Michael Granger

Actor

Born: Kansas City, Missouri, USA

BIOGRAPHY

Michael Granger (May 14, 1923 - October 22, 1981) Born Milton Grossman in Kansas City, MO, Granger was an American actor. He is known for appearing in The Big Heat and in B movies such as Creature With The Atom Brain, as well as on TV shows including Rawhide, Kojak and The Untouchables. He created the role of Lazar Wolf, the butcher, in the original Broadway production of Fiddler on the Roof in 1964, and can be heard on the original cast album singing LChaim with Zero Mostel. He appeared in Henrik Ibsens A Dolls House at the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center with Liv Ullman in 1975, and was again on Broadway in 1980 in Tennessee Williamss Clothes for a Summer Hotel. Known for his resonant bass speaking voice, in the final years of Grangers life, he became a sought after voice over actor. He died October 22, 1981 in New York, NY of heart failure.

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