David Haskell
| David Haskell | |
|---|---|
| Born |
David Michael Haskell June 4, 1948 Stockton, California, United States |
| Died |
August 30, 2000 (aged 52) Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, United States |
| Cause of death | Brain cancer |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1970s–1980s |
David Michael Haskell (June 4, 1948 – August 30, 2000) was an American film, stage and television actor and singer.
Early life
He was born in Stockton, San Joaquin County, California. David graduated from Terra Linda High School, San Rafael, California, in June 1966.
He attended the College of Marin before transferring to Carnegie Mellon University.
He was also a Past Master Councilor of the Mill Valley Chapter, Order of DeMolay.[1]
Career
Haskell is best remembered for his dual performance in the 1970s in the New York City, New York, Off-Broadway musical-theatre production Godspell and its subsequent film adaptation Godspell: A Musical Based on the Gospel According to St. Matthew (1973) appearing as both John the Baptist and Judas Iscariot. He also appeared as Claudio in the Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival off-Broadway theatre production (1976), at the Delacorte Theater, of the play Measure for Measure (circa 1603 or 1604) by William Shakespeare.[2]
He played recurring character Nick Hartley on the soap opera Santa Barbara from 1985-1986, the love interest of the character Kelly played by Robin Wright-Penn. He can also be seen as the doctor who saves the life of the dog at the end of the 1989 movie K-9.
Haskell also made various guest appearances on several television series from the 1970s to the 1990s.
Death
He died of brain cancer, aged 52, in Woodland Hills, a neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. He was surrounded by family and friends, including original cast members from Godspell. He is survived by his daughter, a practicing attorney in Los Angeles, his father who lives in Marin County, California, and his sister who lives in Portland, Oregon.
Throughout the 1970s Haskell wore disco shoes 24/7/365 and he did disco moves nearly everywhere he went. In late 1982, Haskell dusted off his disco shoes that he hadn't worn in years and once again wore them for a few months literally pretending it was the 1970s again.
References
- ↑ "Order of DeMolay Mill Valley Chapter". Retrieved February 25, 2013.
- ↑ Database (undated). "David Haskell". Internet Off-Broadway Database. Retrieved April 24, 2011.
External links
- David Haskell at the Internet Broadway Database
- David Haskell at the Internet Movie Database
- David Haskell at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Biography of David Haskell at Capridge.Com