Gordon Ramsey (June 19, 1930 – November 5, 1993) was an American actor and singer, who was based in New York City.

Early life

Ramsey was born in Minneapolis, on June 19, 1930.

Career

After moving to New York in 1958, Ramsey made his acting debut in the Off-Broadway theater musical, ''The Man Who Never Died''. Some of his notable performances included hosting a local children's television show as "

Bozo the Clown Bozo the Clown, sometimes billed as "Bozo, The World's Most Famous Clown", is a clown character created for children's entertainment, widely popular in the second half of the 20th century. He was introduced in the United States in 1946, and to te ...

" and voicing characters in the animated series '' Star Blazers''. He appeared in the 1979

Broadway musical Broadway theatre,Although ''theater'' is generally the spelling for this common noun in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), 130 of the 144 extant and extinct Broadway venues use (used) the spelling ''Th ...

Carmelina ''Carmelina'' is a musical with a book by Joseph Stein and Alan Jay Lerner, lyrics by Lerner, and music by Burton Lane. Based on the 1968 film '' Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell'', it focuses on an Italian woman who has raised her teenaged daughte ...

'' and sang on the show's original cast recording. In a 1969 episode of the TV show ''

What's My Line? ''What's My Line?'' is a panel game show that originally ran in the United States on the CBS Television Network from 1950 to 1967, originally in black and white and later in color, with subsequent U.S. revivals. The game uses celebrity panelis ...

'', Ramsey appeared as Bozo the Clown as a Mystery Guest. Later in the same episode, Ramsey appeared as himself without the clown makeup, requiring the panel to guess his line, which celebrity panelist

Phyllis Newman Phyllis Newman (March 19, 1933 – September 15, 2019) was an American actress and singer. She won the 1962 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her role as Martha Vail in the musical ''Subways Are for Sleeping'' on Broadway, ...

did.

Personal life

He had three children with his wife Barbara Ramsey (née Brown).

Death

Ramsey died at his home in

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on November 5, 1993, of

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, at the age of 63.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* American male musical theatre actors American male television actors American television personalities Male television personalities Place of birth missing Place of death missing 1930 births 1993 deaths 20th-century American male actors 20th-century American singers 20th-century American male singers {{US-tv-actor-1930s-stub