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1935 - Born on the 20th of October in Bronx, New York City.
1958 - He married to Marta Curro.
1979 - He married Broadway dancer Elaine Cancilla, whom he met while starring in Chicago.
1980 - He shifted to film work, including prominent roles as a tough as nails, but corrupt police detective in Sidney Lumet's "Prince of the City" Jennifer Grey's father in Dirty Dancing, a cold-blooded killer in the Woody Allen drama Crimes and Misdemeanors, and the voice of the candelabra Lumière in Disney's animated musical Beauty and the Beast, and of Sa'luk in its 96' video, Aladdin and the King of Thieves.
1987 - He starred in the short-lived crime drama "The Law and Harry McGraw".
2002 - He was named a "Living Landmark", along with fellow castmate Sam Waterston, by the New York Landmarks Conservancy.
2004 - He died on the 28th of December in New York City.
2005 - On the 5th of February, he was posthumously awarded a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series.
1958 - He married to Marta Curro.
1979 - He married Broadway dancer Elaine Cancilla, whom he met while starring in Chicago.
1980 - He shifted to film work, including prominent roles as a tough as nails, but corrupt police detective in Sidney Lumet's "Prince of the City" Jennifer Grey's father in Dirty Dancing, a cold-blooded killer in the Woody Allen drama Crimes and Misdemeanors, and the voice of the candelabra Lumière in Disney's animated musical Beauty and the Beast, and of Sa'luk in its 96' video, Aladdin and the King of Thieves.
1987 - He starred in the short-lived crime drama "The Law and Harry McGraw".
2002 - He was named a "Living Landmark", along with fellow castmate Sam Waterston, by the New York Landmarks Conservancy.
2004 - He died on the 28th of December in New York City.
2005 - On the 5th of February, he was posthumously awarded a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series.
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