Spalding Gray
Actor, dramatist, playwright, screenwriter (1941-2004) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 62
Spalding Rockwell Gray was an American actor and writer. He is best known for driving autobiographical monologues that he wrote and performed for theater in the 1980s and 1990s, as well as for his film adaptations of these works, beginning in 1987.
Spalding Gray is read about 346 times a day, in 15 languages.
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Revolution #9Film, Scooter McCrae1999The Mike O'Malley ShowSeries
Coming SoonFilm, 1999Mr. Jennings1997
BlissFilm, Alfred1995
Bad CompanyFilm, Walter Curl1994
The PaperFilm, Paul Bladden1993
The NannySeries, Dr. Miller
King of the HillFilm, 1993Mr. Mungo1991
Laurie Anderson: The Collected VideosFilm, The Talk Show Host1990
The ImageFilm, Frank Goodrich1989
Heavy PettingFilm1987
Spalding Gray: Terrors of PleasureFilm, Writer1986
Seven Minutes in HeavenFilm, Dr. Rodney1985Guggenheim FellowshipAwardNational Book AwardAward
Alive from Off CenterSeries, 1985Writer
Spenser: For HireSeries, 19851984
Spalding Gray's Map of L.A.Film, Writer1975
Saturday Night LiveSeries, Narrator of 'Brides' (voice) (uncredited)1971
Great PerformancesSeries, Stage Manager1970
Love-In '72Film, Radical at Party1941Born5 June 1941People around Spalding
Laurie Anderson Wrote Swimming to Cambodia and Monster in a Box
Bette Midler Produced Beaches (1988), also in The Nanny
Griffin Dunne Also in Straight Talk, Almost You and The Pickle
Deirdre O'Connell Also in Stars and Bars and Stars & Bars
Bette Gordon Directed Anybody’s Woman (1981)
Whoopi Goldberg Also in The Nanny and Clara's Heart
Daniel Day-Lewis Also in Stars and Bars and Stars & Bars
Danny DeVito Produced How High (2001)
Brendan Fraser Also in Twenty Bucks and Glory Daze
Steven Soderbergh Directed King of the Hill (1993)
Garry Marshall Directed Beaches (1989)
Ron Howard Directed The Paper (1994)
Jonathan Demme Directed Swimming to Cambodia (1987)
Jason Alexander Also in The Nanny and The Paper
Héctor Elizondo Also in Beaches and How High
Robert Mulligan Directed Clara's Heart (1989)
Stephen Tobolowsky Wrote True Stories (1987)
Brian Grazer Produced The Paper (1994)
Lainie Kazan Also in The Nanny and Beaches
Gloria Leonard Also in Maraschino Cherry and Farmer's Daughters
David Puttnam Produced The Killing Fields (1985)
Nick Broomfield Directed Monster in a Box (1992)
Adam Brooks Directed Almost You (1985)
Rich Wilkes Directed Glory Daze (1996)
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The Killing Fields 1984
King of the Hill 1993
Beaches 1988
True Stories 1986
The Paper 1994
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
73 credits on file
Television 6
Awards
About this person
He wrote and starred in several films, working with different directors.
