Del Close

Person · Open Library

Works

0

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Film & TV

Manhattan, Kansas, USA

Del Close (March 9, 1934 – March 4, 1999) was an American actor, writer, and teacher who coached many of the best-known comedians and comic actors of the late twentieth century. In addition to an acting career in television and film, he was one of the influences on modern improvisational theater. Close is co-founder of the ImprovOlympic (iO). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Known for

• Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon — Self (archive footage)2015
• Mommy's Day1997
• It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice — Old Gobbo1994
• The Untouchables1993
• The Public Eye — H.R. Rineman1992
• A League of Their Own — Baseball Owner (uncredited)1992
• Opportunity Knocks — Williamson1990
• Dream Breakers — Dr. Stone1989
• Next of Kin — Frank1989
• Fat Man and Little Boy — Dr. Kenneth Whiteside1989

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1934-03-09

Active to

1999-03-04

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

1,388

Total plays

7,005

Del Close and colleague John Brent were a comedy team who recorded the 1959 beatnik parody album How To Speak Hip for Chicago based Mercury Records. Later on Close befriended and worked with Lenny Bruce, Wavy Gravy, the Grateful Dead, and the Merry Pranksters. As director of Chicago's infamous Second City improv troupe, Close mentored and inspired many of the country's greatest comedic talents including John Belushi, Bill Murray and Chris Farley before his death in 1999. His life and work are

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Manhattan

Place of death

Chicago

Occupation

stage actor

Languages spoken

English language

Native language

English language

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