What is Geoffrey Holder?
[[File:GeoffreyHolder11.15.08ByLuigiNovi.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Holder in November 2008]] '''Geoffrey Lamont Holder''' (August 1, 1930 &ndash; October 5, 2014) was an [[Trinidad and Tobago|Trinidadian]] movie, television, stage, radio, voice actor, choreographer, director, dancer, painter, costume designer, and singer. Holder was known for his deep soft voice. He was in ''[[The Wiz]]'', ''[[Annie]]'', ''[[Live and Let Die]]'', ''[[Bear in the Big Blue House]]'', ''[[Doctor Dolittle]]''. He narrated ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (movie)|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]''. Holder won two [[Tony Awards]] in 1975 and a [[Drama Desk Award]] in 1975. Holder was born on August 1, 1930 in [[Port of Spain]], [[Trinidad]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|author=Zita Allen|title=Great Performances - Biography, Geoffrey Holder|url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/freetodance/biographies/holder.html |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History, Cited By PBS|accessdate=26 Nov 2011}}</ref> He studied at [[Queens Royal College]]. He was married to [[Carmen de Lavallade]] from 1955 until his death in 2014. Holder had a brother, [[Boscoe Holder]]. Holder died in [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]] from [[pneumonia]], aged 84.<ref name=Dunning>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/07/arts/geoffrey-holder-dancer-choreographer-and-man-of-flair-dies-at-84.html|last1=Dunning|first1=Jennifer|last2=McDonald|first2=William|title=Geoffrey Holder, Dancer, Choreographer and Man of Flair, Dies at 84|newspaper=The New York Times|date=6 October 2014|accessdate=6 October 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{IBDB name|15131}} *{{IMDb name|0390305}} {{actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Holder, Geoffrey}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from pneumonia]] [[Category:Drama Desk Award winners]] [[Category:Infectious disease deaths in New York (state)]] [[Category:Movie actors]] [[Category:Stage actors]] [[Category:Costume designers]] [[Category:T