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- NAME: Robert Goulet
- OCCUPATION: Film Actor, Television Actor, Singer, Television Personality
- BIRTH DATE: November 26, 1933
- DEATH DATE: October 30, 2007
- EDUCATION: The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Lawrence, Massachusetts
- PLACE OF DEATH: Los Angeles, California
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Actor Robert Goulet played a dashing Lancelot in 1960s and went on to a varied career as a singer and actor, winning a Tony, a Grammy and an Emmy.
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He remained a great success throughout the 1960s, making a number of TV specials, including Brigadoon (1966), Carousel (1967), and Kiss Me, Kate (1968). In 1968 he received a Best Actor Tony Award for his performance as a French photographer in the musical Happy Time.
In the 1970s,
Goulet became a regular fixture in Las Vegas. During this period he developed a growing dependency on alcohol. He quit drinking in 1979, although there was an isolated incident in 1983, when he was arrested for drunk driving.
In 1986, Goulet toured in a U.S. production of
South Pacific. Six years later, Goulet commenced a two-year, 50-city national tour of
Camelot. This time, in the role of King Arthur, he played to packed houses, earning $80,000 a week. In 1996, his performance in
Man of La Mancha introduced him to a whole new generation of theatergoers. Goulet's most recent project was a small part in 2000's
The Last Producer, which starred Benjamin Bratt and Burt Reynolds. He was also signed to play the devil in Christopher Coppola's
G-Men from Hell, which was still in production at the time of his death.
Personal Life
Goulet was married to his third wife, Vera Novak, for 25 years at the time of his death. He was previously married to Louise Longmore and to actress Carol Lawrence. He has one daughter with Longmore and two sons with Lawrence.© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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