Merwin Foard(1960-2020)

Actor
Music Department
Soundtrack

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A documentary revealing the under-appreciated, highly demanding world of Broadway understudies and standbys. Three undiscovered performers at various points in their careers get the chance of a lifetime. Their struggle is put into perspective through never-before-heard stories from celebrities who themselves were once Understudies or Standbys.

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Merwin Foard was born on 16 September 1960 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for Pocahontas : Une légende indienne (1995), Le Bossu de Notre-Dame (1996) and The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2010). He was married to Rebecca Baxter. He died on 9 March 2020 in Miami, Florida, USA.

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Known for

Linda Hunt, Irene Bedard, John Kassir, Russell Means, Michelle St. John, and Frank Welker in Pocahontas : Une légende indienne (1995)

Pocahontas : Une légende indienne

6.7

Music Department

1995

Demi Moore, Tom Hulce, Jason Alexander, Charles Kimbrough, and Mary Wickes in Le Bossu de Notre-Dame (1996)

Le Bossu de Notre-Dame

7.0

Additional Voices(voice)

1996

The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1998)

The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts

7.6

TV Special

Soundtrack("Let It Be" and "Hey Jude", "The Best of Times", "I Am What I Am", "Before the Parade Passes by", "A Song and Dance for Bill T Jones")

2010

The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1998)

The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts

6.2

TV Special

Soundtrack("Make Our Garden Grow", "She's Me Pal", "She's Me Pal" (Reprise Credits Version))

2011

Credits

Actor

Aladdin et le Roi des voleurs
6.3
Video
- Cassim (singing voice, uncredited)
- 1996
Le Bossu de Notre-Dame
7.0
- Additional Voices (voice)
- 1996
Jack Killian, l'homme au micro
7.8
TV Series
- Justin Durose
- 1989

Music Department

Soundtrack

The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
6.2
TV Special
- performer: "Make Our Garden Grow", "She's Me Pal", "She's Me Pal" (Reprise Credits Version)
- 2011
Les Griffin
8.1
TV Series
- performer: "Mr. Booze"
- performer: "A Bag of Weed"
- performer: "Spirit of Massachusetts" ...
- 1999–2011
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
7.6
TV Special
- performer: "Let It Be" and "Hey Jude", "The Best of Times", "I Am What I Am", "Before the Parade Passes by", "A Song and Dance for Bill T Jones"
- 2010
The Boys: L'histoire des frères Sherman
7.7
- performer: "That's Pure Mike Nichols"
- 2009
The 79th Annual Academy Awards
7.1
TV Special
- performer: "A Comedian at the Oscars"
- 2007
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
7.2
TV Special
- performer: "Make Our Garden Grow (Finale)"
- 2006
Super Bowl XXXVIII
7.2
TV Special
- performer: "The Star Spangled Banner"
- 2004
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
6.5
TV Special
- performer: "Living in America", "That's Pure Mike Nichols", "That's Pure Mike Nichols (Reprise Credits Version)", "Georgia on My Mind"
- 2003
Le célibataire
5.1
- performer: "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow"
- 1999
Chantons ensemble: Honneur à tous
7.3
Video
- performer: "Father and Son"
- 1998
Aladdin et le Roi des voleurs
6.3
Video
- performer: "There's a Party Here in Agrabah", "Welcome To The Forty Thieves", "Father and Son", "Are You In or Out?"
- 1996
Chantons ensemble: Charivari du film Le bossu de Notre Dame
7.7
Video
- performer: "Father and Son"
- 1996

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Personal details

Height
- 1.96 m
Born
- September 16, 1960
- Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Died
- March 9, 2020
- Miami, Florida, USA
Spouse
- Rebecca Baxter? - present (2 children)
Other works
On Broadway in SHOWBOAT, MAME, LES MISERABLES, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, 1776, and JEKYLL AND HYDE.

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Trivia
Playing M. Renaud in La Cage aux Folles.

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