Jordan Bennett | |
Birth Name: | Jordan Bennett Suffin |
Birth Date: | 18 April 1951 |
Birth Place: | United States |
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, .[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]
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]
Bennett is Jewish and serves as a cantor at the Temple Shalom for the Arts.[12]