• Goulet hospitalized for lung ailment
• Robert Goulet dead at 73

Robert Gerard Goulet was born on November 26, 1933 in Lawrence, Massachusetts and died on October 30, 2007. He was a Grammy and Tony Award-winning American entertainer.

In 1959, Goulet was introduced to librettist Alan Jay Lerner and composer Frederick Loewe, who were having difficulty casting the role of Lancelot in their stage production Camelot.

In 1968, Goulet was on Broadway in the Kander and Ebb musical The Happy Time. He appeared in a 1982 production of Rose Marie with Inga Swenson, and in 2005 appeared in the Broadway revival of Jerry Herman's La Cage aux Folles.

Goulet began working in films in 1962, providing the voice of one of the characters in the animated feature Gay Purr-ee, opposite Judy Garland. His first acting role was in His and Hers (1964), but it was not until a cameo appearance as a singer in Louis Malle's film, Atlantic City (1980).

In 1991, Goulet starred, along with John Putch and Hillary Bailey Smith, in the unsold television series pilot Acting Sheriff.

In 1996, his performance in Man of La Mancha introduced him to a whole new generation of theatergoers. Goulet's most recent project was a small part in 2000's The Last Producer, which starred Benjamin Bratt and Burt Reynolds. He was also signed to play the devil in Christopher Coppola's G-Men from Hell, which is still in production.

Goulet and his first wife Louise Longmore had one daughter, Nicolette. He had two sons, Christopher and Michael, with his second wife, actress and singer Carol Lawrence. In 1982 he married Vera Novak in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Goulet died on October 30, 2007, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, while awaiting a lung transplant.

Filmography

• Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street (2001)
• Recess: School's Out (2001)
• G-Men from Hell (2000)
• "Recess" (4 episodes, 1998-2000)
• The Last Producer (2000)
• Toy Story 2 (1999)
• Mr. Wrong (1996)
• "Burke's Law" (1 episode, 1995)
• Based on an Untrue Story (1993)
• "In the Heat of the Night" (1 episode, 1992)
• "The New WKRP in Cincinnati" (1 episode, 1992)
• Acting Sheriff (1991)
• The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
• Beetle Juice (1988)
• "Finder of Lost Loves" (1 episode, 1985)
• "Murder, She Wrote" (1 episode, 1985)
• "Fantasy Island" (4 episodes, 1980-1983)
• "Matt Houston" (1 episode, 1983)
• Atlantic City (1980)
• The Dream Merchants (1980)
• "Flying High" (1 episode, 1978)
• "The Love Boat" (1 episode, 1978)
• "Police Story" (1 episode, 1977)
• "Police Woman" (1 episode, 1975)
• "Cannon" (1 episode, 1973)
• "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1 episode, 1973)
• The Couple Takes a Wife (1972)
• "Mission: Impossible" (1 episode, 1972)
• Underground (1970)
• "The Jackie Gleason Show" (2 episodes, 1967-1969)
• "The Name of the Game" (1 episode, 1969)
• Kiss Me Kate (1968)
• Carousel (1967)
• "The Big Valley" (1 episode, 1967)
• I Deal in Danger (1966)
• Brigadoon (1966)
• The Daydreamer (1966)
• "Blue Light" (1 episode, 1966)
• "The Patty Duke Show" (1 episode, 1965)
• "The Bell Telephone Hour" (3 episodes, 1962-1965)
• "Kraft Suspense Theatre" (1 episode, 1964)
• I'd Rather Be Rich (1964)
• Honeymoon Hotel (1964)
• Gay Purr-ee (1962)
• "Playdate" (1961)
• The Enchanted Nutcracker (1961)
• "The Leslie Bell Singers" (1952)
• "Howdy Doody" (1954)

Awards

• Tony Actor (Musical) "The Happy Time" 1968
• Grammy Best New Artist 1962
• Theatre World Award "Camelot" 1961