Jerry Leggio Biography (1935-)

Born September 23, 1935, in Baton Rouge, LA; married Gloria, November 7, 1959.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor
Birth Details: September 23, 1935; Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Appearances
Boolie, Driving Miss Daisy, Cabaret Theatre, Baton Rouge, LA, 1990
Ben Chambers, Norman, Is That You?, Cabaret Theatre, 1993
Appeared as Erwin Leeds, Subject to Change, Sol Weisenheimer, Drop Dead, Officer Welch, Rumors, all at Cabaret Theatre; Senex andMiles Gloriosus, Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Col Jessep, A Few Good Men, Sen Malbeaux, Home Spin, Judge Bastardson, Sly Fox, Doc, Westside Story, Henry Drummond, Inherit theWind, Herb Tucker, I Oughta be in Pictures, Lieutenant Shrank, Westside Story, Virgil Blessing, Bus Stop, Sheriff Dodd, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Cap'm Andy, Show Boat, Captain Von Trapp, Sound of Music, Watson Frye, Close Ties, Lancelot, Camelot, Desmonde, Happy Time, Dr. Carrasco, Man of LaMancha, LouTanner, Gingerbread Lady, Peter Marriott, Sound of Murder, Bert Jefferson, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Phil Romano, That Championship Season, Hajj, Kismet, King Arthur, Camelot, Stanley Kowalsky, Streetcar Named Desire, Bertram Cates, Inherit the Wind, Allen Baker, Come Blow Your Horn, Paul Sevine, Shot in the Dark, Bernie Dodd, Country Girl, Sky Masterson, Guys and Dolls, Nerone, Devil's Advocate, Thomas Cromwell, Man for All Seasons,Bill Sykes, Oliver, Billy Bigelow, Carousel, all Baton Rouge Little Theatre; G. Patton, All the King's Men, Swine Palace Productions;Sir Charles Clarke, Gross Indecency, the Three Trials of Oscar Wilde;Reader D, The Hollow Crown, Sudden Theatre Group; President Jefferson, PASSAGES: A Story of Lewis and Clark; Miles Gloriosus, Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum, Dr. Chumley, Harvey, Julian Winston, Cactus Flower, King of Siam, The King and I, Sheriff Oglesby, The Death and Life of Sneaky Fitch, Captain Von Trapp, Soundof Music, all Aubin Lane Dinner Theatre; King, Sleeping Beauty; Paul Verral, Born Yesterday, The Dinner Theatre; Jack/George, You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running, Skyline Theatre; Adam, Creation of the World and Other Business; Moony, Moony's Kid Don't Cry, Opelousas Little Theatre; Bonario, Volpone, and Linzman, Lilliom, both Louisiana State University Theatre.
Film Appearances
(Uncredited) Doctor, Hush ... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (also known asCross of Iron and What Ever Happened to Cousin Charlotte?), 1964
(Uncredited) Doctor, Hurry Sundown, Paramount, 1967
Guard, Sounder, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1972
Mr. Bonnard, Sister, Sister, New World, 1987
(Uncredited) Photographer, Blaze, Buena Vista, 1989
(Uncredited) Doctor, Heaven's Prisoners, New Line Cinema, 1996
Television Appearances
Movies
Carpetbagger, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, 1974
Mr. Valchex, The Deadly Tower (also known as Sniper), NBC,1975
Jack Williamson, The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish (alsoknown as Every Man a King), NBC, 1977
Coach, Superdome, 1978
First policeman, Murder at the Mardi Gras, CBS, 1978
(Uncredited) Businessman, Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus, NBC, 1978
Farmer, Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, CBS, 1982

Charlie, Hot Pursuit, NBC, 1984
Sixth reporter, Margaret Bourke-White (also known as Double Exposure), TNT, 1989
Dr. Melvin, False Witness (also known as Double Exposure),NBC, 1989
Judge Altzo, Doublecrossed, HBO, 1991
Mayor Mann, The Ernest Green Story, The Disney Channel, 1993
Deputy coroner, House of Secrets (also known as Conspiracy of Terror), NBC, 1993
Morris McGonigal, Jake Lassiter: Justice on the Bayou, NBC, 1995
Farley's aide, Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long, TNT, 1995
Warden, Old Man (also known as William Faulkner's "Old Man"), CBS, 1997
Henry, The Badge, Starz!, 2001
Ackerman, Malpractice, Lifetime, 2002
Dr. Harns, Torn Apart, Lifetime, 2004
Doctor, Infidelity, Lifetime, 2004
Series
Harry, In the Heat of the Night, NBC, 1988
Judge Hopewell, Sweet Justice, NBC, 1994
Pilots
Preacher, The Night Rider, ABC, 1979
Miniseries
Coleman's third man, A Woman Called Moses, NBC, 1978
Varnedoe, Beulah Land, NBC, 1980
District attorney, The Mississippi, CBS, 1983
Banker, Louisiana (also known as Louisiane), Cinemax, 1984
(Uncredited) Policeman, If Tomorrow Comes, CBS, 1986
Episodic
"An Eye for an Eye," Dangerous Curves, CBS, 1992
David Larkin, "Deathwatch," Dangerous Curves, CBS, 1992
Governor, "Luther's Temptation," Orleans, CBS, 1997
Specials
Banker, Hollywood Gets MADD (documentary), TBS, 1993

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Electronic

Jerry Leggio Official Site, http://www.sremploy.org/, April 21, 2005

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