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Geoffrey Holder

Trinidadian-American actor and dancer (1930-2014) · Trinidad and Tobago · On the map · Actors · Died at 84

Geoffrey Lamont Holder was a Trinidadian-American actor, dancer, musician, director, choreographer, and artist. He was a principal dancer for the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, before his film career began in 1957 with an appearance in Carib Gold.

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A life in dates

2014Died5 October 20142008The MagisticalFilm, Narrator2002CyberchaseSeries, Master Pi (voice)Bear in the Big Blue House LIVE! - Surprise PartyFilm, 2002Ray1999GoosedFilm, Dr. Bowman1997Bear in the Big Blue HouseSeries, Ray the Sun1995Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in DangerFilm1990Night of 100 Stars IIIFilm1987Ghost of a ChanceFilm, Johnson1985Night of 100 Stars IIFilm1982All by Myself: The Eartha Kitt StoryFilm1976SwashbucklerFilm, Cudjo1975Tony Award for Best Costume DesignAwardTony Award for Best Direction of a MusicalAwardThe NoahFilm, 1975Friday1973Bond 1973: The Lost DocumentaryFilm1971Great PerformancesSeries, Cheshire Cat1969Krakatoa, East of JavaFilm, Sailor1967Androcles and the LionFilm, Lion1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSeries1957DuPont Show of the MonthSeries, Genie1956Carib GoldFilm, Voo Doo Dancer1930Born1 August 1930

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Known for

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  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2005
  • Annie 1982
  • Live and Let Die 1973
  • Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask 1972
  • Doctor Dolittle 1967

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Filmography 30

36 credits on file

Television 5

Media & music

Awards

Tony Award for Best Costume Design1975
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical1975
Guggenheim Fellowship

About this person

For his theatre work, Holder won two Tony Awards: Best Direction of a Musical and Best Costume Design in a Musical for the original Broadway production of The Wiz.

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Country
Trinidad and Tobago
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1930 to 2014 · aged 84

In the same film or series as Geoffrey

Anne HaneyAlso in The Gold Bug (1980)Geneviève BujoldAlso in Swashbuckler (1976)Peter StraussAlso in The Man Without a Country (1973)John WitherspoonAlso in Boomerang (1992)Inga SwensonAlso in Androcles and the Lion (1967)Anna Maria AlberghettiAlso in Aladdin (1958)