Ben Harney (actor)

Ben Harney
Ben Harney
Born	August 29, 1952 (age 71); Brooklyn, New York, USA
Education	The High School of Music & Art, 1970
Occupation	Stage actor
Years active	1972–1985
Spouse	Olive Harney
Awards	Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical, 1982 (Dreamgirls)

Ben Harney (born 29 August 1952 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor and dancer who was most active in his career between 1972 and 1985.

Harney attended Manhattan's High School of Music & Art, graduating in 1970.^[1]

Harney won the 1982 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for his role as the Berry Gordy-esque character, Curtis Taylor Jr. in the Broadway musical Dreamgirls.

He also created, co-wrote and performed in the 1990 children's Christian video series Ben & Eddie with Muppet performer Camille Bonora.^[2]

References

^ "Notable Alumni," Alumni & Friends of LaGuardia High School website. Accessed Nov. 1, 2016.
^ "Lessons From a Life in Culture and the Arts - An Interview with Camille Kampouris". Forum of Christian Leaders. 2013-05-28. Retrieved 2018-12-18.

External links

Ben Harney at the Internet Broadway Database
Ben Harney at IMDb

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[1] "Notable Alumni," Alumni & Friends of LaGuardia High School website. Accessed Nov. 1, 2016.

[FOCL-2] "Lessons From a Life in Culture and the Arts - An Interview with Camille Kampouris". Forum of Christian Leaders. 2013-05-28. Retrieved 2018-12-18.

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v t e Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical
1948–1975	Paul Hartman (1948) Ray Bolger (1949) Ezio Pinza (1950) Robert Alda (1951) Phil Silvers (1952) Thomas Mitchell (1953) Alfred Drake (1954) Walter Slezak (1955) Ray Walston (1956) Rex Harrison (1957) Robert Preston (1958) Richard Kiley (1959) Jackie Gleason (1960) Richard Burton (1961) Robert Morse (1962) Zero Mostel (1963) Bert Lahr (1964) Zero Mostel (1965) Richard Kiley (1966) Robert Preston (1967) Robert Goulet (1968) Jerry Orbach (1969) Cleavon Little (1970) Hal Linden (1971) Phil Silvers (1972) Ben Vereen (1973) Christopher Plummer (1974) John Cullum (1975)
1976–2000	George Rose (1976) Barry Bostwick (1977) John Cullum (1978) Len Cariou (1979) Jim Dale (1980) Kevin Kline (1981) Ben Harney (1982) Tommy Tune (1983) George Hearn (1984) No Award (1985) George Rose (1986) Robert Lindsay (1987) Michael Crawford (1988) Jason Alexander (1989) James Naughton (1990) Jonathan Pryce (1991) Gregory Hines (1992) Brent Carver (1993) Boyd Gaines (1994) Matthew Broderick (1995) Nathan Lane (1996) James Naughton (1997) Alan Cumming (1998) Martin Short (1999) Brian Stokes Mitchell (2000)
2001–present	Nathan Lane (2001) John Lithgow (2002) Harvey Fierstein (2003) Hugh Jackman (2004) Norbert Leo Butz (2005) John Lloyd Young (2006) David Hyde Pierce (2007) Paulo Szot (2008) David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik, and Kiril Kulish (2009) Douglas Hodge (2010) Norbert Leo Butz (2011) Steve Kazee (2012) Billy Porter (2013) Neil Patrick Harris (2014) Michael Cerveris (2015) Leslie Odom Jr. (2016) Ben Platt (2017) Tony Shalhoub (2018) Santino Fontana (2019) Aaron Tveit (2020/21) Myles Frost (2022) J. Harrison Ghee (2023)

Authority control databases
International	FAST ISNI VIAF WorldCat
National	United States
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Other	SNAC

Ben Harney
Born	(1952-08-29) August 29, 1952 (age 71) Brooklyn, New York, USA
Education	The High School of Music & Art, 1970
Occupation	Stage actor
Years active	1972–1985
Spouse	Olive Harney
Awards	Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical, 1982 (Dreamgirls)