Clifford David

Clifford David was an American actor, singer, and coach whose career started in the 1950s with live television and then Broadway musicals. Born in Toledo, Ohio, he was a protégé of Lee Strasberg, and his first Broadway role was Scipio in Caligula, Albert Camus's play directed by Sidney Lumet. His stage work also included The Aspern Papers, The Boys from Syracuse, Joseph Papp's Hamlet, and Camino Real. On screen he appeared in Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964), Resurrection (1980), and Signs (2002), and he took the part of Beethoven in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989). Other films included The Party's Over (1965), Riot (1969), The Betsy (1978), and Fort Apache, the Bronx (1981). He performed in Broadway musicals such as Wildcat, 1776, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and he was seen on television in Blind Ambition, Fear on Trial, and Missiles of October.