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词条 Lester Rawlins
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  1. Death

  2. Filmography

  3. References

  4. External links

{{more citations needed|date=June 2015}}Lester Rawlins (September 24, 1924 - March 22, 1988) was an American stage, screen, and television actor. He graduated from the Carnegie Mellon College of Drama in 1950 with a BFA.[1]

Born in Sharon, Pennsylvania, Rawlins appeared in off-Broadway productions of Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Richard III, Winterset, In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel, and Nightride, for which he won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance.[2]

His Broadway credits included A Man for All Seasons and Da, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play and was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play. Rawlins also won Obie Awards for his performance in the 1964 off-Broadway production of the play The Old Glory by the poet Robert Lowell[3] and for his performances in off-Broadway productions of Brendan Behan's The Quare Fellow and Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler.[4][5]

On television, Rawlins had recurring roles on The Defenders, Kojak, The Secret Storm and Ryan's Hope. His feature films included Diary of a Mad Housewife and They Might Be Giants. Rawlins was a regular on the CBS soap opera, The Edge of Night for several years, where he played the role of wealthy Orin Hillyer.[6]

He also could be heard on television and radio commercials, and was most notably the voice-over for the Dunkin' Donuts TV and radio advertising campaign created by the New York advertising agency Ally & Gargano.

Death

Rawlins died of cardiac arrest in New York City in 1988.{{citation needed|date=June 2015}}

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1970 Diary of a Mad Housewife Dr. Linstrom
1971 They Might Be Giants Blevins
1976 God Told Me To Board Chairman
1977 A Secret Space Kevin King
1983 Lovesick Silent Patient

References

1. ^CMU School of Drama: Notable Alumni {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20150803043131/http://www.drama.cmu.edu/250/notable-alumni |date=2015-08-03 }}, drama.cmu.edu; accessed June 8, 2015.
2. ^Lester Rawlins at the Lucille Lortel Archives, lortel.org; accessed June 8, 2015.
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/154799-Robert-Lowells-Benito-Cereno-Begins-Off-Broadway-at-the-Flea-Sept-22 |title=The Old Glory Revival, Article in Playbill |publisher=Playbill.com |date=2011-09-22 |accessdate=2012-02-07 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120129213213/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/154799-Robert-Lowells-Benito-Cereno-Begins-Off-Broadway-at-the-Flea-Sept-22 |archivedate=2012-01-29 |df= }}
4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/29/obituaries/lester-rawlins-63-stage-tv-actor-won-tony-for-da.html|title=NY Times Obituary|publisher=Nytimes.com|date=1988-03-29|accessdate=2012-02-07}}
5. ^{{IBDB name|57179}}
6. ^{{IMDb name|712644}}

External links

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  • Lester Rawlins at the Lucille Lortel Archives
  • [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DEEDA133AF93AA15750C0A96E948260 New York Times obituary, March 29, 1988]
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