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Jordan Bennett | |
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Born | Jordan Bennett Suffin April 18, 1951 |
Jordan Bennett (born Jordan Bennett Suffin) is an American actor, singer, writer and songwriter.
Bennett began his career in the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York as a singer and comedian. While there, he worked with such performers as Red Buttons and Milton Berle. [1] He then went on to Broadway where he costarred with John Cullum in the musical Shenandoah. [2] Bennett also starred on Broadway as Cyrano de Bergerac in Cyrano The Musical. [3]
In Los Angeles, Bennett starred as Jean Valjean in the original L.A. production of Les Misérables. [4]
On television, Bennett has had recurring roles in The Waltons, Too Close For Comfort and Emergency. He starred in the cult classic B-film, Ninja III: The Domination. [5] He also appears in the Carl Reiner film, Bert Rigby You're A Fool. [6]
In 2015, Bennett released a CD of original songs titled Original. [7] One of the songs, She's Got Me, was written with 10 time Grammy winner Eddie Palmieri [8][ circular reference]
Currently, Jordan Bennett tours the world doing his acclaimed one man show, The FeelGood Concert [9] In addition, he performs The BFF Show [10] with actor Robert Picardo [11][ circular reference]
Bennett is Jewish and serves as a cantor at the Temple Shalom for the Arts. [12]