James Coco Biography (1929-)

Born March 21, 1929, in New York, NY; son of Feliche (a shoemaker) and Ida (Detestes) Coco. Addresses: AGENT--c/o Paul H. Wolfowitz, 59 E. 54th Street, New York, NY 10022.

Nationality
American
Gender
Male
Birth Details
March 21, 1929
New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

  • Credits
  • STAGE DEBUT--Old King Cole, Clare Tree Majors Theater.
  • NEW YORK DEBUT--Tabu, Hotel Paradiso, Henry Miller's Theatre, 1957.
  • Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
  • Darwin's Theories, Madison Avenue Playhouse, NY, 1960.
  • Tausch, The Moon in the Yellow River, East End Theatre, NY, 1961.
  • Doctor, Everybody Loves Opal, Longacre Theatre, NY, 1961.
  • Mr. Hammidullah, A Passage to India, Ambassador Theatre, NY, 1962.
  • O'Casey, Arturo Ui, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, NY, 1963.
  • Leslie Edwards, The Sponge Room, Stanley Mintey, Squat Betty, both East End Theatre, NY, 1964.
  • The First, That 5 AM Jazz, Astor Place Theatre, NY, 1964.
  • Roger Varnum, Lovey, Cherry Lane Theatre, NY, 1965.
  • A Sewerman, The Devils, Broadway Theatre, NY, 1965.
  • Barber, Man of La Mancha, Washington Square Theatre, NY, 1966.
  • Inspector Rogers, The Astrakhan Coat, Helen Hayes Theatre, NY, 1967.
  • Lee, Here's Where I Belong, Billy Rose Theatre, NY, 1968.
  • Window Washer, Witness, Gramercy Arts Theatre, NY, 1968.
  • Marion Cheever, Next, Greenwich Mews Theatre, NY, then Mark Taper Forum,Los Angeles, CA, 1969.
  • Barney Cashman, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, NY, 1969.
  • Benno Blimpie, The Transfiguration of Benno Blimpie, Astor Place Theatre,NY, 1977.
  • Little Me, NY, 1982.
  • You Can't Take It with You, NY, 1983.
  • FILM DEBUT--Ensign Pulver, Warner Brothers, 1964.
  • Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
  • Generation, Avco Embassy, 1969.
  • End of the Road, Allied Artists, 1970.
  • The Strawberry Statement, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1970.
  • Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon, Paramount, 1970.
  • A New Leaf, Paramount, 1971.
  • Such Good Friends, Paramount, 1971.
  • Man of La Mancha, United Artists, 1972.
  • The Wild Party, American International, 1975.
  • Murder by Death, Columbia, 1976.
  • Charleston, 1978.
  • Bye Bye Monkey.
  • The Cheap Detective, Columbia, 1978.
  • Scavenger Hunt, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1979.
  • Wholly Moses, Columbia, 1980.
  • Only When I Laugh, Columbia, 1981.
  • The Muppets Take Manhattan, Tri-Star, 1984.
  • Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES; SERIES
  • Joe Calucci, Calucci's Department, CBS, 1974.
  • Joe Dumpling, The Dumplings, NBC, 1976.
  • Credits; EPISODIC
  • "Cora and Arnie," St. Elsewhere, NBC, 1983.
  • Guest: Johnny Carson Show.
  • Raquel Welch Special.
  • Credits; MOVIES
  • The French Atlantic Affair, 1979.
  • Diary of Anne Frank, 1980.
  • Writings;BOOKS
  • The James Coco Diet Book, 1984.