Patrick Gorman

Patrick has appeared as a performer in almost all phases of entertainment He was born in Visalia California Although hes been in SAG over 50 years he began his professional career as a dancer He was with Judy Garland at the Palace on Broadway and Donald OConnor and Sammy Davis Jr in Las Vegas After his military service he was a clown at the Cirque Medrano in Paris France and was the only American in How To Succed In Business Without Really Trying also in Paris Patrick performed in television film and stage in France before appearing in Joseph Papps New York Shakespeare Festival He has appeared on and offBroadway and spent time in such prestigious repertory companies as Seattle Rep ACT San Francisco and Actors Theatre Louisville among others His two favorite roles in theatre were Truffaldino in The Servant of Two Masters and the prosecuting attorney in In the Matter of J Robert Oppenheimer both at Seattle Rep In television and film his favorites are Jacques Du Bois the arrogant French fencer on Happy Days The Duel 1979 and Major General John Bell Hood in the films Gettysburg 1993 and Gods and Generals 2003 Patrick still trains is a Black Belt in Aikido and along with acting his passions are poker chess Japanese calligraphy and the Foreign Language Committee for the Oscars IMDb Mini Biography By Patrick Gorman