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Aug 11, 2008 · Originally Created by: John "J-Cat" Griffith. Added: Aug 12, 2008. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 28961823. Source citation. Actor, Writer. Born George Schweinfurth, he began his career acting on Broadway in the 1960s. As an actor, he is best remembered for his role as Woodcock, the devoted railroad clerk in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969).
Nov 29, 2006 · George Furth - 10630. George Furth. Performer. He was 75. He had been in the hospital for a lung infection. Read Full Obituary. Born: Dec 14, 1932 in ...
George Furth biography George Furth. At Writers Theatre: Company George Furth has worked extensively as an actor, appearing in many feature films, including The Best Man, Oh God!, Doctor Detroit, Young Doctors in Love, The Man with Two Brains, Cannonball Run, Hooper, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Blazing Saddles, Shampoo, Sleeper, The New Interns and Myra Breckinridge; he has also acted ...
Aug 12, 2008 · George Furth, an actor and Tony award-winning playwright who wrote the book for the landmark 1970 Broadway musical "Company" and also wrote the 1971 play "Twigs," died Monday morning. He was 75.
Feb 8, 2022 · In a December 1, 2021 piece inThe New York Times about the new production of Company, Michael Paulson quotes Stephen Sondheim as saying “Marianne [Elliott] went and looked through all of George Furth’s early drafts to find out if something was useful, and she did.”
Aug 12, 2008 · Mr. Furth was a Tony Award winning actor, playwright and librettist. He made his Broadway debut as an actor in 1961 in the play A Cook For Mr. General. In 1963 he starred in the musical Hot Spot.
George Furth was an American librettist, playwright, and actor. Furth won both the Tony and Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical for Company, and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play for Precious Sons.
