Mark Medoff, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mark Medoff

American actor and writer

Date of Birth: 18-Mar-1940

Place of Birth: Mount Carmel, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 23-Apr-2019

Profession: screenwriter, actor, playwright, film director

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Mark Medoff (March 18, 1940 – April 23, 2019) was an American playwright, screenwriter, film and theatre director, actor, and professor.
His play Children of a Lesser God received both the Tony Award and the Olivier Award.
He was nominated for an Academy Award and a Writers Guild of America Best Adapted Screenplay Award for the film script of Children of a Lesser God and for a Cable ACE Award for his HBO Premiere movie, Apology.
He also received an Obie Award for his play When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? Medoff's feature film Refuge was released in 2010. When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? was adapted into a film with a screenplay by Medoff in 1979.