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Sorrell Booke
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Director, Actor Born: January 4, 1926 in Buffalo, NY Death: February 11, 1994 in Sherman Oaks, CA Biography:The son of a Buffalo physician, "Sorrell Booke" was encouraged from an early age to entertain his relatives with jokes, songs, and imitations. An inveterate radio fan, young Booke would send away to the major networks for copies of scripts, then act out all the parts -- a different voice for each character -- in the privacy of his room. He turned his hobby into a vocation after high school, appearing with frequency in locally produced dramatic radio programs. While attending Columbia and Yale, Booke spent his summers playing old men in various stock companies, then appeared with the Provincetown Playhouse in Massachusetts. During the Korean War, Booke spent two years in counterintelligence, where his mastery of five languages came in handy. After making his Broadway debut in 1955, Booke understudied "Tom Bosley" in Fiorello! and created the role of bombastic white supremacist Ol' Captain Cotchipee in... Full Biography
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