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Reading of "The Raven" on the "Closed On Account Of Rabies" CD

Wrote and starred in the play "Him"

Madonna video "Bad Girl" (1993) (followed Madonna as her Guardian Angel)

Co-choreographed and appeared in Fatboy Slim's "Weapon of Choice" music video, directed by Spike Jonze (2001)

Appeared in Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull" as directed by Mike Nichols. The play starred Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Natalie Portman. July 24th until August 26th of 2001 at the Delacorte theater in Central Park.

Edgar Allan Poe - "The Raven" - Audiobook

Portrays eccentric movie director Frank Kincaid in the "Disaster" ride at Universal Studios Orlando.

Active on Broadway in the following productions:

The Climate of Eden (1952).

The Visit (1958). Drama.

J.B. (1958). Drama. Written by Archibald Macleish.

High Spirits (1964). Musical comedy.

Baker Street (1965). Musical. Book by Jerome Coopersmith [earliest Broadway credit]. Music by Marian Grudeff and Raymond Jessel. Lyrics by Marian Grudeff and Raymond Jessel. Adapted from the stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Musical Director: Harold Hastings. Music orchestrated by Don Walker. Dance arrangements by John Morris. Adapted from the stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The songs "Buffalo Belle," "Cold Clear World of the Intellect" and "I Shall Miss You Holmes" by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick. Choreographed by Lee Becker Theodore. Production Design by Oliver Smith. Costume Design by Motley. Directed by Harold Prince. Broadway Theatre (moved to The Martin Beck Theatre from 3 Nov 1965- close): 16 Feb 1965- 14 Nov 1965 (311 performances + 6 previews that began on 10 Feb 1965). Cast: Martin Gabel (as "Professor Moriarty"), Inga Swenson (as "Irene Adler"), Fritz Weaver (as "Sherlock Holmes"), Martin Ambrose (as "Ensemble"), Sara Lee Barber (as "Ensemble"), Barbara Blair (as "Ensemble"), Frank Bouley (as "Ensemble"), Lois Castle (as "Ensemble"), Jack Dabdoub (as "Ensemble"), Gay Edmond (as "Ensemble"), Paddy Edwards (as "Mrs. Hudson"), Judie Elkins (as "Ensemble"), Maria Graziano (as "Ensemble"), Teddy Green (as "Wiggins"), John Grigas (as "Ensemble"), Horace Guittard (as "Ensemble"), Avind Harum (as "One of the Killers"), Patrick Horgan (as "Captain Gregg"), Peter Johl (as "Ensemble"), Daniel Keyes (as "Inspector Lestrade"), Mara Landi (as "Ensemble"), George Lee (as "Perkins"), Gwenn Lewis (as "Tavern Singer/Ensemble"), Bert Michaels (as "Duckbellows"), Hal Norman (as "Ensemble"), Jay Norman (as "Murillo"), Sal Pernice (as "Nipper"), Peter Sallis (as "Dr. Watson"), Diana Saunders (as "Ensemble"), Mark Jude Sheil (as "Macipper"), Tommy Tune (as "One of the Killers") [Broadway debut], Virginia Vestoff (as "Daisy"), Christopher Walken (as "One of the Killers"), Vera Walton (as "Ensemble"), Martin Wolfson (as "Baxter"). Standby: Virginia Vestoff (as "Irene Adler"). Understudies: Martin Ambrose (as "Baxter"), Frank Bouley (as "Inspector Lestrade"), Jack Dabdoub (as "Professor Moriarty"), Judie Elkins (as "Daisy"), John Grigas (as "One of the Killers"), Horace Guittard (as "Captain Gregg"), Avind Harum (as "Murillo"), Mara Landi (as "Mrs. Hudson/Mrs. Hudson"), Bert Michaels (as "Wiggins"), Hal Norman (as "Dr. Watson"), Ron Paré (as "Duckbellows/Macipper/Nipper/Perkins/Wiggins"). Replacement actors during Broadway Theatre run: Patricia Gosling (as "Ensemble"), Eric Mason (as "Ensemble"). Replacement actors during Martin Beck Theatre run: Joe Bennett (as "Wiggins"), Lois Castle (as "Tavern Singer"), Larro Chelsi (as "Ensemble"), Hugh Dempster (as "Dr. Watson"), Marilyn D'Honau (as "Ensemble"), Tina Faye (as "Ensemble"), George Fisher (as "Murillo"), Daniel P. Hannafin (as "Ensemble"), Harry Kalkanis (as "One of the Killers"), Richard Marr (as "Ensemble"), Eric Mason (as "Ensemble"), Richard Miller (as "Ensemble"), Marie O'Kelley (as "Ensemble"), Seymour Penzner (as "Professor Moriarty"), Toni Reither (as "Ensemble"), Mary Roche (as "Ensemble"), Bob Scherkenbach (as "Duckbellows"), Clive Thompson (as "One of the Killers"), Ian Tucker (as "Macipper"). Standby: Barbara Lang (as "Irene Adler"). Produced by Alexander H. Cohen. Produced in association with Gabriel Katzka. Produced with permission of The Estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

The Lion in Winter (1966). Written by James Goldman. Incidental music by Thomas Wagner. Directed by Noel Willman. Ambassador Theatre: 3 Mar 1966- 21 May 1966 (92 performance + 2 previews that began on 2 Mar 1966). Cast: Rosemary Harris (as "Eleanor, Henry's wife"), Robert Preston (as "Henry II, King of England"), Dennis Cooney (as "Geoffrey, the middle son"), Suzanne Grossman (as "Alais, a French princess") [Broadway debut], James Rado (as "Richard Lionheart, the oldest son"), Bruce Scott (as "John, the youngest son"), Christopher Walken (as "Philip, King of France"). Standbys: Ludi Claire (as "Eleanor"), Bruce Glover (as "Henry II"). Understudies: Bruce Glover (as "Richard Lionheart"), Ty McConnell (as "Geoffrey/John/Philip"), Leslie Vega (as "Alais"). Produced by Eugene V. Wolsk, Walter Hyman, Alan King and Emanuel Azenberg. Notes (1): Ms. Harris won the 1966 Tony Award® Best Actress in a Play. (2) Filmed as The Lion in Winter (1968).

The Rose Tattoo (1966). Drama (revival).

(1967) The Unknown Soldier and His Wife.

Enemies (1972). Written by Maxim Gorky. Translated by Jeremy Brooks and Kitty Hunter-Blair. Incidental music by Cathy MacDonald. Directed by Ellis Rabb. Vivian Beaumont Theatre: 9 Nov 1972- 16 Dec 1972 (44 performances + 13 performances + 13 previews that began 28 Oct 1972). Cast: Penelope Allen (as "Peasant Woman"), Philip Bosco (as "Mikhail Skrobotov, Zakhar's business partner"), Barbara Cook, Frank Dwyer, Ray Fry, Murrell Gehman, Tom Lacy, Will Lee (as "Kon, Pechenegov's orderly"), Nancy Marchand (as "Tatiana, Yakov's wife"), Everett McGill (as "Ryabtsov, workman"), Fred Morsell, Carole Ocwieja, George Pentecost, Robert Phalen, Jane Rose, Stefan Schnabel (as "General Pechenegov, retired, the Bardin's Uncle"), Susan Sharkey, Josef Sommer, Mikhail's brother, assistant public prosecutor Frances Sternhagen (as "Paulina, Zakhar's wife"), Dan Sullivan, Robert Symonds, George Taylor, Louis Turenne, Christopher Walken (as "Sintsov, a clerk"), Sydney Walker, Jimmie Ray Weeks (as "Policeman"), Joseph Wiseman (as "Yakov Bardin, Zakhar's brother"). Produced by Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center (under the direction of Jules Irving).

The Plough and the Stars (1973). (revival).

The Merchant of Venice (1973). Comedy (revival).

Sweet Bird of Youth (1975). Drama (revival).

Hurlyburly (1984). Written by David Rabe. Scenic Design by Tony Walton. Costume Design by Ann Roth. Lighting Design by Jennifer Tipton. Sound Design by Otts Munderloh. Make-Up Consultant: J. Roy Helland. Hair Consultant: J. Roy Helland. Directed by Mike Nichols. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 7 Aug 1984- 2 Jun 1985 (343 performances). Cast: William Hurt (as "Eddie"), Judith Ivey (as "Bonnie"), Harvey Keitel (as "Phil"), Cynthia Nixon, [note: Performed in "The Real Thing" and "Hurlyburly" simultaneously] (as "Donna"), Ron Silver (as "Mickey"), Jerry Stiller (as "Artie"), Sigourney Weaver. Note: Replacement actors: Danny Aiello (as "Phil") [from 20 Mar 1985- ?], Susan Anton (as "Darlene") [from 2 Jan 1985- ?], Christine Baranski (as "Bonnie") [from 2 Jan 1985- ?], Alison Bartlett (as "Donna") [from 10 Dec 1984- ?], Candice Bergen (as "Darlene") [from 23 Oct 1984- ?], John Christopher Jones {Sunday matinees only} (as "Eddie" /Alternate) [from 18 Nov 1984- ?], (as "Eddie") [from 5 Feb 1985- ?], Frank Langella (as "Eddie" [from 12 Mar 1985- ?], Harris Laskawy (as "Phil") [from 2 Jan 1985 - ?], Natalia Nogulich, John Rubinstein (as "Eddie") [from 2 Jan 1985 - ?], Kevin Spacey (as "Artie"), Lauren Tom (as "Donna") [from 10 Dec 1984- ?], Christopher Walken (as "Mickey"). Produced by Icarus Productions and Frederick M. Zollo. Produced in association with Ivan Bloch and ERB Productions. Associate Producer: William P. Suter.

James Joyce's The Dead (2000). Drama. Written by Richard Nelson; Based on "The Dead" by James Joyce. Music by Shaun Davey. Music orchestrated by Shaun Davey. Musical Director: Charles Prince. Mary Jane's academy piece and additional arrangements by Deborah Abramson. Associate Musical Director: Deborah Abramson. Scenic Design by David Jenkins. Costume Design by Jane Greenwood. Lighting Design by Jennifer Tipton. Sound Design by Scott Lehrer. Wig Design by Paul Huntley. Assistant Costume Design: MaryAnn D. Smith. Choreographed by Seán Curran. Directed by Richard Nelson. Belasco Theatre: 11 Jan 2000- 16 Apr 2000 (120 performances + 24 previews that began on 14 Dec 1999). Cast: Blair Brown (as "Gretta Conroy Gabriel's wife") [from 14 Dec 1999- 12 Mar 2000], Paddy Croft (as "Mrs. Malins"), Brian Davies (as "Mr. Browne, a friend of the Aunts, Daisy Eagan (as "Rita, a music student of Mary Jane's/Young Julia Morkan, a ghost"), Dashiell Eaves (as "Michael, a music student of Mary Jane's"), Sally Ann Howes (as "Aunt Julia Morkan, a music teacher"), John Kelly (as "Bartell D'Arcy, an opera singer"), Brooke Sunny Moriber (as "Lily, the maid"), Marni Nixon (as "Aunt Kate Morkan, a music teacher"), Alice Ripley (as "Miss Molly Ivors"), Emily Skinner (as "Mary Jane Morkan, Kate & Julia's niece, a music teacher"), Stephen Spinella (as "Freddy Malins"), Christopher Walken (as "Gabriel Conroy, Kate & Julia's nephew"). Replacement actors: Stephen Bogardus (as "Gabriel Conroy") [from 4 Apr 2000- close], Donna Lynne Champlin (as "Mary Jane Morkan"), Angela Christian (as "Lily"), Faith Prince (as "Gretta Conroy") [from 14 Mar 2000- close], Rex Robbins (as "Mr. Browne"). Produced by Gregory Mosher and Arielle Tepper.

(February 15,2010-June 6,2010) He acted in Martin McDonagh's play, "A Behanding in Spokane," at the Gerald Schoendfelt Theatre on Broadway in New York City with Sam Rockwell, Anthony Mackie, and Zoe Kazan in the cast. John Crowley was director.

In February 2001, wrote the foreword to the "K.I.S.S. Guide to Cat Care" by Steve Duno.

Portrayed Santa Claus in a PSA for New York's Miracle Campaign between Thanksgiving and Christmas of 2001.

(August 16 2010) radio: Filled in for National Public Radio's talk-show host Leondard Lopate. His guests included Tony Award winners Jack O'Brien and Richard Easton, fellow actors Zoe Kazan and Eddie Izzard, dancers 'Jacques D'Amboise' and Alex Shimzu, and (childhood friend and co-worker in Walken's father's bakery) chef Lidia Bastianich and her mother.

(1993) Madonna's Music Video "Bad Girl" - Appeared in the video as the angel of death.

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