Curiosidades

Won Broadway's 1996 Tony Award as Best Actor (Play) for a revival of Edward Albee's "A Delicate Balance." He had two prior nominations as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Dramatic): in 1959 for "The Disenchanted" and in 1961 for "Big Fish, Little Fish.".

Until his death, Grizzard and William Tynan maintained a country home together in Litchfield County, Connecticut. Neighbors included Joan Rivers, Bill Blass, and other entertainment industry luminaries.

According to Grizzard's New York Times obituary, his only survivor was his longtime romantic partner William Tynan.

His first theatre role was in 1945 when he played a miner in Emlyn Williams' The Corn is Green at the Crossroads Theatre in Virginia.

Grizzard received his first Tony nomination (as best featured actor) for his performance in The Disenchanted (1958), based on Budd Schulberg's biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald, and he received a second nomination in 1961 for his work in Hugh Wheeler's wry comedy, Big Fish, Little Fish.

He considered himself primarily a stage actor.

His Broadway debut was in The Desperate Hours (1955), Joseph Hayes' tense thriller about a family imprisoned in their home and terrorized by escaped convicts.

His finest movie performance is usually regarded in Otto Preminger's study of American politics, Tempestade Sobre Washington (1962).

He co-starred with Betty White on Password (1961) from April 3-7, 1967. He also guest starred on Super Gatas (1985), along with White, as Rue McClanahan's character Blanche's deceased husband and his twin.

His father was an accountant.

Born at 1:50 a.m. EST.