) and Shampoo (1975). - Read George Furth's Variety Obituary
George Furth. Actor: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. George Furth wrote eleven one-act plays planned for Kim Stanley as each of the separate leads. Hollywood actor Anthony Perkins, interested in directing, asked Sondheim to read the material. After Sondheim read the plays, Sondheim asked Harold Prince for his opinion; Prince thought the plays could form the basis for a musical.
The actor and playwright George Furth had a prolific career as a performer, but will be best remembered for his collaborations with the composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim, notably as librettist ...
