Larry Keith
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Larry Keith (born Lawrence Jay Korn; March 4, 1931 – July 17, 2010) was an American television actor. He was best known for being a cast member on the ABC soap opera All My Children and was the first American to play the role of Henry Higgins in the Broadway production of My Fair Lady.
He was born on March 4, 1931, in Brooklyn and adopted his stage name when he started acting. His early training was as a singer, and he earned a Bachelor of Music degree from Brooklyn College. He was drafted while he was a graduate student in music at Indiana University Bloomington and spent his time in the United States Army performing in shows for troops stationed in South Korea.
In the 1961 Broadway production of My Fair Lady, Keith served as an understudy to Michael Allinson and played the role of Higgins some 50 times. In an interview with the New York Herald Tribune before his first stage appearance as Higgins, Keith said he doubted that he could get away with a plummy British accent in England, "but I think I can in New York". In 1992, Keith was one of the founders of TACT (The Actors Company Theatre), which has the mission of presenting "neglected or rarely produced plays of literary merit", appearing in its productions of Eccentricities of a Nightingale and Bedroom Farce. Keith also appeared on Broadway in Titanic in 1997 in the role of Macy's owner Isidor Straus who sang the song Still to his wife Ida as the boat was sinking into the ocean. In Caroline, or Change in 2004, Keith played the role of Mr. Stopnick.
He played the role of restaurateur Nick Davis on All My Children, appearing regularly from its inception in 1970 until 1978 and then made guest appearances in that role in the ensuing years. He appeared in television in Damages and several times on Law & Order.
A resident of Manhattan, Keith died there on July 17, 2010, due to complications from lung cancer. He was survived by his ex-wife, the former Mina Wagman, as well as by a daughter and a grandchild.
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- 16 Feet Beneath The Sea - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- Santa Comin' Caroline - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- The Radio - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- Little Reward - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- Laundry Quintet - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- 1943 - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- Noah Down The Stairs - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- Mr. Gellman's Shirt - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- The Cigarette - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- Ooh Child - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- Laundry Finish - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- Rose Recovers - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- The Dryer - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- I Saw Three Ships - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- I Got Four Kids - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- The Chanukah Party - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- Caroline, There's Extra Food - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- Dotty And Emmie - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- There Is No God, Noah - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- I Don't Want My Child To Hear That - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- Rose Stopnick Can Cook - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- Mr. Stopnick And Emmie - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- Long Distance - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- Kitchen Fight - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- Dotty And Caroline - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- A Twenty Dollar Bill And Why - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- Moon Change - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- I Hate The Bus - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- Moon Trio - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- Moon, Emmie And Stuart Trio - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- The Bus - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- The Twenty Dollar Bill - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- That Can't Be - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- Caroline And Noah Fight - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- Noah And Rose - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- Aftermath - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- Inside/Outside - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- Sunday Morning - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- JFK - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- Lot's Wife - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- Duets: No One Waitin' - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- Salty Teardrops - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- Duets: 'Night Mamma - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- Duets: Gonna Pass Me A Law - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- Duets: Noah Go To Sleep - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- Noah Has A Problem - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- Stuart And Noah - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- Quarter In The Bleach Cup - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- Caroline Take My Money Home - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
- Roosevelt Petrucius Coleslaw - Caroline, Or Change (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Larry Keith
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