Maury Chaykin
Maury Chaykin | |
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A Nero Wolfe Mystery | |
Born | Maury Alan Chaykin July 27, 1949 New York City, U.S. |
Died | July 27, 2010 , Ontario, Canada | (aged 61)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1968–2010 |
Spouses |
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Children | 1 |
Maury Alan Chaykin (July 27, 1949 – July 27, 2010) was an American–Canadian actor, best known for his portrayal of
His film appearances include The Kidnapping of the President, WarGames, Twins, Dances with Wolves, My Cousin Vinny, Devil in a Blue Dress, Cutthroat Island, The Mask of Zorro, Entrapment and Mystery, Alaska. Television wise, he starred as Sam Blecher in the first two seasons of the Canadian dramedy Less Than Kind, and made guest appearances in Seeing Things, Philip Marlowe, Private Eye, The Twilight Zone, Street Legal, La Femme Nikita, Due South, Lexx, Andromeda, CSI, Stargate SG-1, Entourage, Boston Legal and Eureka.
Personal life
Chaykin was born to Jewish parents in
Raised in
Chaykin was a dual citizen of the United States and Canada.[1]
Career
Chaykin was known for portrayals of blustery supporting characters. One of his rare leading roles was
Two of Chaykin's early motion picture roles brought him public recognition: computer programmer Jim Sting in WarGames and prosecution witness Sam Tipton in My Cousin Vinny. In 1990, he had a small but pivotal role in the film Dances with Wolves, portraying Major Fambrough, an Army fort commander who kills himself as a result of becoming insane.[citation needed]
Chaykin had his first starring role in
Chaykin also had roles on the television series
Chaykin portrayed the colorful bookie Frank Perlin opposite
Chaykin starred as Sam Blecher, the owner of a family-run driving school in Winnipeg, in the first two seasons (2008–2010) of the Canadian comedy-drama television series
"Sam is an out-of-control, good-hearted, big-hearted person who just can't quite get it right with his family," Chaykin told Q radio interviewer Jian Ghomeshi in April 2010. "He's full of love but he can't express it. But what he does express is anxiety, desperation, and the need to dominate, which is kind of pathetic." Asked whether he liked the character, Chaykin replied, "I love him. I do, I really do, and it's the same kind of love that a person has for family — where you see their foibles but at the same time you embrace them because they are a part of you. And Sam certainly is a part of me."[10]
In 2011, Chaykin posthumously received the ACTRA Toronto Award for Outstanding Performance — Male for his performance as Sam Blecher in Less Than Kind. He had been nominated for the award in 2003, for his portrayal of Nero Wolfe.[citation needed]
Death
Maury Chaykin died in Toronto on July 27, 2010, his 61st birthday, from complications of a heart valve infection.[1]
Works
Theatre
Select theatre credits for Maury Chaykin were part of his resumé at Edna Talent Management, Ltd.[11]
Year | Title | Role | Company | Director | Refs |
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1968 | Oh! What A Lovely War | Ambassador | University at Buffalo Theatre
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Tom Moore | [12] |
1973 | Fat Fell Down | Spike | Theater for the New City | [13] | |
1974 | Me? | Oliver Jordan | Toronto Free Theatre | John Palmer | |
1974 | Tony's Woman | Alexq | Theatre Passe Muraille | Hrant Alianak | [14] |
1977 | Gossip | Sam Lewis | Toronto Free Theatre | John Palmer | |
1977 | The Boy Bishop | De Bois | Factory Theatre Lab | Ken Gass | [15] |
1977 | Romulus the Great | Zeno | Theatre Plus | Marion André | [16] |
1978 | Gimme Shelter | Ton | Brooklyn Academy of Music Dodger Theatre | Des McAnuff | [17] |
1979 | Leave It to Beaver Is Dead | Thompson | The Public Theatre
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Des McAnuff | [18] |
1985 | A Man's a Man | Jip | La Jolla Playhouse | Robert Woodruff | [19] |
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1975 | Me | Oliver Jordan | |
1978 | King of Kensington | Unknown | Episode: "Polyfur" |
1980 | Jimmy B. and André | Bruno | TV movie |
1980 | Nothing Personal | Kanook | |
1980 | Double Negative | Rollins | |
1980 | The Kidnapping of the President | Harvey Cannon | |
1981 | Death Hunt | Clarence | |
1981 | Just Jessie | Joey Harper | TV movie |
1981 | The July Group | Harvey | TV movie |
1982 | Soup for One | Dr. Wexler | |
1982 | Highpoint | Falco | |
1982–1986 | Seeing Things | Randall Jackson | 4 episodes |
1983 | ABC Weekend Special | "Mousey" | Episode: "Horatio Alger Updated: Frank and Fearless" |
1983 | Curtains | Monty | |
1983 | WarGames | Jim Sting | |
1983 | Of Unknown Origin | Dan Errol | |
1983 | American Playhouse | Gondol | Episodes: "Overdrawn at the Memory Bank" |
1984 | Harry & Son | Lawrence | |
1984 | The Guardian | Rudy Simbro | TV movie |
1984 | Hockey Night | "Bum" Johnston | TV movie |
1984 | Mrs. Soffel | Guard Charlie Reynolds | |
1985 | Turk 182 | Man In Wheelchair | |
1985 | Def-Con 4 | Vinny | |
1985 | In Like Flynn | Williams | TV movie |
1985 | Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks | Harold Chamberlain Banks | TV movie |
1985 | The Suicide Murders | Sid | TV movie |
1986 | The Vindicator | Burt Arthurs | |
1986 | Act of Vengeance | Claude Vealey | TV movie |
1986 | Philip Marlowe, Private Eye | Lieutenant Copernik | Episode: "Red Wind" |
1986 | Adderly | Russian Agent | Episode: "Requiem" |
1986 | Meatballs III: Summer Job | Huey, River Rat Leader | |
1986 | Night Heat | Mallory / Merle Marlowe | 2 episodes |
1986 | Crime Story
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Steven Kordo | Episode: "Crime Pays" |
1986 | Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show
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Fire Captain | Episode: "There's an Elephant Stuck Up That Tree" |
1987 | The Bedroom Window | Pool Player | |
1987 | Wild Thing | Jonathan Trask | |
1987 | Nowhere to Hide | Marchais | |
1987 | Diamonds | Murray Wolf | Episode: "Here Comes the Bride" |
1987 | Hearts of Fire | Charlie Kelso | |
1987 | Caribe | Captain Burdoch | |
1987 | Race for the Bomb | General Leslie Groves | 2 episodes |
1987 | Future Block | Unknown | Short, Voice |
1987 | Higher Education | Guido | Uncredited |
1988 | Stars and Bars | Freeborn Gage | |
1988 | Hot Paint | Wilensky | TV movie |
1988 | Iron Eagle II | Sergeant Downs | |
1988 | Twins | Burt Klane | |
1989 | The Twilight Zone | James L. "Fats" Brown | Episode: " A Game of Pool "
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1989 | Millennium | Roger Keane | |
1989 | Cold Comfort | Floyd Lucas | |
1989 | George's Island | Mr. Droonfield | |
1989 | Breaking In | Vincent Tucci | |
1990 | Where the Heart Is | Harry | |
1990 | Street Legal | Ben Tochet | 2 episodes |
1990 | Mr. Destiny | Guzelman | |
1990 | Dances with Wolves | Major Fambrough | |
1990 | Labor of Love | Unknown | TV movie |
1991 | The Adjuster | Bubba | |
1991 | The Pianist | Cody | |
1991 | Montréal vu par... | Jurgen Van Doom | (segment "En passant") |
1991 | Conspiracy of Silence | Lawyer D'Arcy Bancroft | Episode: "Episode #1.1" |
1992 | My Cousin Vinny | Sam Tipton | |
1992 | Leaving Normal | Leon "Crazy-As" Pendleton | |
1992 | Buried on Sunday | Dexter Lexcannon | |
1992 | Hero | Winston, Bernie's Landlord | |
1992 | Split Images | Walter Kouza | TV movie |
1993 | Sommersby | Lawyer Dawson | |
1993 | Matrix | Lionel Meeks / Charles Meeks | 2 episodes |
1993 | Money for Nothing | Vincente Goldoni | |
1993 | Josh and S.A.M. | Pizza Man | |
1993 | Beethoven's 2nd | Cliff Klamath | |
1994 | Exotica | Exotica Club Client | Uncredited |
1994 | Whale Music | Desmond Howl | Genie Award
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1994 | Camilla | Harold Cara | |
1994 | Transplant | Unknown | |
1995 | Unstrung Heroes | Arthur Lidz | |
1995 | Devil in a Blue Dress | Matthew Terell | |
1995 | Sugartime | Tony Accardo | TV movie |
1995 | Cutthroat Island | John Reed | |
1996 | If Looks Could Kill | Dr. Richard Boggs | TV movie |
1996 | Harriet the Spy | Holiday Pageant Director | Uncredited |
1997 | Keeping the Promise | Ben Loomis | TV movie |
1997 | La Femme Nikita | Rudy | Episode: "Innocent" — Gemini Award
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1997 | Love and Death on Long Island | Irving Buckmuller | |
1997 | The Sweet Hereafter | Wendell Walker | |
1997 | Gone Fishin' | Kirk, The Waiter | Uncredited |
1997 | Strip Search | Tomas | |
1997 | Northern Lights | Ben Rubadue | TV movie |
1997 | Pale Saints | The Pirate | |
1997 | A Life Less Ordinary | Tod Johnson | |
1997 | Mouse Hunt | Alexander Falko | |
1997–1998 | Due South | Pike / Jasper Gutman | 2 episodes |
1998 | Tracey Takes On... | Kurt Rasmussen | Episode: "Marriage" |
1998 | Jerry and Tom | Billy | |
1998 | Emily of New Moon | Lofty John | Episode: "Paradise Lost" |
1998 | The Mask of Zorro | Prison Warden | |
1998 | Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
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Dr. Bob Dalhousie | Episode: "Harlequin" |
1998 | Death by Dawn | Unknown | |
1999 | Lexx | Pa Gollean | 2 episodes |
1999 | Let the Devil Wear Black | Bruce | |
1999 | Entrapment | Conrad Greene | |
1999 | Touched | Bert | |
1999 | Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang | Mr. Cooper / Louie Loser | |
1999 | Mystery, Alaska | Bailey Pruitt | |
1999 | Made in Canada | Captain McGee | Episode: "For the Children" |
1999 | Joan of Arc | Sir Robert de Baudricourt | 3 episodes |
2000 | What's Cooking? | Herbie Seelig | |
2000 | The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery | Nero Wolfe | TV movie |
2000 | The Art of War | FBI Agent Frank Capella | |
2001 | Bartleby | Ernest | |
2001 | Varian's War | Marcello | TV movie |
2001 | Plan B | Donald Rossi | |
2001 | On Their Knees | Norman | |
2001–2002 | A Nero Wolfe Mystery
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Nero Wolfe | 20 episodes |
2001 | Bleacher Bums | Billy, The Scorekeeper | TV movie |
2002 | Crossed Over | Ethan Lowry | TV movie |
2002 | Past Perfect | Chuck | |
2002 | The Wet Season | Uncle Rick | Short |
2002 | Hostage | The Kidnapper | Segment for the BMW short film series The Hire |
2003 | Owning Mahowny | Frank Perlin | |
2003 | Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales | Dan Weisman | TV movie |
2003 | Andromeda | Citizen Eight | Episode: "Pieces of Eight" |
2004 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Joseph Greene / Joe Landers | Episode: "No More Bets" |
2004 | Sugar | Stanley | |
2004 | The Eleventh Hour | Dr. Jackson | Episode: "The Revenge Specialist" |
2004 | Being Julia | Walter Gibbs | |
2004 | Intern Academy | Dr. Roger "Tony" Toussant | |
2004 | Wilby Wonderful | Mayor Brent Fisher | |
2004 | Sex Traffic | Ernie Dwight | 2 episodes |
2005 | Where the Truth Lies | Sally Sanmarco | |
2005 | The Hunt for the BTK Killer | Robert Beattie | TV movie |
2005–2006 | Stargate SG-1 | Nerus
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2 episodes |
2005–2007 | Entourage
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Harvey Weingard
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4 episodes |
2006 | Boston Legal | Ryan Myerson | Episode: "Live Big" |
2006 | At the Hotel' | Jerry Mitchell | Episode: "The Perfect Couple" — Gemini Award
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2006 | Trailer Park Boys | Chief of Police | Episode: "Gimme My Fuckin Money or Randy's Dead" |
2006 | Eureka | Sheriff William Cobb | Episode: "Pilot" |
2006 | Heavens Fall | Lyle Harris | |
2006 | It's a Boy Girl Thing | Stan Deane | |
2007 | Superstorm
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Senator Wallace | 3 episodes |
2007 | Elijah | Premier Howard Pawley | TV movie |
2008 | Production Office | Shelly | |
2008 | The Grift | Rusty | |
2008 | Blindness | The Accountant | |
2008 | Adoration | Passenger & Professor On-Line | |
2008 | Glitch | Mr. Linkletter | TV movie |
2008 | Bull | Roland Gow | |
2008 | Murder on Her Mind | John Emory | TV movie |
2008 | Hooked on Speedman | Dietrich Baum | |
2008–2010 | Less Than Kind | Sam Blecher | 26 episodes ACTRA Toronto Award |
2009 | Cooking with Stella | H.E. Mr. Durand | |
2009 | Abroad | Lord Oldenberg | TV movie |
2010 | Barney's Version | John Emory | |
2010 | Casino Jack
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Anthony "Big Tony" Moscatiello | |
2011 | The Drunk and On Drugs Happy Fun Time Hour
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Doctor Funtime | Episode: "Maury Chaykin Fucked Us" (final role) |
2011 | Conduct Unbecoming | Colonel Fox | (posthumous release) |
Awards
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References
- ^ a b c Weber, Bruce (July 29, 2010). "Maury Chaykin, Character Actor, Dies at 61". The New York Times. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
- ^ Irving Chaykin death notice in The New York Times, April 1, 2007; Irving Chaykin memorial at Baruch College
- ^ Clarice Chaykin Obituary in The New York Times, May 23, 2012
- ^ Multicultural Canada Archived July 14, 2012, at archive.today, Canadian Jewish Review, April 12, 1946, p. 18
- A Nero Wolfe Mystery ("Murder Is Corny," "Poison à la Carte").
- ^ "Award-winning actor was TV's 'Nero Wolfe'";The Washington Post, July 28, 2010. Posner, Michael, "Obituaries; Maury Alan Chaykin, 61." The Globe and Mail, July 31, 2010
- ^ Weitzman, Elizabeth, "The Nominees for Hardest-Working Actor Are..."; The New York Times, March 12, 2000. "It's a rare show of vanity for an actor who specializes in particularly unsavory characters," Weitzman wrote.
- ^ Zekas, Rita, "That's a Maury," Toronto Star, February 19, 2006. "I've been playing a character called Nerus on a few episodes of Stargate SG-1", Chaykin told the columnist. "The creator of the show is a big fan of Nero Wolfe. Nerus is a gourmand from a different planet."
- ^ "Less Than Kind wins 3 Geminis". CBC News, November 13, 2010. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
- YouTube; CBC Q video interview by Jian Ghomeshi, posted April 28, 2010
- ^ Maury Chaykin at the Wayback Machine (archived December 4, 2008), Edna Talent Management Ltd., archived December 4, 2008 from the original at the Internet Archive. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- ^ "Tom Moore". Film Reference.com. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- Theatre for the New City. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- ^ "Director". Hrant Alianak official site. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- ^ "Ken Gass". Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- ^ "Now that Summer's Here: a Brief History of Theatre Plus". Sonja Hermans, University of Guelph Library, 1988. Archived from the original on May 20, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- ^ "BAM 150 Timeline" (PDF). Brooklyn Academy of Music. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- ^ Gussow, Mel, "Stage: Of TV Survivors, Clinics and Drug Addicts". The New York Times, April 4, 1979
- ^ "Stage Review : Bill Irwin Proves 'A Man's A Man'". Sylvie Drake, Los Angeles Times, July 23, 1985. July 23, 1985. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- ^ Award shared with Caerthan Banks, Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, Tom McCamus, Stephanie Morgenstern, Gabrielle Rose and Alberta Watson
- ^ "ACTRA Award Revived in Honour of 60th Anniversary". ACTRA. February 3, 2003. Archived from the original on December 9, 2003. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
- ^ "The ACTRA Awards in Toronto". ACTRA. Archived from the original on July 4, 2008. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
- ^ Award shared with Benjamin Arthur, Jesse Camacho, Wendel Meldrum and Nancy Sorel; CBC News, October 2, 2009
- ^ Nomination shared with Benjamin Arthur, Jesse Camacho, Wendel Meldrum, Brooke Palsson and Nancy Sorel; Canadian Comedy Awards & Festival nominees Archived June 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, retrieved July 28, 2010
- ^ The 9th Annual ACTRA Awards in Toronto — 2011 Nominees Announced (January 12, 2011); retrieved January 14, 2011. "ACTRA honours Chaykin and Wright with posthumous awards"; The Globe and Mail, retrieved February 26, 2011
External links
- Maury Chaykin at AllMovie
- Maury Chaykin at IMDb
- Maury Chaykin at the TCM Movie Database