Jordan Bennett

For the artist, see Jordan Bennett (artist).
Jordan Bennett
Born
Jordan Bennett Suffin

(1951-04-18) April 18, 1951 (age 73)
United States

Jordan Bennett (born Jordan Bennett Suffin) is an American actor, singer, writer and songwriter.

Biography

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]

Personal life

Bennett is Jewish and serves as a cantor at the Temple Shalom for the Arts.[12]

References

  1. ^ Israel, Steve (15 December 2010). "'Miltie' memories linger in Catskills". Times Herald-Record. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Shenandoah | IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information". www.ibdb.com. Archived from the original on 2015-11-22.
  3. ^ "New York Magazine". 1993-10-25.
  4. ^ "Archives - Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times.
  5. ^ "The B-Movie Catechism: Ninja III: The Domination". 30 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Movie Reviews". The New York Times. 6 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Original by Jordan Bennett". iTunes. 13 July 2015.
  8. ^ Palmieri, Eddie. "Eddie Palmieri". Wikipedia.org. Wikipedia. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  9. ^ Bennett, Jordan. "FeelGood Concert Promo". YouTube. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  10. ^ Picardo, Robert. "The Bff Show". The BFF Show. Bludomain. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  11. ^ Picardo, Robert. "Robert Picardo". Wikipedia.org. Wikipedia. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  12. ^ Gensler, Andy and Halperin, Shirley "Houses of the Holy: Where the Music Biz Celebrates the Jewish High Holidays" Billboard Magazine. September 23, 2014