Lee Payant
Film director
1924 – 1976
Who was Lee Payant?
Lee Payant, was an actor and film director perhaps best known for voicing the title role of the 1960s TV serial The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe in English.
From 1949 until his death in 1976 he and his musical associate and life partner Gordon Heath ran a cafe and nightclub named L'Abbaye on the Rive Gauche in Paris. Here they both regularly played American and French folk, gospel and blues songs - being the only performers at the Abbaye. L'Abbaye was the namesake of their duet albums titled Songs Of The Abbaye, Encores From The Abbaye, and An Evening at L'Abbaye on the Elektra label. Payant died of cancer in Paris in 1976.
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- Born
- 1924
Seattle - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Dec 14, 1976
Paris
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on July 23, 2013
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