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Cliff Gorman

Cliff Gorman

Actor · Died September 5, 2002, aged 65 · Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Cliff Gorman was an American stage and screen actor. He won an Obie award in 1968 for the stage presentation of The Boys in the Band, and went on to reprise his role in the 1970 film version. Gorman and his wife cared for his fellow The Boys in the Band cast member Robert La Tourneaux in the last few months of his battle against AIDS, until La Tourneaux's death on June 3, 1986 Gorman died of leukemia in 2002, aged 65, although his final film, Kill the Poor, was not released until 2003. He was survived by his wife, Gayle Gorman.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
October 13, 1936
Died
September 5, 2002 (aged 65)
From
Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
24 on MovieCove · 42 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 63 days to Oct 26Up 45% in 30 days

What are Cliff Gorman's films like?

Across their 19 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Genres

Crime6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 35th percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Drama6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 70th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 29th percentile
: browse their Action movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
30%
Survival
23%
Self
21%
Power
13%
Bonds
5%
Society
5%
Ideas
2%
Justice7 titles, browse their movies with this themeCorruption4 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma3 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief3 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty2 titles, browse their movies with this themeMortality2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 19 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 8 · Dark 9

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 14 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 13 · Intense 6

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 5 · Shifting 14 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 11 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 2

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 18 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 12 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 3

Roles they play

9 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 4 of 9 analyzed roles.

Ally
4 of 9
Shadow
2 of 9
Trickster
1 of 9
Hero
1 of 9
Herald
1 of 9
Show the 9 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
18
Melancholic
10
Warm
4
Absurd
3
Thrilling
2
Other
7

How their films linger

Thought-provoking7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 5 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet12
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Cliff Gorman's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 24 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Roku Channel (4).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Cliff Gorman's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

42 credits, 24 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Kill the Poor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Yakov

  • King of the Jungle(2000)

    as Jack

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai(1999)

    as Sonny Valerio

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • The '60s (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Father Daniel Berrigan

  • The '60s (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 2 episodes · as Father Daniel Berrigan

  • Down Came a Blackbird(1995)

    as Nick the Greek

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • New York News (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Janek: The Silent Betrayal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Greenburg

  • The Forget-Me-Not Murders(1994)

    as Aaron

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Hoffa(1992)

    as Solly Stein

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Night and the City(1992)

    as Phil Nasseros

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Terror on Track 9(1992)

    as Sgt. Aaron Greenberg

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Vestige of Honor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Sanderson

  • Murder Times Seven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Aaron Greenberg

  • Law & Order(1990)

    Show 3 episodes · as Gary Feldman

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Murder in Black and White(1990)

    as Aaron Greenberg

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Howard Beach: Making a Case for Murder(1989)

    as Bernstein

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Internal Affairs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Aaron Greenberg

  • Doubletake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Aaron Greenberg

  • Murder, She Wrote(1984)

    Show 1 episode · as NYPD Lt. Parnell · as Police Chief Cooper

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Angel(1984)

    as Lt. Andrews

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Cocaine and Blue Eyes(1983)

    as Riki Anatole

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Cagney & Lacey(1981)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • The Bunker(1981)

    as Joseph Goebbels

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Night of the Juggler(1980)

    as Gus Soltic

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • All That Jazz(1979)

    as Davis Newman

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • An Unmarried Woman(1978)

    as Charlie

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Having Babies II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Arthur Magee

  • Brinks: The Great Robbery(1976)

    as Danny Conforti

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • The Silence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Stanley Greenberg

  • Medical Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr. Frank Duffy

  • Strike Force (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Det. Joey Gentry

  • Rosebud(1975)

    as Yafet Hemlekh

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Cops and Robbers(1973)

    as Tom

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Police Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • Class of '63 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Mickey Swerner

  • The Streets of San Francisco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Paradise Lost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Kewpie

  • The Chicago Conspiracy Trial (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Actor

  • The Boys in the Band(1970)

    as Emory

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Justine(1969)

    as Toto

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Hawaii Five-O(1968)

    Show 1 episode · as Robert Huston

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

Career shape

Star power in the 94th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 42 titles from 1968 to 2003; peak year 1999.

Biggest box office

All That Jazz (1979)

$38M worldwide

Highest rated

All That Jazz (1979)

Midcredits 96th

Film career

19682003

Peak 1999 · their film career is on the way up. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting42 of 42: 42 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score55th

By decade

1960s2 · acting1970s15 · acting1980s9 · acting1990s14 · acting2000s2 · acting

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 0% of 10 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Cliff Gorman's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 46th percentile, the median of all 20; across their 19 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 45th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

45thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Approval · how many liked their films

41stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Reach · how many have seen their films

45thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Midcredits score across 24 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 50th to 74th7
  • 25th to 49th8
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

11 of their 24 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed11

Most divisive · actor

Cocaine and Blue Eyes (1983)

83rd percentile spread · 44% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

All That Jazz (1979)

Midcredits 96th · 83% liked

Reviewers score the acting 70/100 in their films, across 15 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 42. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Cliff Gorman's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity and profanity run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles28–73 · median 47 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity6 titles23–69 · median 61 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity5 titles60–78 · median 73 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs5 titles35–74 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 54 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Cliff Gorman work with?

People who share at least 2 of Cliff Gorman's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Robert Iscove shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers