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      • Gerry Becker (April 11, 1951 – April 13, 2019) was an American theatre, film, and television actor.


      Early life


      Born in St. Louis, Missouri to a family of priests, Becker studied for the priesthood with Jesuits for three years before dropping out. He earned a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Missouri and a master's degree in theatre from Saint Louis University.


      Career


      He was associated with Remains Theatre and Steppenwolf Theatre Company in the Chicago, Illinois area.
      He had the lead role in Bernard Slade's Romantic Comedy at Pheasant Run in St. Charles, Illinois in 1981. Mary Yaney of The Herald of Crystal Lake, Illinois noted that he did an "excellent job" as the "self-centered, but loveable writer".
      He appeared in a National Jewish Theatre production of Grown Ups by Jules Feiffer in 1987. A review noted, "Becker slices on the cutting edge in everything he does. All the empathy is blanched from the character leaving it less admirable. That is the character, for Becker's piercing performance is just fine".
      In 1991, he appeared in Northlight Theatre's production of Ibsen's An Enemy of the People reads, "To his great credit, Gerry Becker, as [Thomas] Stockman, delivers [a] famous outcry with genuine passion and oratorical skill despite being costumed in a bright green tail coat so that he looks like a refugee from A Christmas Carol".
      In 1992, he appeared as Mr. Wagner in Raymond J. Barry's Once in Doubt with Remains Theatre Company in Chicago. Variety's review noted that "Becker is a bit too meek as the curious interloper". A review in The Times of Munster, Indiana criticized the production, but praised the acting, noting that Becker and his costar William Petersen "give as good as they get in this bizarre triangle" and that "the trio keep the script taut and still extract a good deal of humor from the dialogue. So even when everything they say seems arbitrary and stilted they grab us with the sheer force of their acting". May found his acting "beautiful".
      He performed on Broadway in the Steppenwolf Theatre production of The Song of Jacob Zulu in 1993.
      In 1995, he starred in the off-Broadway production of three one-act dark comedy plays, Death Defying Acts, by David Mamet (An Interview), Elaine May (Hotline), and Woody Allen (Central Park West), at the Variety Arts Theatre in New York, Stamford, and Philadelphia. A review of the production's run at Stamford Center read, "Gerry Becker makes Howard a perfect Allen type, a failed writer who is better in the kitchen than in the boudoir". Theatre critic Michael Kuchwara of the Associated Press criticized Mamet's writing but said that Becker "as Cheshire catlike inquisitor, and Paul Guilfoyle [...] lob Mamet's lines back and forth like a couple of tennis pros. Neither man drops the ball". In his review of the production, Vince Canby of The New York Times wrote that Becker's and Paul Guilfoyle's performances in Mamet's play were "acted to dry, caustic perfection" and that in Allen's play that Becker and Guilfoyle were "splendid as the would-be guilty parties in liaisons that inevitably fail". Howard Kissel of Daily News wrote, "Gerry Becker is uproarious as the manic depressive" and "Becker brings a believable intensity to the hotline volunteer in May's play".
      In addition to his theatre work, he appeared in many films including Donnie Brasco and Man on the Moon.


      Personal life


      Becker began drinking in his adolescence but was sober 10 years in 1995.
      He had a wife, Lucy, who he met while performing in a show at the Court Theatre.


      Death


      Becker died on April 13, 2019, due to complications from diabetes.


      Selected filmography




      = Film

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      = Television films and specials

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      Meyer, The Killing Floor, PBS, 1984
      Larry, The Imposter, ABC, 1984
      Ed Boyer, Howard Beach: Making a Case for Murder (also known as In the Line of Duty: Howard *Beach:Making a Case for Murder and Skin), NBC, 1989
      Judge O'Neill, In the Shadow of a Killer, NBC, 1992
      Samuel Adler, Legacy of Lies, USA Network, 1992
      Captain Pickering, The Hunley, TNT, 1999
      Ted Tinling, When Billie Beat Bobby (also known as Billie contre Bobby: La bataille des sexes), ABC, 2001
      Walt Rostow, Path to War, HBO, 2002


      = Television episodes

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      John Sherman, "Snatched," Law & Order, NBC, 1994
      "Our Lady of Cement," The Cosby Mysteries, NBC, 1994
      Mr. Goldman, "Simone Says," NYPD Blue, ABC, 1994
      Max Petrov, "The Skin Trade," The Untouchables, 1994
      Dr. Neal Latham, "Switch," Law & Order, NBC, 1995
      Davidoff, "Fun City," New York News, CBS, 1995
      Arnold Cassell, "Moby Greg," NYPD Blue, ABC, 1996
      Rupert, Cosby, CBS, 1996
      Thomas Robbins, "Nullification," Law & Order, NBC, 1997
      Attorney Stone, "Fools Night Out," Ally McBeal, Fox, 1998
      Dr. Cosimi, "Three Men and a Little Lady," Spin City, ABC, 1998
      Leo Latimer, New York Undercover, Fox, 1998
      Mr. Bickel, "The Music Man," "The Thin Black Line," The Hughleys, ABC, 2000
      "Unnecessary Roughness," Judging Amy, CBS, 2000
      Dr. Michaels, "Faith," Walker, Texas Ranger, CBS, 2000
      "Blood Money," "Reprise," "Dead End," Angel (also known as Angel: The Series), The WB, 2001 - Nathan Reed
      David Leary, "Blown Away," Philly, ABC, 2001
      Judge Stanton, "Lolita?," "Mothers of the Disappeared," The Guardian, CBS, 2001, 2002
      Chester Glass, "The Greenhouse Effect," The District, CBS, 2002
      Network News President #1, "The Black Vera Wang," The West Wing, NBC, 2002
      Ramus, "Witches in Tights," Charmed, The WB, 2002
      Robert, "Cliff Mantegna," Nip/Tuck, FX Channel, 2003
      "Yankee White," Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (also known as NCIS and NCIS: *Naval Criminal Investigative Service), CBS, 2003
      "Three Boys and a Gun," The Jury, Fox, 2004
      Gerard Wills, "Can I Get a Witness?," "Obsession," "Called Home" Law & Order, NBC, 2004, 2005, 2008
      Myron Stone, "Those Lips, That Hand," Ally, Fox.


      References




      External links


      Gerry Becker at IMDb
      Gerry Becker at the Internet Broadway Database

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