Gordon Connell (March , â€" June , ) was an American actor, singer,
and dancer.Born William Gordon Connell in Berkeley, California,
Connell married Jane Sperry Bennett (aka Jane Connell), a fellow
actress and singer, also a native of Berkeley in . They had two
daughters. Jane and Gordon began their careers performing at such San
Francisco night clubs as The Purple Onion and The Hungry I.They
gravitated to New York City. In the late s and early s, he performed
in revues at the Tamiment Playhouse in the Poconos and in several of
the Julius Monk nightclub revues at Upstairs at the Downstairs,
including Monk's "Pieces of Eight" and "Dressed to the Nines". He made
his Broadway debut in Subways Are For Sleeping in .[citation
needed]Additional stage credits include Hello, Dolly!, Big River and
The Human Comedy. The Connells appeared together on Broadway twice: in
a musical version of Lysistrata () and The Good Doctor (). His
television credits include Green Acres, The Love Boat, The Jeffersons,
The Incredible Hulk, and Sex and the City. His sole feature film
appearance was a small role in Roman Polanski's Rosemary's
Baby.[citation needed]
and dancer.Born William Gordon Connell in Berkeley, California,
Connell married Jane Sperry Bennett (aka Jane Connell), a fellow
actress and singer, also a native of Berkeley in . They had two
daughters. Jane and Gordon began their careers performing at such San
Francisco night clubs as The Purple Onion and The Hungry I.They
gravitated to New York City. In the late s and early s, he performed
in revues at the Tamiment Playhouse in the Poconos and in several of
the Julius Monk nightclub revues at Upstairs at the Downstairs,
including Monk's "Pieces of Eight" and "Dressed to the Nines". He made
his Broadway debut in Subways Are For Sleeping in .[citation
needed]Additional stage credits include Hello, Dolly!, Big River and
The Human Comedy. The Connells appeared together on Broadway twice: in
a musical version of Lysistrata () and The Good Doctor (). His
television credits include Green Acres, The Love Boat, The Jeffersons,
The Incredible Hulk, and Sex and the City. His sole feature film
appearance was a small role in Roman Polanski's Rosemary's
Baby.[citation needed]
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