Kevin Geer

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| name = Kevin Geer

| image = 78-Kevin-Geer_resize.jpg

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| birth_name = Kevin Scully Geer

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1952|11|7}}

| birth_place = Reno, Nevada, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|1|25|1952|11|7}}

| death_place = Manhattan, New York, U.S.

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1975–2017

}}

Kevin Scully Geer (November 7, 1952 – January 25, 2017){{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/02/theater/kevin-geer-known-for-stage-roles-dies-at-64.html|title=Kevin Geer, Known for Stage Roles, Dies at 64|work=The New York Times|date=February 2, 2017|accessdate=February 3, 2017|first=Daniel E.|last=Slotnik}} was an American actor of stage and screen.

Early life

Geer was born in Reno, Nevada, and raised in Los Angeles, California. Kevin Geer's father died when he was an infant. He moved from Reno, Nevada, to Los Angeles with his mother, Claire Scully Geer.

Career

After graduating from a military academy in southern California, he moved to New York to become an actor, beginning his career in 1975,{{cite web|url=http://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/kevin-geer-obituary_79822.html|title=Kevin Geer, Side Man Actor and New York Stage Mainstay, Has Died|work=TheaterMania|date=January 26, 2017|accessdate=January 28, 2017|author=Gordon, David|location=New York City}} his best noted stage performances included A Streetcar Named Desire (1988), The Rose Tattoo (1995), Flyovers, Side Man (both 1998) and Twelve Angry Men (2004).{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/kevin-geer-actor-on-broadway-in-12-angry-men-and-side-show-has-died|title=Kevin Geer, Actor on Broadway in 12 Angry Men and Side Man, Has Died|work=Playbill|date=January 26, 2017|accessdate=January 28, 2017|author=Viagas, Robert}}

He appeared in the films A Force of One (1979), The Pelican Brief (1993), The Contender (2000), American Gangster (2007), Bunker Hill (2008), The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009),{{IMDb name|0311623}} and Shelter (2014).

Some of his television appearances included M*A*S*H, The Equalizer, MacGyver, China Beach, Oz, Homicide: Life on the Street, and several of the Law & Order franchise shows.

Awards

He received the 2017 Obie Award for Outstanding Performance in memoriam of his sustained excellence in the theatre and dedication to his craft.Obie Awards, [http://www.obieawards.com/events/year-2017/ 2017 Winners] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315121855/http://www.obieawards.com/events/year-2017/ |date=2017-03-15 }}

Death

Geer died from a heart attack on January 25, 2017, at his Manhattan home. He was 64.{{cite web|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Stage-and-Screen-Actor-Kevin-Geer-Passes-Away-20170126|title=Stage and Screen Actor Kevin Geer Passes Away|work=Broadway World|date=January 26, 2017|accessdate=January 28, 2017}}