Garry Goodrow obit

Actor Garry Goodrow has died

He was not on the list.

The Malone, New York-born Goodrow was a member of the Living Theater and appeared in the stage and film productions of The Connection. He was a founding member of San Francisco's satirical improvisational group The Committee (improv group) and went on to over 50 screen appearances, including film roles in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969), Gold (1972), Steelyard Blues (1973), Stay Hungry (1976), American Hot Wax (1978), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), Escape from Alcatraz (1979), Cardiac Arrest (1980), The Hollywood Knights (1980), Breathless (1983), The Prey (1984), My Man Adam (1985), The Longshot (1986), Dirty Dancing (1987), and Circuitry Man (1990).

In 1973, he appeared in National Lampoon's Lemmings, which featured relative unknowns John Belushi and Chevy Chase. Goodrow, replacing Elliott Gould, joined the traveling anti-war agitprop performances of the F.T.A. Tour, in the early 1970s, featuring actors Jane Fonda, Larry Hankin, Donald Sutherland, Peter Boyle, Howard Hesseman, singers Holly Near, Barbara Dane, and many others.

He is known for his role in the original stage production of the Obie Award-winning play The Connection (1959) and its 1961 film version, and as one of the original members of The Committee improvisational group. In The Connection, Goodrow played the young, intense, morose, would-be jazz musician Ernie, a heroin addict whose horn is more often than not at the pawn shop.

Actor (72 credits)

 2008 Adventures of Power

Trenchcoat Man

 2001 Helicopter (Short)

Speed Hippie

 1996 Sudden Manhattan

Fainting Man

 1992 Swans Crossing (TV Series)

Baldie #3

 1991 Once Around

Additional Voices (voice)

 1990 Quick Change

Radio D. J.

 1990 Circuitry Man

Jugs

 1990 A Shock to the System

Additional Dialogue

 1989 Head of the Class (TV Series)

Sid Veemer

- I Am the King (1989) ... Sid Veemer

 1987 Amazon Women on the Moon

Checker Player (segment "Son of the Invisible Man")

 1987/I Dirty Dancing

Moe Pressman

 1987 ALF (TV Series)

Consumer Ed

- Weird Science (1987) ... Consumer Ed

 1986 Tall Tales & Legends (TV Series)

Mr. Goodwin

- Johnny Appleseed (1986) ... Mr. Goodwin

 1986 Mr. and Mrs. Ryan (TV Movie)

Prisoner

 1986 Amazing Stories (TV Series)

Doorman

- Secret Cinema (1986) ... Doorman (as Gary Goodrow)

 1986 The Gladiator (TV Movie)

Cadillac Drunk

 1986 The Longshot

Josh

 1985 Once Bitten

Wino

 1985 Scarecrow and Mrs. King (TV Series)

Denz

- Reach for the Sky (1985) ... Denz

 1985 My Man Adam

Mr. Drum

 1985 The Sure Thing

Pick-Up Driver

 1984 It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (TV Movie)

Cabbie

 1984 Hardcastle and McCormick (TV Series)

Jerry

- You Would Cry Too, If It Happened to You (1984) ... Jerry

 1984 The Outlaws (TV Movie)

Hotel Clerk

 1984 The Lost Empire

Doctor

 1984 One Day at a Time (TV Series)

Joe

- Up in Smoke (1984) ... Joe (as Gary Goodrow)

 1984 Newhart (TV Series)

Party Guest

- New Faces of 1951 (1984) ... Party Guest

 1984 Hard to Hold

Maitre d'

 1984 Domestic Life (TV Series)

Brad

- Harold, Can You Spare $4000? (1984) ... Brad

 1984 AfterMASH (TV Series)

Jay Utall

- Up and Down Payments (1984) ... Jay Utall

 1984 Remington Steele (TV Series)

Alvin

- Steele Sweet on You (1984) ... Alvin

 1983 The Prey

Sgt. Parsons

 1983 Off the Wall

Happy Prisoner

 1983 Breathless

Berrutti

 1983 Tucker's Witch (TV Series)

Jake Godwin

- Psych-Out (1983) ... Jake Godwin

 1978-1982 Laverne & Shirley (TV Series)

Bank Manager / Mr. Caulley

- Death Row: Part 1 (1982) ... Bank Manager (as Gary Goodrow)

- The Dance Studio (1978) ... Mr. Caulley

 1982 Eating Raoul

Drunk Swinger

 1980 The Hollywood Knights

Jack Friedman

 1980 Mork & Mindy (TV Series)

Father Denny

- Clerical Error (1980) ... Father Denny

 1980 Hero at Large

TV Reporter

 1979 Cardiac Arrest

Clancy Higgins

 1979 Escape from Alcatraz

Weston

 1979 Stockard Channing in Just Friends (TV Series)

Gym Manager

- The Boy in the Band (1979) ... Gym Manager (as Gary Goodrow)

 1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Dr. Boccardo (as Gary Goodrow)

 1978 WKRP in Cincinnati (TV Series)

Bob Burnat

- Hold Up (1978) ... Bob Burnat

 1978 Coming Attractions

Narrator (voice)

 1978 Foul Play

Henpecked Husband

 1978 American Hot Wax

Louise's Dad

 1977 The Liberation of Honeydoll Jones

Earl Jarvis (uncredited)

 1977 The TVTV Show (TV Movie) (as Gary Goodrow)

 1976 Stay Hungry

Moe Zwick

 1976 Almos' a Man (TV Movie)

Mr. Hawkins

 1975 Vegetable Soup (TV Series)

Announcer, in The Big Game Hunt (voice, as Gary Goodrow)

 1975 Foreplay

TV Director

 1975 Linda Lovelace for President

Adolph Von Luftwafter

 1973 National Lampoon Television Show: Lemmings Dead in Concert (Video)

Various (uncredited)

 1973 Road Movie

 1973 Search (TV Series)

Lenny

- Suffer My Child (1973) ... Lenny (as Gary Goodrow)

 1973 Slither

Man with Camera

 1973 Steelyard Blues

Duval Jax

 1972 Gold

Cpt. Harold Jinks (as Gary Goodrow)

 1972 The King of Marvin Gardens

Nervous Man (as Gary Goodrow)

 1971 Summertree

Ginsberg

 1971 Glen and Randa

Magician

 1969 Night Gallery (TV Series)

Louis (segment "Eyes")

- Pilot (1969) ... Louis (segment "Eyes")

 1969 Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

Bert

 1969 My Friend Tony (TV Series)

Mr. Patterson

- Computer Murder (1969) ... Mr. Patterson (as Gary Goodrow)

 1969 Where It's At (as The Committee)

 1968-1969 The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (TV Series)

Various

- Episode #3.23 (1969) ... Various (as The Committee)

- Episode #3.22 (1969) ... Various (as The Committee)

- Episode #3.21 (1969) ... Various (as The Committee)

- Episode #3.11 (1968) ... Various (as The Committee)

- Episode #3.7 (1968) ... Various (as The Committee)

 1966 The John Bartholomew Tucker Show (TV Series)

- Episode #1.7 (1966) ... (as The Committee)

 1963 The Moving Finger

 1961 The Connection

Ernie