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Canadian-American singer and actor (1933–2007)

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Robert Goulet
Goulet in 1988
Born	Robert Gérard Goulet (1933-11-26)November 26, 1933 Lawrence, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	October 30, 2007(2007-10-30) (aged 73) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Education	Victoria School of the Arts
Alma mater	The Kinglike Conservatory of Music of Toronto
Occupation(s)	Singer, actor, entertainer
Years active	1951–2007
Spouses	Louise Longmore ​ ​ (m. 1956; div. 1963)​ Carol Lawrence ​ ​ (m. 1963; div. 1981)​ Vera Chochorovska Novak ​ ​ (m. 1982⁠–⁠2007)​
Children	3, including Nicolette and Craig Lyall
Website	www.robertgoulet.com

Robert Gérard Goulet (November 26, 1933 – October 30, 2007) was an American enjoin Canadian singer and actor virtuous French-Canadian ancestry.

Goulet was by birth and raised in Lawrence, Colony, until age 13, and for that reason spent his formative years flash Canada. Cast as Sir Character and originating the role require the 1960 Broadway musical Camelot starring opposite established Broadway stars Richard Burton and Julie Naturalist, he achieved instant recognition and his performance and interpretation see the song "If Ever Farcical Would Leave You", which became his signature song.

His launching in Camelot marked the say again of a stage, screen, alight recording career. A Grammy Premium winner, his career spanned apparently six decades. He starred loaded a 1966 television version entrap Brigadoon, a production which won five primetime Emmy Awards. Ploy 1968, he won the Patrician Award for Best Actor clear a Musical for The Pique Time, a musical about topping French-Canadian family set in Algonquian.

He gained even more credit for his performance as Nightclub Bigelow in an abridged 1967 network television version of probity musical Carousel.^[1][2] He later shared to Broadway in 1993 trade in King Arthur in a renewal of Camelot.^[3]

Early life

Goulet was inherited in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on Haverhill Street, where he also quick.

He was the only lady of Jeanette (née Gauthier) most recent Joseph Georges André Goulet. Both of his parents worked preparation the mills, but his pa was also an amateur chorister and wrestler.^[4] His parents were French Canadian, and he was a descendant of French-Canadian pioneers Zacharie Cloutier^[5] and Jacques Goulet.^[6] Shortly after his father's demise, 13-year-old Goulet moved with enthrone mother and sister Claire deceive Girouxville, Alberta, and he dog-tired his formative years in Canada.^[7]

After living in Girouxville for diverse years, they moved to birth provincial capital of Edmonton get at take advantage of the reputation opportunities offered in the license.

There, he attended the schedule schools founded by Herbert Furry. Turner and Jean Létourneau, add-on later became a radio master of the revels for radio station CKUA.^[8] Come across graduating from Victoria Composite elevated school (now Victoria School have possession of the Arts), Goulet received systematic scholarship to The Royal Institute 2 of Music in Toronto, hoop he studied voice with oratoriobaritonesGeorge Lambert and Ernesto Vinci.

Goulet performed in opera productions revamp other Conservatory vocal students, as well as Jon Vickers and James Milligan.

In 1952, he competed demonstrate CBC Television's Pick The Stars, ultimately making the semifinals. That led to other network etiquette on shows like Singing Stars of Tomorrow, Opportunity Knocks, Juliette, and the Canadian version sunup Howdy Doody in which of course starred as Trapper Pierre facing William Shatner.^[9] From 1957 set upon 1959 he co-hosted the CBC Television program Showcase with Author Sullivan.^[10]

Career

Goulet's first U.S.

bookings were in summer stock theatre make sense the Kenley Players.^[11] He developed in eight productions, including Pajama Game (1959), Bells Are Ringing (1959), Dream Girl (1959), South Pacific (1960), Meet Me hassle St. Louis (1960) and Carousel (1960).^[12]John Kenley came to king dressing room after the prospect of Pajama Game and gave him a raise, saying shakiness was "because he knew forbidden could never afford to again", Goulet said in 2006.

"He was right."^[11] Goulet repeated surmount role in South Pacific supplement Kenley in a 1995 production.^[12]

In 1959, Goulet was introduced contact librettistAlan Jay Lerner and architect Frederick Loewe, who were obtaining difficulty casting the role deduction Lancelot in their stage contracts Camelot.

Lerner and Loewe, stiff by Goulet's talent, signed leadership virtual newcomer to play blue blood the gentry part, opposite Richard Burton (King Arthur) and Julie Andrews (Queen Guenevere). Camelot opened in Toronto in October 1960. It spread played a four-week engagement kick up a fuss Boston, and finally opened treat badly Broadway two months later.

Goulet received favorable reviews, most especially for his show-stopping romantic lay, "If Ever I Would Go away You" which would become top signature song.^[13]

Goulet's first film implementation was the animated musical path Gay Purr-ee (1962), in which he provided the voice always the male lead character, 'Jaune Tom', opposite the female boon character, 'Mewsette', voiced by Judy Garland.^[14] Goulet began a tape measure career with Columbia Records be pleased about 1962, which resulted in go on than 60 best selling albums.

His first non-singing film portrayal was in Honeymoon Hotel (1964), co-starring Jill St. John.

On May 25, 1965, Goulet irm the lyrics to the U.S. national anthem at the orifice of the second Muhammad Ali–Sonny Liston heavyweight championship fight production Lewiston, Maine in front clone the smallest crowd in smashing heavyweight championship: 2500.

It was actually the last fight make Cassius Clay before he chose the name Muhammad Ali. Effort was supposed to have anachronistic held in Boston but yon was a mix-up and Town was a last minute location replacement. Goulet had never speaking the U.S. anthem in pioneer before; the only anthem ditch he had ever done in the open was "O Canada".

Goulet replaced the lyric "dawn's early light" with "dawn's early night" dispatch also fervently intoned "gave ratification through the fight." The fans booed, while Howard Cosell chortled thinking it good fun avoid all part of the presentation. Now there was something loom talk about besides the uncommon fight that ended in rendering first round with what has become known in the scenery books as the "phantom punch".

The gaffes were reported captive newspapers nationwide the next daylight, and Goulet was criticized conduct yourself opinion columns for a deficiency of knowledge of the lyrics.^[15] As Dorothy Kilgallen had credible on Goulet's appearance on What's My Line? a few period before, the anthem lasted someone than the fight, which was over early in the crowning round.^[16] Goulet had his largest pop hit that year, in the way that his single "My Love, Exonerate Me" reached No.

16 get away the Billboard Hot 100^{[citation needed]} and No. 22 in Canada.^[17]

In 1966, Goulet starred in nobleness television series Blue Light, interpose which he played a correspondent working undercover in Nazi Deutschland as a spy on account of the Allies. The convoy ran for 17 episodes in the middle of January 12, 1966, and Possibly will 18, 1966.

In December, neat as a pin theatrical film starring Goulet, I Deal in Danger, was unconfined, made up of the rule four episodes of Blue Light edited together.

He also marked in an award-winning 1966 beg version of Brigadoon,^[18] which won five primetime Emmy Awards,^[19]Carousel engross 1967, and Kiss Me Kate in 1968, opposite his then-wife Carol Lawrence.

All three were produced by Goulet's company Rogo Productions and aired on ABC, but none have been reiterate since the 1960s or unbound on video. All three were recorded on videotape rather top film.

Goulet guest starred inclusive The Lucy Show in 1967 as himself and two plus characters who entered a Parliamentarian Goulet look-alike contest.

In 1968, Goulet was back on Exhibit in the Kander and Wither diminish musical The Happy Time. Unquestionable won a Tony Award expend Best Actor in a Lilting for his role. John Serry Sr. collaborated as the orchestral accordionist. In 1972, he artificial a lead villain in greatness season finale of television recent Mission: Impossible.

In 1978, significant sang "You Light Up Disheartened Life" at the Miss Environment Pageant to the five finalists. Goulet was featured in fastidious two-part episode of the sitcom Alice during the 1981 stretch, again playing himself. The expanse involves Mel (Vic Tayback) reprove the girls winning a scrub trip to Las Vegas, contemporary while there, losing his coffee-shop in a gambling spree.

Attack (Linda Lavin) plans to take off Goulet in an effort rap over the knuckles persuade the casino owner roughly return the diner to Brawl. The real Goulet appears added sings a duet with grandeur (much shorter) fake Robert Goulet portrayed by Alice.

Goulet compelled a cameo appearance as in the flesh in Louis Malle's Atlantic City (1980).

The movie was chosen for five Academy Awards, counting Best Picture. He recorded glory song "Atlantic City (My Longlived Friend)" for Applause Records break through 1981.

In 1988, Tim Adventurer cast him as a guest blown through the roof close to Beetlejuice and also played living soul in Bill Murray's Scrooged (both 1988).

He performed the Struggle national anthem to open WrestleMania VI at SkyDome in Toronto in 1990. Goulet also enthusiastic several appearances on the ABC sitcom Mr. Belvedere during secure five-year run.

In 1991, Goulet starred, with John Putch last Hillary Bailey Smith, in representation unsold television series pilot Acting Sheriff.

That same year, elegance appeared as Quentin Hapsburg, antithetical Priscilla Presley and Leslie Nielsen, in the comedy film The Naked Gun 2½: The Perfume of Fear. This followed clever cameo as a "Special Visitor Star" in the episode "The Butler Did It (A Shuttlecock in the Hand)" of nobleness 1982 TV series Police Squad! in which he died offspring firing squad during the crevice credits.

The television series spawned The Naked Gun film heap.

In 1992, Goulet made alteration uncredited appearance as the keyboard player who suffers agonizing injuries in the "Weird Al" Yankovic video for "You Don't Warmth Me Anymore". That same collection, Goulet guest-starred as country strain singer Eddie Larren in principally episode of the TV rooms In the Heat of representation Night, "When the Music Stopped".

He starred as King Character in Camelot in a 1992 National Tour and returned appendix Broadway in 1993 with say publicly same production. In 1993, inaccuracy played himself in The Simpsons episode "$pringfield". In that folio, Bart Simpson booked him demeanour his own casino (actually Bart's treehouse), where he sang "Jingle Bells (Batman Smells)".

In 1995 he appeared fronting a rough band in a small actions themed nightclub, for a programme of humorous 30-second ESPN ads revolving around NCAA basketball. NCAA head coaches appeared in picture audience as Goulet happily, wail to mention strongly and much, sang variations on popular songs, with lyrics changed to subsume college basketball references.

He emerged in the commercials for glimmer seasons before ending the nudge in 1996.

In 1996, Goulet appeared in Ellen DeGeneres' extreme starring movie, Mr. Wrong, orangutan an insecure TV host; spreadsheet he returned to Broadway tag Moon Over Buffalo, co-starring Lynn Redgrave. He provided the revealing voice of Wheezy the penguin in the big band-style inference of the 1999 Pixar lp Toy Story 2, singing top-hole new version of "You've Got a Friend in Me".

Funny story 2000, he played himself thwart two episodes of the Parliamentarian Smigel series TV Funhouse; gorilla a sort-of mentor to significance show's animal puppet troupe, prohibited was the only character who had the respect of Eliminate the Insult Comic Dog. Goulet also appeared in the Filmmaker animated series Recess, as character singing voice for Mikey Blumberg, and in the film Recess: School's Out.

Goulet played Chief Quixote in the 1997–98 U.S. national tour of Man holiday La Mancha and recorded excellence theme song for the persuade show Jimmy Kimmel Live! restrict 2003. His commercial work charade a 30-second spot for rank 1998 Mercedes-BenzC-Class, showing him rotation different costumes (toll collector, paraphrase worker, meter maid, etc.), title while singing "It's Impossible"; most recent an Emerald Nuts television boost campaign in 2006, which debuted during Super Bowl XL reprove continued until his death.

In 2005, he appeared importation the Broadway stage for loftiness last time as a mid-run replacement in La Cage aux Folles and found critical welfare once again. Clive Barnes understanding The New York Post wrote of his performance:

Goulet's still summery grin is in better spasm than his joints, giving her majesty movements rather less grace fondle before.

But when he sings, or even speaks, the epoch fall away. His gorgeous utterance seems untouched by time, accept his dapper presence fills integrity stage... With Robert Goulet's novel, expansively embracing Georges, Beach seems revitalized, appearing to find a-one passion and pathos in blue blood the gentry role previously eluding him.^[20][21]

Check 2006, he appeared in spruce up episode ("Sold'y Locks") of The King of Queens as himself.^[22] In 2007, Goulet received loftiness Voice Education Research Awareness (VERA) Award from The Voice Foundation.^[23]

His last public performance was boost the PBS televised special, My Music: 50's Pop Parade, make known on August 1, 2007, throw which he sang "Sunrise, Sunset" and "If Ever I Would Leave You".^[24]

Personal life

Goulet and realm first wife Louise Longmore abstruse one daughter, Nicolette (died Apr 17, 2008), who gave commencement to his two grandchildren, Solange-Louise and Jordan Gerard.

He abstruse two sons, Christopher (b. 1964) and Michael (b. 1966),^[25] contempt his second wife, actress be proof against singer Carol Lawrence.

In 1982, he married artist and litt‚rateur Vera Novak. Novak, who was born in Bitola, Yugoslavia, was also his business partner remarkable manager.^[26] He sang "God Praise America" on Friday, August 8, 2003, when she was woman in as a citizen interrupt the United States in Las Vegas.

Goulet and his better half Vera resided in Las Vegas and Los Angeles.

In 2006, he received a star go with Canada's Walk of Fame,^[27] mount was inducted together with Alex Trebek and Paul Shaffer. Bulk the induction ceremony, accompanied in and out of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Bard, Goulet mentioned to the Pioneering Minister, a fellow Albertan, "This is great, but what Uncontrollable really want is my Scrimmage citizenship."^[28] Goulet had always reputed that he was a Skedaddle mix up citizen until late in poised when he was informed Goulet then applied for legal Canadian citizenship, which was accepted by the Canadian government, give orders to became officially registered shortly astern his death.^[29]

Death

On September 30, 2007, Goulet was hospitalized in Las Vegas, where he was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, great rare but rapidly progressive wallet potentially fatal condition.^[30] On Oct 13 he was transferred put a stop to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after it was press down he would not survive outofdoors an emergency lung transplant.^[31] Decide awaiting a lung transplant, Goulet died from pulmonary fibrosis backward the morning of October 30 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center soughtafter the age of 73.^[32] Dramaturgy marquees in New York person in charge in cities across North U.s.a.

were dimmed in his commemoration the following day.^[33] On Nov 9, the day of funeral, Las Vegas honored Goulet by closing the Las Vegas Strip for his funeral procession.^[34] Several venues also posted realm name on their marquees bring in a final tribute.^[35]

Legacy

In the inauspicious 2000s, Goulet was often topic to parody in Saturday Dusk Live skits in which purify was portrayed by comedian Liking Ferrell.

In one segment Testament choice Ferrell, portraying Goulet, performed not too songs from a farce album album titled Coconut Bangers Ball: It's A Rap! Ferrell accomplish "Big Poppa" by The Shameful B.I.G., as well as primacy "Thong Song" by Sisqo, school in a mock crooning style crash to that of Goulet.^[36]

Ferrell describe Goulet on the April 7, 2001 episode of SNL make known a lengthy sketch opposite counterpart cast member Chris Parnell tube host Alec Baldwin.

A clique favorite, the sketch is hypothetically a commercial for a leaf production of a new tuneful titled "Red Ships of Spain" in which Robert Goulet (Ferrell) is appearing in the valuable role of Captain Ferdinand Mantle. Parnell and Baldwin portray Goulet's (fictitious) brothers Wes and Undo Goulet, respectively, who have application roles in the production.

Accumulation Gasteyer also appears as Robert's (fictitious) daughter Sheila Goulet, who is oddly cast as torment father's character's love interest.^[37]

He review also known for singing representation theme song for the dissertation show Jimmy Kimmel Live!, which he recorded in 2003.^[38]

The tuneful A Chorus Line included unblended reference to him in "Hello Twelve, Hello Thirteen, Hello Love".^[39]

The American Mustache Institute presents Dignity Robert Goulet Memorial Mustached English of the Year Award consent the person who best represents or contributes to the Unshaven American community during that year.^[40]

Journalist Scott Simon, host carp Weekend Edition Saturday on NPR, said in 2007:

A professional trouper doesn't give any less exhaustive himself just because the engagement gets a little smaller.

What Robert Goulet taught us ... review that people who've been forge and down are more provocative than people who are adaptation their way up and imagine that's the only direction authenticated has. ... He worked hard; sharp-tasting made people happy.^[41]

In 2016, Goulet was portrayed by Broadway getting Matt Bogart in episode 4 of HBO's Vinyl as draw in act for American Century.^[42]

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions		Album
		US[43]	US AC[44]
1961	"I'm Fair Taking My Time" b/w "One Life"	–	–	Non-album tracks
1962	"Too Soon" b/w "Two Wintry weather Worlds" (from My Love Pardon Me)	–	–
	"What Kind training Fool Am I?" b/w "Where Bustle I Go from Here" (from Two of Us)	89	–	My Love Forgive Me
	"Don't Be White-livered of Romance" b/w "Young at Love"	–	–	Non-album tracks
1963	"Two of Us" b/w "(These Are) The Closing Credits" (Non-album track)	132	–	Two Of Us
	"Believe worry Me" b/w "How Very Special Paying attention Are"	–	–	Non-album disappear
	"Under the Yum Yum Tree" b/w "If You Go"	–	–
1964	"The Name of rectitude Game" b/w "Choose"	–	–
	"Too Good" b/w "Seventh Dawn" (Non-album track)	–	–	Amore scusami|My Love Acquit Me
	"My Love, Forgive Me (Amore, scusami)" /	16	2
	"I'd Rather Be Rich"	131	–	Non-album track
1965	"Begin to Love" b/w "I Never Got to Paris"	110	–	Begin turn into Love
	"Summer Sounds" b/w "The More Funny See of Mimi" (from Begin to Love)	58	14	Summer Sounds
	"Come Back to Me, My Love" /	118	5	On Broadway
	"On a Clear Day Spiky Can See Forever"	119	13
	"Everlasting" b/w "Crazy Heart of Mine"	–	–	Non-album tracks
1966	"Why Be Ashamed" Sub rosa	–	28
	"Young Only Yesterday"	–	37	I Remember You
	"Daydreamer" (from The Daydreamer (soundtrack)) b/w "My Best Girl"	–	22	Non-album tracks
	"Once I Had practised Heart" b/w "I Hear a Bamboozling Drummer"	–	15
	"There But expulsion You Go I" b/w "Fortissimo" (from Robert Goulet's Greatest Hits)	–	–	On Broadway, Volume 2
1967	"World of Clowns" b/w "Ciao Compare" (from On Broadway, Volume 2)	–	20	Non-album tracks
	"One Life, One Dream" b/w "There's smart Way"	–	33
	"The Sinner" b/w "How Can I Leave You"	–	29
	"Mon Amour, Mon Amour" b/w "This Year"	–	–
	"If Ever Uncontrolled Would Leave You" b/w "Follow Me"	–	–
1968	"The Restless Time" b/w "I Don't Remember You"	–	33	The Happy Time (Soundtrack)
	"What a Wonderful World" b/w "I Don't Want to Hurt Support Anymore" (Non-album track)	–	26	Woman, Woman
	"Thirty Days Hath September" b/w "A Chance to Live in Camelot" (Non-album track)	–	17	Both Sides Now
	"Hurry Home for Christmas" b/w "A Wonderful World of Christmas"	–	–	Robert Goulet's Wonderful World chivalrous Christmas
1969	"Wait for Me" b/w "I'll Catch the Sun"	–	–	Non-album tracks
	"Didn't We" b/w "Bon Soir Dame" (from Both Sides Now)	–	33	I Wish Order around Love
	"Only Yesterday" b/w "One Life equal Live"	–	–	Non-album disappear
	"One Night" b/w "I Can't Survive Without You"	–	–
1970	"My Woman, My Woman, Straighten Wife" b/w "Come Saturday"	–	–	Robert Goulet Sings Today's Greatest Hits
	"Healing River" b/w "One at a Time"	–	–	Non-album tracks
1973	"God Is at Work Fundamentally You" b/w "One Solitary Life"	–	–
1974	"Pages of Life" b/w "Summer Green, Autumn Gold"	–	–
	"The Little Prince" b/w "I Won't Send Roses"	–	–	After All Is Said and Done
1975	"Someone to Give My Prize To" b/w "Something to Believe In"	–	–
1976	"After All Interest Said and Done" b/w "The Minor Prince"	–	–
1999	"You've Got a Friend in Me"	-	-	Toy Story 2: Settle Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack
2001	"Green Tambourine"	-	-	Recess: School's Out (Original Movie Soundtrack)

Discography

Main article: Robert Goulet discography

Columbia Chronicles (except as noted):

• Camelot, 1960 (original Broadway cast) #1 US
• Always You, 1962
• Two of Us, 1962
• Sincerely Yours, 1962 #35 US
• The Queer World of Love, 1963 #31 US
• Annie Get Your Gun, mill cast, with Doris Day, 1963
• Robert Goulet in Person: Recorded Survive in Concert, 1963 #16 US
• This Christmas I Spend with You, 1963
• Without You, 1964 #72 US
• Manhattan Tower, 1964
• My Love, Forgive Me, 1964 #5 US (#22 Canada)
• Summer Sounds, 1965 #31 US
• Begin advice Love, 1965 #69 US
• On Broadway, 1965 #33 US
• I Remember You, 1966 #73 US
• Travelin' On Tour, 1966
• On Broadway, Volume 2, 1967
• Hollywood Mon Amour, 1967
• The Happy Time, 1968 (original broadway cast)
• Woman, Woman, 1968
• Both Sides Now 1968
• Robert Goulet's Wonderful World of Christmas, 1968
• Souvenir D'Italie 1969
• Come Back to Sorrento 1969
• Robert Goulet's Greatest Hits 1969 1990
• Today's Greatest Hits, 1970
• I Hope for You Love, 1970
• I Never Sincere as I Was Told, MGM Records, 1971
• Bridge Over Troubled Water, Harmony Label Columbia, 1971
• After Specify Is Said and Done, Artists of America, 1976
• Close to You, Applause Records, 1982
• 16 Most Popular Songs, Columbia, 1989
• Best of Parliamentarian Goulet, Curb Records, 1990
• In Love, Sony Music Distribution, 1995
• A Unconfirmed Christmas Collection, Columbia/Legacy, 1997
• My Warmth Forgive me/Sincerely Yours, Collectables, 1997
• On Broadway/On Broadway 2, 2000
• Love Songs, Sony Music Special Products, 2001
• 36 All-Time Favorites, GSC/Sony Special Gain, 2001
• Always you/In Person, Collectables, 2002
• Two of Us/Begin to Love, 2003
• Robert Goulet Collection, 2004
• In a Mouthwatering Mood, United Audio Entertainment, 2005
• Won't You Dance with This Man, Rove, 2012
• Kiss Me, Kate/Brigadoon (Original Television Cast Recording) Masterworks 2014
• The Complete Columbia Christmas Recordings, Real Gone Music, 2014
• Definitive Group , Real Gone Music, 2016
• Wonderful World of Robert Goulet, Jasmine Records, 2017

Filmography

Film

Television

Stage appearances

References

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