Robert Goulet Biography
Born: November 26, 1933
Died: October 30, 2007
Robert Goulet was raised in Edmonton, Alberta and trained at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. After several years' worth of straw-hat musical appearances on both sides of the border--as well as a stint as a Canadian kiddie-show host named "Timber Tom"--Goulet made his triumphant Broadway debut in 1959 as Lancelot in Lerner and Loewe'sCamelot. His signature tune in that show was "If Ever I Would Leave You," which proved an even bigger hit as a record single. On the strength of this song and others like "What Kind of Fool Am I," Goulet earned a Grammy award in 1962. Two years later, his album My_Love_Forgive_Me went gold, and in 1965, he won a Tony for his performance in the Broadway musical The_Happy_Time. Goulet's bid for film stardom in 1964 yielded the disappointing Honeymoon_Hotel; he fared better on television, starring in the 1966 espionage series Blue_Light and headlining TV adaptations of Brigadoon, Carousel and Kiss_Me_Kate. He returned to films in the early 1980s, essaying campy character roles in Beetlejuice (1988) and Naked Gun 2 1/2 (1990); most often, as in Atlantic_City (1980) and Scrooged (1988), he has guest-starred as "himself." Having recently survived a life-threatening bout with colon cancer, Goulet recovered sufficiently to perform in a multi-city tour of Camelot, this time in the leading role of King Arthur. Married three times, Robert Goulet's second wife was actress/singer Carol_Lawrence. He died of pulmonary fibrosis in 2007. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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