Timothy Meyers (August 31, 1945â€"March 14, 1989) was an American
actor famous for originating the role of Kenickie in Grease and was a
1972 nominee for Tony Award Best Featured Actor in a Musical. His
first stage role was in 1970 as Crookfinger Jake in Kurt Weill and
Bertolt Brecht's The Threepenny Opera. His other stage roles include
the 1980s musical Sidewalkin (Oscar), HotGrog (Blackbeard), The
Foursome (Tim), No Place to be Somebody (Shanty), Rock Island (Wally),
The Sugar Bowl (Pinky), Romeo and Jeanette (Lucien), Jack the Ripper
(Lusk), Wait Until Dark (Harry Roat), Cabaret (Ernst Ludwig), The
Fantasticks (Henry), Terra Nova (Bowers), The Dresser (Geoffrey
Thornton), True West (Saul Kimmer), Curse of the Starving Class
(Weston), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Scanlon), Lady of the
Diamond (Sportscaster), Write Me a Murder (Charles Sturrock), She
Stoops to Conquer (Stingo), Ah, Wilderness! (David McComber), Loot
(Meadows), Tartuffe (Damis), The Caretaker (Mick), Steambath (Morty),
Comedians (Phil Murray), King Lear (Oswald), A Midsummer Night's Dream
(Puck), Measure for Measure (Pompey), and The Greeks (Odysseus).His
film appearances include The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, Night of
the Juggler, I, the Jury, and To Smithereens. His television credit is
the Kojak episode "Kojak's Days (1)". He also produced a play at the
Lincoln Center Library in 1980 entitled Little Tips.He was also a
drama coach at the University of Pittsburgh.On March 14, 1989, he died
from complications of AIDS.
actor famous for originating the role of Kenickie in Grease and was a
1972 nominee for Tony Award Best Featured Actor in a Musical. His
first stage role was in 1970 as Crookfinger Jake in Kurt Weill and
Bertolt Brecht's The Threepenny Opera. His other stage roles include
the 1980s musical Sidewalkin (Oscar), HotGrog (Blackbeard), The
Foursome (Tim), No Place to be Somebody (Shanty), Rock Island (Wally),
The Sugar Bowl (Pinky), Romeo and Jeanette (Lucien), Jack the Ripper
(Lusk), Wait Until Dark (Harry Roat), Cabaret (Ernst Ludwig), The
Fantasticks (Henry), Terra Nova (Bowers), The Dresser (Geoffrey
Thornton), True West (Saul Kimmer), Curse of the Starving Class
(Weston), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Scanlon), Lady of the
Diamond (Sportscaster), Write Me a Murder (Charles Sturrock), She
Stoops to Conquer (Stingo), Ah, Wilderness! (David McComber), Loot
(Meadows), Tartuffe (Damis), The Caretaker (Mick), Steambath (Morty),
Comedians (Phil Murray), King Lear (Oswald), A Midsummer Night's Dream
(Puck), Measure for Measure (Pompey), and The Greeks (Odysseus).His
film appearances include The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, Night of
the Juggler, I, the Jury, and To Smithereens. His television credit is
the Kojak episode "Kojak's Days (1)". He also produced a play at the
Lincoln Center Library in 1980 entitled Little Tips.He was also a
drama coach at the University of Pittsburgh.On March 14, 1989, he died
from complications of AIDS.
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