Biography
Cliff Gorman, born Joel Joshua Goldberg, was an American actor. He was born on 13 October 1936 in Queens, New York City, and died on 5 September 2002 in Manhattan.
Gorman won an Obie Award in 1968 for his stage performance as Emory in The Boys in the Band and reprised the role in the 1970 film. He received a Tony Award in 1972 for portraying Lenny Bruce in the Broadway play Lenny. His film roles included Davis Newman in All That Jazz (1979) and Sonny Valerio in Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999). He also appeared in television series such as Law & Order and Murder, She Wrote.
Gorman attended the High School of Music & Art and earned a degree in education from New York University. He was married to Gayle Gorman from 1963 until his death from leukemia.
