David Carroll (actor), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

David Carroll (actor)

American actor

Date of Birth: 30-Jul-1950

Place of Birth: Rockville Centre, New York, United States

Date of Death: 11-Mar-1992

Profession: actor, singer, stage actor, television actor

Nationality: United States, United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About David Carroll (actor)

  • David Carroll (30 July 1950 – 11 March 1992), 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 1988 for Chess and again in 1990 for Grand Hotel.
  • Carroll also received three Drama Desk Awards nominations as an Outstanding Actor in a Musical: La bohème (1984) he costarred with Linda Ronstadt, Chess (1988), and Grand Hotel (1990).
  • The Original Broadway Cast recording of Chess received a 1988 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 14 February 1991 with Wally Harper at the piano. His long-time partner, Robert W.
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