Barton Heyman (born January 24, 1937, in
Washington, D.C.
)
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- died May 16, 1996, in
Manhattan
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,
New York City
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,
New York) was an American
actor
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.
Heyman was a graduate of the
University of California, Los Angeles
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where he studied
theater arts
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...
.
As an
actor in films, his
obituary in the
Los Angeles Times
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asserts that he came to public attention for his role in the 1995 movie
Dead Man Walking.
Heyman was also a stage actor, appearing in a number of
New York Shakespeare Festival
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productions.
Filmography
References
External links
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1937 births
1996 deaths
American male film actors
Male actors from Washington, D.C.