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Geoffrey Holder
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Trinidadian-American actor and dancer (1930-2014)
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 244 inbound references to Geoffrey Holder, and connects out to Live and Let Die, William Shakespeare and New York City.
Vinony files it under 1930 births, 2014 deaths and 20th-century African-American people.
Vinony links it to 19 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1930
- Works
- 7
Top works
- Black gods, green islands
- Black gods, green islands
- Adam
- Caribbean cookbook
- Geoffrey Holder
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad
Born in Port of Spain, Trinidad of African descent, Holder was an actor known for his towering 200-centimeter (6'6") height, heavily accented deep basso voice and hearty laugh. With that and his appearance in the 1970s 7 Up soft drink "uncola" advertising campaign, Holder's image quickly became recognizable. He was also in the 1967 movie Dr. Dolittle as William Shakespeare, "Willy," and played…
Known for
- The Magistical — Narrator2008
- Carmen & Geoffrey — Self2005
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory — Narrator (voice)2005
- Bear in the Big Blue House LIVE! - Surprise Party — Ray2002
- Cyberchase — Master Pi (voice)2002
- Goosed — Dr. Bowman1999
- Chance or Coincidence — Gerry1998
- Bear in the Big Blue House — Ray the Sun1997
- Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger1995
- Tropical Rainforest — Narrator1992
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1930-08-01
- Active to
- 2014-10-05
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 24
- Total plays
- 53
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Geoffrey+Holder">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Geoffrey
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Place of birth
- Port of Spain
- Place of death
- Manhattan
- Spouse
- Carmen De Lavallade
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- Old French
- Image
- GeoffreyHolder11.15.08ByLuigiNovi.jpg
Show 11 more facts
- date of death
- 2014-10-05
- Commons category
- Geoffrey Holder
- date of birth
- 1930-08-01
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Costume Design
- manner of death
- natural causes
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Black Lunch Table
- start of work period
- 1957-00-00
- end of work period
- 2014-00-00
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- has works in the collection
- Studio Museum in Harlem
Sources (7)
via Wikidata · CC0
Available in 19 languages
- Español
- Français
- Deutsch
- 日本語
- Русский
- Português
- Italiano
- العربية
- Asturian
- azb
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Egyptian Arabic
- Haitian Creole
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- simple
- Urdu
- فارسی
- 한국어
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