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1952-11-07 · Reno, Nevada, USA · Male

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Kevin Scully Geer (November 7, 1952 – January 25, 2017) was an American actor of stage and screen.

Early life

Geer was born in Reno, Nevada, and raised in Los Angeles, California. Kevin Geer's father died when he was an infant. He moved from Reno, Nevada, to Los Angeles with his mother, Claire Scully Geer.

Career

After graduating from a military academy in southern California, he moved to New York to become an actor, beginning his career in 1975, his best noted stage performances included A Streetcar Named Desire (1988), The Rose Tattoo (1995), Flyovers, Side Man (both 1998) and Twelve Angry Men (2004).

He appeared in the films A Force of One (1979), The Pelican Brief (1993), The Contender (2000), American Gangster (2007), Bunker Hill (2008), The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009), and Shelter (2014).

Some of his television appearances included The Waltons, M*A*S*H, The Equalizer, MacGyver, China Beach, Oz, Homicide: Life on the Street, and several of the Law & Order franchise shows.

Awards

He received the 2017 Obie Award for Outstanding Performance in memoriam of his sustained excellence in the theatre and dedication to his craft.

Death

Geer died from a heart attack on January 25, 2017, at his Manhattan home. He was 64.

Kevin Geer at Playbill Vault

Kevin Geer at the Internet Broadway Database