Gordon Heath

Gordon Heath
Born	September 20, 1918 New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	August 27, 1991 (aged 72) Paris, France
Occupation	Actor

Gordon Heath (September 20, 1918 - August 27, 1991) was an African-American actor and musician who appeared in feature film Animal Farm, and the British made for TV movie Othello, directed by Tony Richardson. Together with his lover Lee Payant, he ran a Left Bank café called L'Abbaye later in his life. After a long illness, he died on August 27, 1991, while living in Paris.^[1]

Filmography

• The Emperor Jones (TV movie 1953)
• BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV series 1950-1954)
• Animal Farm (1954)
• Mr. Arkadin (1955)
• Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion (TV series 1955)
• Heroes and Sinners (1955)
• Othello (TV movie 1955)
• Le secret de soeur Angèle (1956)
• Man of Africa (1956)
• Storm Over Jamaica (1958)
• Sapphire (1959)
• My Baby Is Black! (1961)
• My Uncle from Texas (1962)
• Lost Command (1966)
• Staircase (1969)
• The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
• La nuit Bulgare (1972)
• L'aventure, c'est l'aventure (1972)
• L'africain (1983)
• Asterix Versus Caesar (1985)
• Asterix in Britain (1986)
• Samuel Fuller's Street of No Return (1989)

References

1. ^ Eleanor Blau (August 31, 1991). "Gordon Heath, 72; Co-Starred in Play 'Dweep are the Roots'". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/31/arts/gordon-heath-72-co-starred-in-play-dweep-are-the-roots.html. Retrieved July 14, 2010. 

Bibliography

• Bourne, Stephen. "Heath, Gordon." Who's Who in Contemporary Gay & Lesbian History from World War II to the Present Day. Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon, eds. London and New York: Routledge, 2001. 183.
• Breman, Paul. "Obituary: Gordon Heath." The Independent (London) (September 13, 1991): 26.
• Heath, Gordon. Deep Are the Roots: Memoirs of a Black Expatriate. Amherst: The University of Massachusetts Press, 1992.
• Shipman, David. "Obituary: Gordon Heath." The Independent (London) (September 2, 1991): 21.

External links

• Gordon Heath on lgbtq.com
• Gordon Heath at the Internet Movie Database
• Illustrated Gordon Heath & Lee Payant discography

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Name	Heath, Gordon
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Date of birth	September 20, 1918
Place of birth	New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of death	August 27, 1991
Place of death	Paris, France