Alan Sues

Alan Grigsby Sues was born on March 7, 1926, in Ross, California, to Alice (née Murray) and Melvyn Sues, who raised racehorses, requiring the family to move frequently. He served in the U.S. Army in Europe during World War II. ==Career==

Sues used his G.I. Bill benefits to pay for acting lessons at the Pasadena Playhouse, where he performed, later making his Broadway debut in the stage play Tea and Sympathy, directed by Elia Kazan, which had a successful run in New York City beginning in 1953. He also had supporting roles in the films Move Over, Darling (1963) and The Americanization of Emily (1964). After Laugh-In, Sues portrayed Professor Moriarty onstage in Sherlock Holmes (opposite John Wood, and later Leonard Nimoy), which, according to Alan, was "one of my favorite roles, because it's so against type, and I loved the makeup". The makeup for Moriarty was used in several books about makeup as an example of shadowing and technique. During the 1970s, Sues appeared as a celebrity guest on some popular game shows of the era, including The Movie Game, Celebrity Sweepstakes, The Cross-Wits and ''Liar's Club''. ==Later years and death==

Sues appeared in the short films Lord of the Road (1999) and Artificially Speaking (2009), the latter making its premiere at the 2009 Dances With Films festival in Los Angeles. In 2008, fifty years after their divorce, Sues and his former wife, Phyllis, conducted a lengthy interview at his home for her website. Sues died on December 1, 2011, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, where he was taken after suffering an apparent heart attack while watching television with his beloved dog, Doris, according to his partner and accountant, Michael Michaud. ==Stage==

• Tea and Sympathy (1953–1955) — Ralph • Happy Birthday (1956) • The Mad Show (1966–1967) Off-Broadway • Good News (1972)  — Kenley Players (Ohio) • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1974–1976) — Professor Moriarty • The Three Musketeers (1976) • ''Singin' in the Rain'' (national tour 1995–1999) — Director/elocutionist • Two for the Show (1998–2000) — One-man stage show, multiple characters ==Filmography==

Films • Move Over, Darling (1963) — Court Clerk • The Wheeler Dealers (1963) - Whitby • The Americanization of Emily (1964) — Officer Enright • Raggedy Ann and Andy: A Musical Adventure (1977)  — Sir Leonard Looney (voice) • Oh! Heavenly Dog (1980) — Freddie • The Reluctant Dragon (1981) — The Dragon (voice) • Snowballing (AKA Smooth Moves) (1984) — Roy • A Bucket of Blood (1995) — Art Buyer • Lord of the Road (1999) • Artificially Speaking (2009) — Sparky Schlosser Television • The Twilight Zone (episode: "The Masks"; 1964) — Wilfred Harper, Jr. • The Wild Wild West (1965) — Matt Dawson • The Doris Day Show (episode: "The Relatives;" 1968) - Edgar • ''Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In'' (1968–1972) — Regular performer • ''Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July'' (1979) — Scratcher the jealous Reindeer (voice) • Gridlock (1980 TV film) — Dudley • The Brady Brides (episode: "Cool Hand Phil"; 1981) — Duke • Punky Brewster (episode: "Tangled Web"; 1987) — Andre Sockstein • Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (episode: "Good Will Haunting"; 1998) — Bellevuedere Sues also appeared in two episodes of "Love, American Style". ==References==