David Carroll (actor)

David Carroll (30 July 1950 – 11 March 1992), sometimes billed as David James Carroll, was an American actor whose last, and best remembered, role was that of Baron Felix von Gaigern in Grand Hotel: The Musical.[1]

David James Carroll
Born(1950-07-30)July 30, 1950
Rockville Centre, New York, U.S.
DiedMarch 11, 1992(1992-03-11) (aged 41)
EducationDartmouth College
OccupationActor, singer
Years active1974–1992

Carroll was born in Rockville Centre, New York, grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut, and graduated from Dartmouth College, where he was an active member of the Dartmouth Players. While at Dartmouth Carroll had star roles in several college musicals and in community theater.

He was nominated for two Tony Awards as Best Actor in a Musical: in 1988 for Chess and again in 1990 for Grand Hotel. Carroll also received three Drama Desk Awards nominations as an Outstanding Actor in a Musical: La bohème (1984) he costarred with Linda Ronstadt, Chess (1988), and Grand Hotel (1990). The Original Broadway Cast recording of Chess received a 1988 Grammy Award nomination for Best Musical Cast Show album. On the big screen, he had a brief scene with John Ritter in the movie Hero at Large.

Suffering from AIDS, he died of a pulmonary embolism in the restroom of the New York City BMG/RCA studio while attempting to record the cast album for Grand Hotel. The album had been delayed for years because of rights issues and legal disputes over the score. For the cast recording Brent Barrett ultimately performed the role of the Baron, but Carroll was featured on a bonus track: singing the Baron's solo number "Love Can't Happen", recorded during his cabaret performance at Steve McGraw's on 14 February 1991 with Wally Harper at the piano.

His long-time partner, Robert W. Homma,[1] died on April 18, 2006.

Broadway

Off-Broadway

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1975Musical ChairsHimselfTV Series, 1 episode
1976Ball FourBill WestlakeTV Series, 5 episodes
1979ParisDonald Perthepisode: "Pawn"
1979The Rockford FilesRandy Smithepisode: "Love Is the Word"
1979CHiPsChuckTV Series, 1 episode
1980Knots LandingDavid Craneepisode: "Let Me Count the Ways"
1980Hero at LargeActor on Bus
1980To Race the WindJerry BakerTV movie
1980The Seduction of Miss LeonaBorglandTV movie
1980The Promise of LoveChuck WakemoreTV movie
1981The Secret War of Jackie's GirlsDavidTV movie
1981Splendor in the GrassJohnny MastersonTV movie, (final film role)

References
  1. David Carroll Is Dead; A Broadway Actor, 41, New York City: The New York Times, 13 March 1992, retrieved 6 September 2017
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