Gary Beach, Tony winner for ‘The Producers,’ dies at 70
Gary Beach, a Tony Award-winning actor who could enliven a stage whether wearing a lavish gown, dressed as King Arthur or decked out as a candelabra, died on Tuesday night at his home in Palm Springs. He was 70.
His agent, Steven Unger, announced the death. The cause was not given.
Beach won the 2001 Tony for best featured actor in a musical for “The Producers,” the Mel Brooks megahit that riffed about a Hitler musical, in which he originated the role of the cross-dressing director Roger De Bris. He began his acceptance speech at the Tonys memorably. “Heil Mel!” he shouted.