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- Arthur Storch was born on June 29, 1925 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for L'Exorciste (1973), Death Play (1976) and ABC Stage 67 (1966). He was married to Virginia Kiser, Vergel Cook and Cynthia Martin. He died on March 5, 2013 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- SpousesVirginia Kiser(June 29, 1966 - ?) (divorced)Vergel Cook(1956 - ?)Cynthia Martin (divorced, 3 children)
- Aaron Sorkin still cherishes the tough advise and goading he received from Storch who taught him at Syracuse University. 'You can be so much better than you are,' he told the future Oscar-winning screenwriter. Dare to fail.'.
- His Broadway career began in 1953 in 'End as a Man'. He also appeared in the stage version of 'Look Homeward, Angel' in 1957.
- He directed both on and off Broadway.
- He enlisted in the Army in World War II, and received a bachelor's degree from the New School for Social Research in 1949. He then studied drama at the Actors Studio.
- Storch founded Syracuse Stage in 1974.
- [re his notes to Eugène Ionesco's on his play 'Hunger and Thirst'] I had doubts about the second act that I read, and I told Ionesco that when I saw him in Paris. He got up, went into another room and came back with a script. 'How do you like this second act?' he asked. I did.
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