Arthur Storch (June 29, 1925 — March 5, 2013) was an American actor and Broadway director. A life member of The Actors Studio, Storch founded Syracuse Stage in 1974. Productions Storch directed included:Tribute, on BroadwayThe Comedy of Errors, at Syracuse StageParadise is Closing Down, at Syracuse StageStorch also played the role as the Psychiatrist in the 1973 horror film The Exorcist.
[re his notes to Eugène Ionesco's on his play 'Hunger and Thirst'] I had doubts about the second act that I read, and I told Ionesco that when I saw him in Paris. He got up, went into another room and came back with a script. 'How do you like this second act?' he asked. I did.
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He directed both on and off Broadway.
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He enlisted in the Army in World War II, and received a bachelor's degree from the New School for Social Research in 1949. He then studied drama at the Actors Studio.
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His Broadway career began in 1953 in 'End as a Man'. He also appeared in the stage version of 'Look Homeward, Angel' in 1957.
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He was the youngest of three sons of baker Sam Storch and his wife Bessie. After graduating from Brooklyn's Thomas Jefferson High School, he lied about his age to enlist in the Army early on in World War II. Later earned his bachelor's from the New School for Social Research and studied drama at the Actors Studio under Lee Strasberg.
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Aaron Sorkin still cherishes the tough advise and goading he received from Storch who taught him at Syracuse University. 'You can be so much better than you are,' he told the future Oscar-winning screenwriter. Dare to fail.'.
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Storch founded Syracuse Stage in 1974.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Bridget
2002
Hawk
Sharon: Portrait of a Mistress
1977
TV Movie
Dr. Greenspan
The Exorcist
1973
Psychiatrist
Brenner
1964
TV Series
Lanier
The Defenders
1962-1964
TV Series
John Ciprio
District Attorney
The District Attorney
$12 Million
