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George Hearn

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George Hearn
A documentary profile of the life and work of Broadway legend Jerry Herman, composer/lyricist of 'Hello, Dolly!', 'Mame', and 'La Cage Aux Folles'. Featuring an all star cast (Angela Lansbury, Carol Channing, Michael Feinstein, Charles Nelson Reilly, Arthur Laurents, George Hearn, among others)and rare, never before seen archival footage.
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Words and Music by Jerry Herman (2007)
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George Hearn was born on 18 June 1934 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He is an actor, known for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982), Sneakers (1992) and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert (2001). He has been married to Leslie Arlene Simons since 1985. They have two children. He was previously married to Betsy Joslyn, Dixie Carter, Mary Elizabeth Harrell and Susan Babel.
BornJune 18, 1934
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BornJune 18, 1934
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  • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
    • 2 wins total

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Shirley Douglas, George Hearn, Trevor Morgan, Kyla Pratt, Diana Rice, David Larouche, and Edouard Larouche in Barney's Great Adventure (1998)
Angela Lansbury and George Hearn in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982)
Angela Lansbury and George Hearn in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982)
Joan Collins, George Hearn, Ashley Johnson, and Jessie in Annie: A Royal Adventure! (1995)
George Hearn and Patti LuPone in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert (2001)
Angela Lansbury and George Hearn in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982)
Carol Burnett, Bronson Pinchot, John Barrowman, George Hearn, and Ruthie Henshall in Putting It Together (2010)

Known for:

Angela Lansbury and George Hearn in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
8.4
TV Movie
  • Sweeney Todd
  • 1982
Dan Aykroyd, River Phoenix, Robert Redford, David Strathairn, Mary McDonnell, and Sidney Poitier in Sneakers (1992)
Sneakers
7.1
  • Gregor
  • 1992
George Hearn and Patti LuPone in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert (2001)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert
8.6
TV Movie
  • Sweeney Todd
  • 2001
Brad Pitt and Harrison Ford in The Devil's Own (1997)
The Devil's Own
6.2
  • Peter Fitzsimmons
  • 1997

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Actor

  • The Best of Dr. Seuss
    • Mayor (voice)
  • Robot Chicken
    • Mad Scientist (voice)
    • Post-production
    • 2023
  • Carol Burnett, Bronson Pinchot, John Barrowman, George Hearn, and Ruthie Henshall in Putting It Together (2010)
    Putting It Together
    • The Husband
    • TV Movie
    • 2010
  • Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
    Flags of Our Fathers
    • Walter Gust
    • 2006
  • Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel in Wicked (2004)
    Wicked
    • Video
    • 2004
  • George Hearn and Patti LuPone in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert (2001)
    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert
    • Sweeney Todd
    • TV Movie
    • 2001
  • Mariska Hargitay in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
    • Charles Sutherland
    • TV Series
    • 2001
  • Glenn Close and Christopher Walken in Sarah, Plain & Tall: Winter's End (1999)
    Sarah, Plain & Tall: Winter's End
    • Dr. Hartley
    • TV Movie
    • 1999
  • Durango (1999)
    Durango
    • Rector
    • TV Movie
    • 1999
  • Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
    Homicide: Life on the Street
    • Independent Counsel William Dell
    • TV Series
    • 1999
  • Ice-T, Sam Waterston, Mariska Hargitay, Camryn Manheim, Christopher Meloni, Jeffrey Donovan, Mehcad Brooks, Kelli Giddish, and Danielle Moné Truitt in Law & Order (1990)
    Law & Order
    • Independent Counsel William Dell
    • TV Series
    • 1999
  • Barney the Dinosaur in Barney's Great Adventure (1998)
    Barney's Great Adventure
    • Grandpa
    • 1998
  • Brad Pitt and Harrison Ford in The Devil's Own (1997)
    The Devil's Own
    • Peter Fitzsimmons
    • 1997
  • Charlie Sheen, Ernest Borgnine, Dom DeLuise, Sheena Easton, George Hearn, and Adam Wylie in All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996)
    All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
    • Red (voice)
    • 1996
  • Ashley Johnson and Jessie in Annie: A Royal Adventure! (1995)
    Annie: A Royal Adventure!
    • Oliver 'Daddy' Warbucks
    • TV Movie
    • 1995
  • Daisy-Head Mayzie (1995)
    Daisy-Head Mayzie
    • Mayor (voice)
    • TV Movie
    • 1995
  • Gregg Berger and Lorenzo Music in Garfield and Friends (1988)
    Garfield and Friends
    • Mr. Block (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 1994

Soundtrack

  • Ted Lasso (2020)
    Ted Lasso
    • performer: "I Am What I Am"
    • writer: "Prelude"
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • Six by Sondheim (2013)
    Six by Sondheim
    • performer: "A Little Priest"
    • TV Movie
    • 2013
  • Great Performances (1971)
    Great Performances
    • performer: "Pretty Women", "A Little Priest"
    • performer: "We Are What We Are" and "I Am What I Am"
    • TV Series
    • 2004–2010
  • Carol Burnett, Bronson Pinchot, John Barrowman, George Hearn, and Ruthie Henshall in Putting It Together (2010)
    Putting It Together
    • performer: "Putting It Together", "Rich and Happy", "Do I Hear a Waltz?", "Lovely", "Hello Little Girl", "Have I Got a Girl for You", "Pretty Women", "Country House", "Back in Business", "It's Hot Up Here", "The Road You Didn't Take", "Not Getting Married Today", "Good Thing Going", "Being Alive", "Finale/Old Friends"
    • TV Movie
    • 2010
  • George Hearn and Patti LuPone in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert (2001)
    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert
    • performer: "No Place Like London", "The Barber and His Wife", "My Friends", "Pirelli's Miracle Elexir", "Pretty Women", "Epiphany", "A Little Priest", "God, That's Good!", "Johanna", "By the Sea"
    • TV Movie
    • 2001
  • Barney the Dinosaur in Barney's Great Adventure (1998)
    Barney's Great Adventure
    • performer: "Let Me Call You Sweetheart", "I Love You"
    • 1998
  • MGM Sing-Alongs: Having Fun (1997)
    MGM Sing-Alongs: Having Fun
    • performer: "It Feels So Good to Be Bad"
    • Video
    • 1997
  • Charlie Sheen, Ernest Borgnine, Dom DeLuise, Sheena Easton, George Hearn, and Adam Wylie in All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996)
    All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
    • performer: "It Feels So Good To Be Bad"
    • 1996
  • The 39th Annual Tony Awards
    • performer: "Rainbows End"
    • TV Special
    • 1985
  • David Shire, Didi Conn, and Robert Guillaume in The 38th Annual Tony Awards (1984)
    The 38th Annual Tony Awards
    • performer: "I Am What I Am"
    • TV Special
    • 1984
  • Angela Lansbury and George Hearn in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982)
    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
    • performer: "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd", "No Place Like London", "The Barber and His Wife", "My Friends", "Pirelli's Miracle Elixir", "Pretty Women", "Epiphany", "A Little Priest", "God, Thats Good!", "Johanna (Reprise)", "By the Sea", "Wigmaker Sequence", "The Judge's Return", "Final Sequence" (uncredited)
    • TV Movie
    • 1982
  • The 33rd Annual Tony Awards
    • performer: "A Little Bit More"
    • TV Special
    • 1979

Videos6

Annie: A Royal Adventure!
Trailer 1:31
Annie: A Royal Adventure!
The Devil's Own
Trailer 2:20
The Devil's Own
Barney's Great Adventure
Trailer 0:31
Barney's Great Adventure
Barney's Big Surprise
Trailer 1:00
Barney's Big Surprise
Barney's Adventure Bus
Trailer 1:25
Barney's Adventure Bus
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
Trailer 27:12
Words and Music by Jerry Herman

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • George C. Hearn
  • Height
    • 6′ 1½″ (1.87 m)
  • Born
    • June 18, 1934
    • St. Louis, Missouri, USA
  • Spouses
      Leslie Arlene Simons1985 - present (2 children)
  • Other works
    Active on Broadway in the following productions:

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    Has won Broadway's Tony Award twice: in 1984 as Best Actor (Musical) for "La Cage aux Folles," and in 1995 as Best Actor (Featured Role - Musical) for playing the role of Max the Chauffeur in "Sunset Boulevrd," a role originally created by Erich von Stroheim in Billy Wilder 's Sunset Boulevard (1950). He also received three other Tony nominations: one time as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play), in 1980 for a revival of "Watch on the Rhine," and two additional times as Best Actor (Musical), in 1983 for "A Doll's Life" and in 2000 for "Putting It Together."

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