
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, June 5, 1990                   TAG: 9006050091
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE:  By Los Angeles Times
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

50-YEAR VETERAN OF STAGE, SCREEN JACK GILFORD DIES

Jack Gilford, the sad-eyed tragi-comedian whose warm, puckish countenance graced stages, nightclubs and films for more than 50 years, died Monday morning.

Gilford was 82 and died after a long struggle with stomach cancer at his home in Greenwich Village in New York.

He had been in the hospital until two weeks ago, said Merle Debuskey, his friend and publicist. His actress wife, Madeline Lee, was with him when he died.

Gilford was twice nominated for Tony awards - as Hysterium, the slave who ends up in women's clothes in "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" and sings "I'm Lovely," and as Herr Shultz in "Cabaret."

A product of the creaking vaudeville houses of the early 1930s, he became famous for his abilities to shift dramatic gears. His repertoire ranged from animal impressions ("This is an eagle who has just learned his daughter is pregnant") to the haunting persona of the naive business partner in the film "Save the Tiger," for which he received a best supporting actor Academy Award nomination.

Among his other movie credits were "Cocoon," "Enter Laughing," "The Incident," "Catch-22," "They Might Be Giants" and "Who's Minding the Mint."

by CNB