Peter Tenny Coffield (July 17, 1945 â€" November 19, 1983) was an
American actor. Coffield worked as an actor in theater, television,
and film. He is best known for his role in the film Cry Rape!. His
other films include Times Square (1980) and Neil Simon's Only When I
Laugh.Coffield guest starred on several TV shows throughout the 1970s
and early 1980s, including The Love Boat, Hart to Hart, Eight Is
Enough, Wide World Mystery, Family, and Love, Sidney, and he acted in
TV movies such as Washington: Behind Closed Doors, and The Man Without
a Country. He also performed in several plays on Broadway, including
Hamlet (1969), Abelard and Heloise (1971), The Merchant of Venice
(1973), Tartuffe (1977), and The Man Who Came to Dinner (1980).In
addition to Broadway, Coffield had key roles in Misalliance at the
Roundabout Theater, in A. R. Gurney's Middle Ages at the Hartman
Theater in Stamford, Conn., and in S. N. Behrman's No Time for Comedy
at the McCarter Theater in Princeton, N.J., and he performed at the
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington and at the Old
Globe Shakespeare Festival Theater in San Diego.In The New York Times
review of Coffield's performance as a homosexual student in Abelard
and Heloise, theater critic Walter Kerr wrote, "Making a mask of his
broad, handsome face, Mr. Coffield went about his chores deftly,
confidently, with clear and virile purpose. Saying little, he seemed
to think a great deal: thought can be a scene-thief, it turns out."
American actor. Coffield worked as an actor in theater, television,
and film. He is best known for his role in the film Cry Rape!. His
other films include Times Square (1980) and Neil Simon's Only When I
Laugh.Coffield guest starred on several TV shows throughout the 1970s
and early 1980s, including The Love Boat, Hart to Hart, Eight Is
Enough, Wide World Mystery, Family, and Love, Sidney, and he acted in
TV movies such as Washington: Behind Closed Doors, and The Man Without
a Country. He also performed in several plays on Broadway, including
Hamlet (1969), Abelard and Heloise (1971), The Merchant of Venice
(1973), Tartuffe (1977), and The Man Who Came to Dinner (1980).In
addition to Broadway, Coffield had key roles in Misalliance at the
Roundabout Theater, in A. R. Gurney's Middle Ages at the Hartman
Theater in Stamford, Conn., and in S. N. Behrman's No Time for Comedy
at the McCarter Theater in Princeton, N.J., and he performed at the
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington and at the Old
Globe Shakespeare Festival Theater in San Diego.In The New York Times
review of Coffield's performance as a homosexual student in Abelard
and Heloise, theater critic Walter Kerr wrote, "Making a mask of his
broad, handsome face, Mr. Coffield went about his chores deftly,
confidently, with clear and virile purpose. Saying little, he seemed
to think a great deal: thought can be a scene-thief, it turns out."
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