James Coco (1930 - 1987) جيمس كوكو

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American actor, born in New York City, New York, USA on March 21, 1930. He received an Obie Award in 1961, an Emmy Award in 1983, and a CableACE Award in 1985. He lived all his life single and never married. He was born to an Italian father who worked as a shoemaker, and he...Read more worked as a shoe shiner with his father as a child. He became interested in acting at a young age. At the age of 17, he toured with a children's theater group for 3 years, studied acting at HB Studio in New York City, and made his Broadway debut in Hotel Paradiso in 1957. He then performed in the Off-Broadway play The Moon in Yellow River by Denis Johnston, for which he won an Obie Award. He is known for Murder by Death (1976), Only When I Laugh (1981), and Man of La Mancha (1972). He died on February 25, 1987 in New York City, New York, USA of a heart attack.






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  • American actor, born in New York City, New York, USA on March 21, 1930. He received an Obie Award in 1961, an Emmy Award in 1983, and a CableACE Award in 1985. He lived all his...Read more life single and never married. He was born to an Italian father who worked as a shoemaker, and he worked as a shoe shiner with his father as a child. He became interested in acting at a young age. At the age of 17, he toured with a children's theater group for 3 years, studied acting at HB Studio in New York City, and made his Broadway debut in Hotel Paradiso in 1957. He then performed in the Off-Broadway play The Moon in Yellow River by Denis Johnston, for which he won an Obie Award. He is known for Murder by Death (1976), Only When I Laugh (1981), and Man of La Mancha (1972). He died on February 25, 1987 in New York City, New York, USA of a heart attack.

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