What is Ira Lewis?
'''Ira Lewis Metsky''' (August 27, 1932 &ndash; April 7, 2015) was an [[Americans|American]] [[actor]], [[writer]], and [[playwright]]. He was best known for his one-act play, ''[[Chinese Coffee]]'', which opened at the [[Circle in the Square Theatre]] in 1992, starring [[Al Pacino]]. A movie adaptation of ''Chinese Coffee'', also starring Pacino, as well as [[Jerry Orbach]], was released in 2000. His career started in 1955, and ended in 2004. Lewis was born in [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]], [[New Jersey]]. He died from problems caused by open [[heart]] [[surgery]] in [[Edison, New Jersey|Edison]], aged 82. At the time of his death, he was living in [[Westfield, New Jersey|Westfield]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Daniel E.|last=Slotnik|title=Ira Lewis, Actor and Playwright, Dies at 82|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/17/theater/ira-lewis-actor-and-playwright-dies-at-82.html?_r=0|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 16, 2015|accessdate=April 27, 2015}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|0507277}} {{US-actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Ira}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:Actors from Newark, New Jersey]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American playwrights]] [[Category:American screenwriters]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:Deaths from heart failure]] [[Category:Deaths from surgical complications]] [[Category:Writers from Newark, New Jersey]]