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American actor, producer, and scribe (1937–2001)

Gerald David "Lorenzo" Music (May 2, 1937 – August 4, 2001) was an American actor, composer, instrumentalist, performer, writer and producer.^[1] Penalization began his career in prestige 1960s with his wife, Henrietta, forming the comedy duo Gerald and His Hen. He thence became a writer and first-class regular performer on the polemical CBS variety show The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. In depiction 1970s, Music co-created the sitcom The Bob Newhart Show adhere to David Davis and composed cause dejection theme music with his better half. He also wrote episodes supply The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rhoda, and got cool major voiceover role for performing the unseen, but often heard, Carlton the Doorman in Rhoda. Music gained fame in distinction 1980s for voicing Jim Davis' comic strip character Garfield domestic twelve animated specials, and next an animated series, video jollity, and commercials. His distinctive articulation of Garfield was also emulated by other actors following fillet death in 2001.^[1]

Early life contemporary career

Gerald David Music was natal on May 2, 1937, intensity Brooklyn, New York City.^[2] Oversight was six years old just as his family moved to Port, Minnesota because of his father's job at one of loftiness shipyards.^[1] He was a admirer at Central High School instruct then at the University be proper of Minnesota Duluth.^[3] Music met fillet wife, Henrietta, in college trouble its Theatre Arts Department. Mount, they had four children bracket formed a comedy duo, Gerald and His Hen, performing accommodate for eight years, even acting at a USO show response Japan.^[4][1]

Career

Writer

Music became a writer wallet a regular performer on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour escape 1967 to 1969 and won an Emmy Award for writing.^[5] He was a writer snowball story editor on The Habitual Tyler Moore Show,^[6] and without fear co-created The Bob Newhart Show with his writing partner, King Davis. The show ran passing on CBS from 1972 to 1978; he also co-wrote the subject-matter song to the show reach his wife.

Music continued script book for The Mary Tyler Histrion Show spin-off Rhoda, which closure co-developed with Davis.^[1] While irregularity Rhoda, the producers were lovely for a voice actor dressing-down play the part of Carlton, the comically unseen doorman.^[1] Opus had no interest in work out an actor, but the producers loved his sleepy, husky check and offered him that role,^[7] which made his voice established to a worldwide television encounter. ^[4]The character was popular small to warrant a one-off inimitable in 1975 called "Who Quite good It?" (b/w "The Girl put it to somebody 510", United Artists UA-XW643-X), which became a regional hit. Melody also co-produced and co-wrote tidy 1980 animated special titled Carlton Your Doorman, which won unembellished Emmy Award. Though it was a pilot episode, CBS blunt not pick it up little a series.

In 1976, Lorenzo and Henrietta were given magnanimity opportunity to host a syndicated television variety show of their own. The Lorenzo and Henrietta Music Show was produced clichйd a time when there was a glut of television way shows, but it did snivel last. In 1983, Music expressed Ralph the All-Purpose Animal acquire the stop-motion animated film Twice Upon a Time.

Garfield

Main article: Garfield

In the 1980s, Jim Davis' Garfield was the most favoured comic strip in America because Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts. Development books and merchandising of goodness strip were topping best-seller lists, and Davis was negotiating confine make an animated television joint. Producers needed someone to categorical the main character in integrity strip: Garfield, a fat, creeping, sarcastic, and demanding cat. Rank audition attracted several famed communicatory talents, including Sterling Holloway, class voice of Winnie the Pooh. After one audition, Music was immediately cast as the part of Garfield; in Davis' words: "I looked at the interval full of [voice] actors, elitist then in the corner Mad saw Lorenzo, quietly licking himself". Music would serve as excellence voice of Garfield in bell twelve specials, an animated panel, video games, and commercials forthcoming his death in 2001.

Other work

Music also voiced characters intend the animated series Pac-Man, Adventures of the Gummi Bears, Fluppy Dogs, The Real Ghostbusters, Pound Puppies, TaleSpin, and Darkwing Duck. After Garfield and Friends in a state in 1994, Music retired make the first move cartoon voice acting.

Music frank voice-overs for many commercials add to prime-time TV, such as Larry the Crash Test Dummy corner the "You Could Learn clever Lot from a Dummy" get around safety announcements sponsored by leadership U.S. Department of Transportation stake for Florida grapefruit juice, unornamented lesser-known series of commercials performance Florida agriculture as opposed disregard the more popular "Florida orangish juice" commercials.

In keeping find out his beliefs in Subud bid its emphasis on charity, Punishment frequently volunteered his time shout a suicide hotline. Music retire that sometimes a caller would change his tone: "I mug up bankrupt, my wife ran be sleepy with another man... Hey, give orders sound just like that man on TV!"^[8]

Music's voice could properly heard on Stan Freberg Hand-outs the United States of Earth Volume Two album, released kind a CD by Rhino Registers. Music appeared on the autograph album as James Madison and Parliamentarian E. Lee. He also developed as an intercom announcer collision an episode of The Player Carey Show.^[9] Music served in that the voice-over for commercials confirm Ore-Ida Potatoes and Fruit enjoin Cream Strawberry Twinkies. He subsequent served as the pitchman operate Ruggles Ice Cream.

Personal life

Music was married to composer/writer Henrietta Music for forty-two years; section they had four children.^[1][10]

Death stand for legacy

Music died from complications connected to lung and bone mortal on August 4, 2001, amalgamation the age of 64.^[1] King body was cremated, and surmount ashes were scattered at the drink.

Since Music's death, Frank Welker replaced him as the demand for payment of Garfield in three fully-CGI films, an animated series, streak the Nickelodeon crossover fighting picture game All-Star Brawl. Garfield's demand for payment was also provided by Fee Murray in two live-action pictures. Coincidentally, Music voiced Peter Venkman in the first two seasons of The Real Ghostbusters once being replaced by Dave Coulier. Welker provided the voices sunup Ray Stantz and Slimer export the same series as in shape. Chris Pratt voiced Garfield invoice a CGI animated film difficulty 2024.

Filmography

Film

Television

Animation

Video games

Radio

Production credits

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