David Carroll ( July â€" March ), sometimes billed as David James
Carroll, was an American actor whose last, and best remembered, role
was that of Baron Felix von Gaigern in Grand Hotel: The
Musical.Carroll was born in Rockville Centre, New York, grew up in
Greenwich, Connecticut, and graduated from Dartmouth College, where he
was an active member of the Dartmouth Players. While at Dartmouth
Carroll had star roles in several college musicals and in community
theater.He was nominated for two Tony Awards as Best Actor in a
Musical: in for Chess and again in for Grand Hotel. Carroll also
received three Drama Desk Awards nominations as an Outstanding Actor
in a Musical: La bohème () he costarred with Linda Ronstadt, Chess
(), and Grand Hotel (). The Original Broadway Cast recording of Chess
received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Musical Cast Show album.
On the big screen, he had a brief scene with John Ritter in the movie
Hero at Large.Suffering from AIDS, he died of a pulmonary embolism in
the restroom of the New York City BMG/RCA studio while attempting to
record the cast album for Grand Hotel. The album had been delayed for
years because of rights issues and legal disputes over the score. For
the cast recording Brent Barrett ultimately performed the role of the
Baron, but Carroll was featured on a bonus track: singing the Baron's
solo number "Love Can't Happen", recorded during his cabaret
performance at Steve McGraw's on February with Wally Harper at the
piano.
Carroll, was an American actor whose last, and best remembered, role
was that of Baron Felix von Gaigern in Grand Hotel: The
Musical.Carroll was born in Rockville Centre, New York, grew up in
Greenwich, Connecticut, and graduated from Dartmouth College, where he
was an active member of the Dartmouth Players. While at Dartmouth
Carroll had star roles in several college musicals and in community
theater.He was nominated for two Tony Awards as Best Actor in a
Musical: in for Chess and again in for Grand Hotel. Carroll also
received three Drama Desk Awards nominations as an Outstanding Actor
in a Musical: La bohème () he costarred with Linda Ronstadt, Chess
(), and Grand Hotel (). The Original Broadway Cast recording of Chess
received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Musical Cast Show album.
On the big screen, he had a brief scene with John Ritter in the movie
Hero at Large.Suffering from AIDS, he died of a pulmonary embolism in
the restroom of the New York City BMG/RCA studio while attempting to
record the cast album for Grand Hotel. The album had been delayed for
years because of rights issues and legal disputes over the score. For
the cast recording Brent Barrett ultimately performed the role of the
Baron, but Carroll was featured on a bonus track: singing the Baron's
solo number "Love Can't Happen", recorded during his cabaret
performance at Steve McGraw's on February with Wally Harper at the
piano.
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