Gordon Heath

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1918-09-20 (73 years old)

Deathday

1991-08-27

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Gordon Heath

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gordon Heath (20 September 1918 - 27 August 1991) was an African-American actor and musician who appeared in feature film Animal Farm, and the British made for TV movie Othello, directed by Tony Richardson. Together with his lover Lee Payant, he ran a Left Bank café called L'Abbaye later in his life. After a long illness, he died on August 27, 1991, while living in Paris. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gordon Heath, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1954

Animal Farm

as Narrator (voice)

1959

Sapphire

as Paul Slade

1983

The African

as Le ministre

1972

Money Money Money

as African general

1953

Man of Africa

as Narrator

1956

1961

1989

1955

Mr. Arkadin

as Pianist (uncredited)

1955

Othello

as Othello

1969

Staircase

as Postman

1958

1966

1955

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