Alan Weeks (actor)

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Alan Weeks (March 22, 1948 – October 10, 2015) was an American actor, dancer, singer, choreographer, director, and theatre educator. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he began his career as a child actor in the Broadway productions of The Body Beautiful (1958) and The Octoroon (1961). In his late teens he portrayed Five Finger Finney and worked as a dancer in the original cast of Funny Girl starring Barbra Streisand. He worked on more than a dozen Broadway shows as an adult, including roles in the musicals Hallelujah, Baby! (1967), George M! (1968), The Wiz (1976-1977), The Tap Dance Kid (1983-1984), and Big Deal (1985). He directed and choreographed the Tony Award nominated musical The High Rollers Social and Pleasure Club (1992). Weeks made his film debut in Shaft (1971), and subsequently had roles in The French Connection (1971), Black Belt Jones (1974), Lost in the Stars (1974), Truck Turner (1974), and Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986) among other movies. He also worked as a guest actor in American television, and was a main cast member of the short lived sitcom Baker's Dozen (1982). In his later life he lived in East Nassau, New York and worked as both a director and actor in regional theatre in Albany, New York. He also worked as a drama teacher at several institutions, including Albany High School, Philip Livingston Magnet Academy, and The Sage Colleges. He died in 2015 at the age of 67.

Career

1. 1948
   Born
2. 2015
   Passed away
3. Notable work: We Speak As Liberators Young Black Poets

Trivia

• •Citizenship: United States
• •Known as: film actor, stage actor, television actor, choreographer