David Rounds (October 9, 1930, Bronxville, New York – December 9, 1983, Lomontville, Ulster County, New York) was an American actor of stage and screen. He received both a

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and a Drama Desk Award in 1980 for his role in ''

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''. He served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy during the

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. Rounds played several reoccurring television roles, including appearing in two episodes of the sitcom '' Alice''. He played Christopher Spencer in the miniseries '' The Blue and The Grey''. His last New York appearance was in the one-man show ''Herringbone'' at

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a year before his death from cancer at age 53.

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* * 1930 births 1983 deaths American male stage actors American male television actors Deaths from cancer in New York (state) Male actors from New York (state) Denison University alumni Drama Desk Award winners People from Bronxville, New York Tony Award winners 20th-century American male actors {{US-actor-stub