Kaplan Kaye

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Kaplan Kaye
Corona Stage Academy
Occupation(s)Actor, songwriter, musician
FamilyDavy Kaye (father)

Kaplan Eric Kaye (born 1949) is an English stage and screen actor, songwriter and musician, as well as a Past King Rat of the show-business charity the Grand Order of Water Rats.

Biography

Born in

William (1963), Eagle Rock (1964), The Saint (1964), the mini-series The Three Musketeers (1966), Armchair Theatre (1967), Z-Cars (1968), The First Lady (1968), and Journey to the Unknown (1968).[1]

Film roles include Corridors of Blood (1958), Passionate Summer (1958), Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959), Charles in Night Train for Inverness (1960), and Jimmie Noonan in The Whisperers (1967).[1][2]

Theatre appearances include Oliver! (1960), Siddy Blitztein in the original production of Blitz! (1962) by Lionel Bart,[3] and 'Puck' at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden in Benjamin Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream (1966)[4] The latter performance was issued as an album.[5]

With

L.L. Cool J and featured 50 Cent in 2009.[7][8] With Bill Dare he is half of the ukulele
duo 'The Ukaye Ukes'.

Kaye was King Rat of the British show-business charity the Grand Order of Water Rats from 2006 to 2008, and was 'Rat of the Year' in 2004.[9]

References

  1. ^
    Internet Movie Database
  2. . Retrieved 24 July 2020 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ [1] [dead link]
  4. ^ "CLBRMIDS.HTM". Operadis-opera-discography.org.uk. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  5. ^ 'What becomes of the one-hit wonders?' - The Guardian
  6. ^ "Info - Roots Ukes and Toots". Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  7. ^ "The Ukaye Ukes". Theukayeukes.co.uk. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  8. ^ Kaye on the Grand Order of Water Rats website

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