Paul Mann Biography
Paul Mann (December 2, 1913 – September 24, 1985) was a Canadian film and theatre actor, as well as founder of the Paul Mann Actor's Workshop. His brother was the actor Larry D. Mann.
Biography
Mann was influential in developing the concept of Method acting in America. While many other Method advocates (including Lee Strasberg) shared their knowledge at the Actors Studio, Mann taught his own cl*es at his Actor's Workshop, founded in 1953. Along with Lloyd Richards (a fellow Toronto native and chief *istant director of the school), Mann also managed to create a comfortable atmosphere for actors of all races. Alumni of his school include Ruby Dee, Billy Dee Williams, Ossie Davis, Sidney Poitier, Al Lewis, and Vic Morrow.
Mann's own acting career was based primarily in theatre, beginning when he was sixteen. His onscreen appearances were limited to an episode of the 1950s television serial Danger and two feature film roles. The first was that of merchant Aleko Sinnikoglou in America, America (1963) (directed by his friend Elia Kazan) and the last was the village butcher Lazar Wolf in the screen adaptation of Fiddler on the Roof (1971). He was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for both films.
Mann also was professor of acting and director of the theater arts program at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Marinette County Campus. A year before his death, Mann was found liable in a civil suit brought in Manhattan by eight female former students accusing him of sexual abuse and har*ment and was ordered to pay them a total of $12,000.
Filmography
Theatre credits
In most recent order:
- Danton's Death / / ? / Oct 21, 1965 - Nov 1965
- Incident at Vichy / / Marchand / Dec 3, 1964 - May 7, 1965
- The Changeling / / ? / Oct 29, 1964 - Dec 23, 1964
- After The Fall / / Quentin's Father; Jason Robards portrayed Quentin / Jan 23, 1964 - May 29, 1965
- Too Late the Phalarope / / *ie Grobler / Oct 11, 1956 - Nov 10, 1956
- Flight Into Egypt / / Freund / Mar 18, 1952 - Apr 19, 1952
- Macbeth / / Menteith and Murderer / Mar 31, 1948 - Apr 24, 1948
- Flight to the West / / Thomas Hickey / Dec 30, 1940 - Apr 26, 1941
- Johnny Johnson / / German Priest and Orderly / Nov 19, 1936 - Jan 16, 1937
- Bitter Oleander / / as Second Man / Feb 11, 1935 - Mar 1935
- Follow Thru / / as Gentleman / Jan 9, 1929 - Dec 21, 1929
References
Bibliography
- Goudsouzian, A. (2004). Sidney Poitier: Man, Actor, Icon, UNC Press, ISBN:9781469622934
External links
- Paul Mann at IMDb
