Chuck Jones, 65, actor, vocal coach

August 24, 2006|Associated Press

NEW YORK -- Chuck Jones, an actor and vocal coach who worked with the likes of Edie Falco, William Hurt, and Stanley Tucci, has died. He was 65.

Mr. Jones died at his home in Kingston, N.Y., on Aug. 14, said publicist Linda Swenson, a friend. She said he died of heart failure.

Born Charles Albertson Jones he spent more than a decade acting in theater, television, and film. He appeared in about 40 productions on stages in New York and London between 1963 and 1974.

He started working as a vocal coach in 1975, and taught in professional settings like the Circle Repertory Theatre, as well as in the academic world, in such places as the California Institute of Arts and the State University of New York at Purchase.

Among the other artists who worked with him were Kathleen Chalfant and Marisa Tomei.

Mr. Jones wrote ``Make Your Voice Heard."

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