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Robert Goulet(1933-2007)

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Robert Gerard Goulet was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, to a family of French-Canadian origin. He was the son of Jeanette (Gauthier) and Joseph Georges André Goulet. After hearing his son sing "Lead Kindly Light", in their church hall, his father told him, "I'm proud of you, son". A few weeks later, his father, lying on his death bed, called Robert to his side and told him the Lord had given him a beautiful voice and he must go and sing. His father died when Robert was 13 and he moved to Edmonton, Canada, a year later. Goulet won a singing scholarship to the Royal Conservatory of music in Toronto and, in 1951, made his concert debut at Edmonton in George Frideric Handel's "Messiah". Goulet was also a DJ on Canada's CKUA in Edmonton for two years. In 1960, he landed one of his biggest roles as "Lancelot" in Broadway's "Camelot", opposite Richard Burton and Julie Andrews. He received a Tony award in 1968 for his role in "Happy Time". He and his first wife, Louise Longmore, had one daughter, Nicolette Goulet (aka Nikki). His second wife, actress and singer Carol Lawrence, produced two sons, Christopher and Michael. In 1982, with Glenn Ford giving the bride away, he was married in Las Vegas to Vera Goulet (aka Vera Novak), a Yugoslavian-born writer, photographer and artist. When not living at their home in Las Vegas, they reside on their yacht, "Rogo", in Los Angeles. Goulet has performed at the White House for three presidents, as well as a command performance for Queen Elizabeth II.

On September 30, 2007, he was hospitalized in Las Vegas, where he was diagnosed with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, "a rare but rapidly progressive and potentially fatal condition". On October 13, he was transferred to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after it was determined that he "would not survive without an emergency lung transplant".

Goulet died on October 30, 2007 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, while awaiting a transplant.

He is survived by his wife, Vera Goulet, and three children, sons Christopher and Michael, and daughter Nicolette Goulet, who is the mother of his grandchildren, Jordan Gerard and Solange.
BornNovember 26, 1933
DiedOctober 30, 2007(73)
BornNovember 26, 1933
DiedOctober 30, 2007(73)
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Robert Goulet in Blue Light (1966)
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Robert Goulet and Flip Wilson in Flip (1970)
Sandra Dee, Robert Goulet, and Andy Williams in I'd Rather Be Rich (1964)
Geena Davis, Alec Baldwin, Maree Cheatham, Robert Goulet, and Glenn Shadix in Beetlejuice (1988)
Robert Goulet in Beetlejuice (1988)
Sandra Dee, Robert Goulet, and Andy Williams in I'd Rather Be Rich (1964)
Robert Goulet and Flip Wilson in Flip (1970)
Sandra Dee, Robert Goulet, and Andy Williams in I'd Rather Be Rich (1964)
Sandra Dee and Robert Goulet in I'd Rather Be Rich (1964)
Sandra Dee and Robert Goulet in I'd Rather Be Rich (1964)

Known for

Leslie Nielsen in The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
6.9
  • Quentin Hapsburg
  • 1991
Bill Murray in Scrooged (1988)
Scrooged
6.9
  • Robert Goulet
  • 1988
Geena Davis, Winona Ryder, Alec Baldwin, Jeffrey Jones, Michael Keaton, and Catherine O'Hara in Beetlejuice (1988)
Beetlejuice
7.5
  • Maxie Dean
  • 1988
Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Al Pacino, Quentin Tarantino, Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning, Damon Herriman, Timothy Olyphant, Harley Quinn Smith, Kansas Bowling, Madisen Beaty, Mike Moh, Josephine Valentina Clark, Sydney Sweeney, Michaela Sprague, Margot Robbie, Kayla Radomski, Ryan Ramirez, Margaret Qualley, and Julia Butters in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
7.6
  • Soundtrack("MacArthur Park")
  • 2019

Credits

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Actor

  • My Gym Partner's a Monkey (2005)
    My Gym Partner's a Monkey
    • (voice)
  • Jerry Stiller, Kevin James, and Leah Remini in The King of Queens (1998)
    The King of Queens
  • Gary the Rat (2003)
    Gary the Rat
    • (voice)
  • Toy Story 2 DVD Read-Along (2002)
    Toy Story 2 DVD Read-Along
  • Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street (2001)
    Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street
    • (singing voice)
  • Nikki Cox and Nick von Esmarch in Nikki (2000)
    Nikki
  • Rickey D'Shon Collins, Jason Davis, Ashley Johnson, Andrew Lawrence, Courtland Mead, and Pamela Adlon in Recess: School's Out (2001)
    Recess: School's Out
    • (voice)
  • TV Funhouse (2000)
    TV Funhouse
  • G-Men from Hell (2000)
    G-Men from Hell
  • Rickey D'Shon Collins, Jason Davis, Ashley Johnson, Andrew Lawrence, Courtland Mead, and Pamela Adlon in Recess (1997)
    Recess
    • (singing voice)
  • Lauren Holly, Burt Reynolds, and Benjamin Bratt in The Last Producer (2000)
    The Last Producer
  • Traylor Howard, Ryan Reynolds, Suzanne Cryer, Nathan Fillion, and Richard Ruccolo in Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place (1998)
    Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place
  • Laura San Giacomo, George Segal, Wendie Malick, David Spade, and Enrico Colantoni in Just Shoot Me! (1997)
    Just Shoot Me!
  • Mr. Wrong (1996)
    Mr. Wrong
  • Gene Barry and Peter Barton in Burke's Law (1994)
    Burke's Law

Music Department

  • 'Weird Al' Yankovic: You Don't Love Me Anymore (1992)
    'Weird Al' Yankovic: You Don't Love Me Anymore

Soundtrack

  • Jennifer Lopez, Owen Wilson, and Maluma in Marry Me (2022)
    Marry Me
  • Archie Yates in Home Sweet Home Alone (2021)
    Home Sweet Home Alone
  • Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Al Pacino, Quentin Tarantino, Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning, Damon Herriman, Timothy Olyphant, Harley Quinn Smith, Kansas Bowling, Madisen Beaty, Mike Moh, Josephine Valentina Clark, Sydney Sweeney, Michaela Sprague, Margot Robbie, Kayla Radomski, Ryan Ramirez, Margaret Qualley, and Julia Butters in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
    Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
  • Amy Adams, Patricia Clarkson, and Eliza Scanlen in Sharp Objects (2018)
    Sharp Objects
    • (uncredited)
  • Jimmy Kimmel in Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
    Jimmy Kimmel Live!
  • Preacher (2016)
    Preacher
    • (uncredited)
  • Ian Fleming and Geoffrey Boothroyd in Timeshift (2002)
    Timeshift
    • (uncredited)
  • My Gym Partner's a Monkey (2005)
    My Gym Partner's a Monkey
  • Jerry Stiller, Kevin James, and Leah Remini in The King of Queens (1998)
    The King of Queens
    • (uncredited)
  • The 59th Annual Tony Awards (2005)
    The 59th Annual Tony Awards
  • Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street (2001)
    Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street
  • Great Performances (1971)
    Great Performances
  • Rickey D'Shon Collins, Jason Davis, Ashley Johnson, Andrew Lawrence, Courtland Mead, and Pamela Adlon in Recess: School's Out (2001)
    Recess: School's Out
  • Tom Hanks and Tim Allen in Toy Story 2 (1999)
    Toy Story 2
  • Johnny Depp in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

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Personal details

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    • November 26, 1933
    • Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA
    • October 30, 2007
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(pulmonary fibrosis)
    • Vera GouletOctober 17, 1982 - October 30, 2007 (his death)
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    Active on Broadway in the following productions:
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    • 1 Portrayal
    • 1 Interview
    • 3 Articles
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

Did you know

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    When he had surgery on a split femur in the mid-1990s, he asked the surgeon if he would be able to dance afterward. The doctor said yes. Goulet replied: "That's good, because I couldn't dance before.".
  • Quotes
    It would be difficult to decide in my roller coaster existence, just when I had my 'Best Day.' Perhaps it was when I married my present wife, Vera. Or the day when my three children were born. Certainly the day I came away cancer-free from a prostate operation stands near the top. For now, everyday seems as if it should be the best day of them all. I like to think of them as such.
    • Rich baritone singing voice

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