Philip Roth
- July 15, 2002
- 72 years
About Philip Roth
Philip Roth, 72, American actor.
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|Philip Roth (July 6, 1930 – July 15, 2002) was an American television and film actor.
Roth appeared in over twenty television shows and movies beginning in 1961 with a small role in an episode of Tallahassee 7000. He had roles in several notable films of the early 1970s, such as What's Up, Doc? where he played 'Mr Jones', Catch-22 as Doctor, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as Woolsey, and Harry and Tonto as Vegas Gambler. He also had roles in numerous smaller films as well as several TV shows such as The Monkees as Howard Needleman, Tales from the Dark Side as Sam Larchmont/Wilson Farber, and Cagney and Lacey as Sullivan.
Roth served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
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