DeVeren Bookwalter

DeVeren Bookwalter (September 8, 1939  – July 23, 1987) was an American actor and director. He primarily appeared in theater, though he did have several film roles. DeVeren was the first person to win three Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards for his production, direction, and performance in Cyrano de Bergerac at the Globe Playhouse in 1975.[1][2][3][4]

DeVeren Bookwalter
DeVeren Bookwalter as Bobby Maxwell in The Enforcer
Born(1939-09-08)September 8, 1939
Brookville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedJuly 23, 1987(1987-07-23) (aged 47)
New York City, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actor, director
Years active1963–1984
Spouse(s)Ruth Kidder; 1 child[1]

Bookwalter served as a member of the board of trustees of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, a member of the Actors' Equity Association, the Screen Actors Guild, and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.[1][5]

Biography

Career

Bookwalter appeared in many roles at the Globe in Los Angeles, notably as Feste in Twelfth Night, Cyrano in Cyrano de Bergerac, Hamlet, and Richard III in 1976, as well as video productions of Shakespeare's Richard II and Othello. He performed at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego in the 1978 National Shakespeare Festival, in the title role in Henry V and in A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Winter's Tale. His film appearances include Andy Warhol's Blow Job (1963), The Omega Man (1971), The Enforcer (1976) as Bobby Maxwell, and the TV movie Evita Perón (1981) co-starring Faye Dunaway, as well as numerous appearances on the soap operas Ryan's Hope and Another World.[6][7][8]

Death

A resident of Manhattan during the late 1980s, Bookwalter died on July 23, 1987, of stomach cancer, aged 47,[1] at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York City.[9][10][11]

Filmography
YearTitleRoleNotes
1964Blow JobRecipient
1971The Omega ManFamily Member
1973Magnum Forcenaked man on bed snorting cocaine with prostituteUncredited
1976The EnforcerBobby Maxwell
1977Cover GirlsKarlTelevision film
1978Manhole
1981Evita PeronPeron's AideTelevision film

References
  1. "DeVeren Bookwalter obituary". The New York Times. 1987-07-31. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
  2. "Deaths Elsewhere." Escondido, California: Times-Advocate, August 1, 1987, p. 8 (subscription required).
  3. "Obituaries." New York, New York: Newsday, August 2, 1987, p. 35 (subscription required).
  4. "Deaths Elsewhere." Tampa, Florida: The Tampa Tribune, August 1, 1987, p. 144 (subscription required).
  5. "Obituaries," Newsday, August 2, 1987, p. 35.
  6. "Deaths Elsewhere," Times-Advocate, August 1, 1987, p. 8.
  7. "Obituaries," Newsday, August 2, 1987, p. 35.
  8. "Deaths Elsewhere," The Tampa Tribune, August 1, 1987, p. 144.
  9. "Deaths Elsewhere," Times-Advocate, August 1, 1987, p. 8.
  10. "Obituaries," Newsday, August 2, 1987, p. 35.
  11. "Deaths Elsewhere," The Tampa Tribune, August 1, 1987, p. 144.
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