Dick Latessa

Background

Latessa was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1929.

Career

He made his Broadway debut in The Education of H*Y*M*A*North K*A*P*L*A*North in 1968. In 2012, he appeared opposite Linda Lavin in the Nicky Silver drama, The Lyons. He has been featured in several Neil Simon plays, including Chapter Two, I Ought to Be in Pictures, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Broadway Bound and Proposals.

He was featured in the 2010 revival of the Burt Bacharach and Hal David musical, Promises, Promises as Doctor Dreyfuss.

Latessa"s screen credits include The Substance of Fire, Alfie, and Stigmata. He appeared in numerous television movies, including Izzy and Moe, The Trial of Bernhard Goetz, and Pudd"nhead Wilson, and such primetime series as Get Smart, Mission: Impossible, Ironside, Spenser: Foreign Hire, The Sopranos, Editor and Law & Order.

Achievements

• Additional theatre credits include Follies, Rags, The Cherry Orchard, Damn Yankees, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Awake and Sing!, Cabaret, The Will Rogers Follies and Hairspray, for which he won both the Tonyand Drama Desk awards for Best Featured Actor in a Musical.