| David Haskell | |
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| Born | David Michael Haskell June 4, 1948 San Joaquin County, California, United States |
| Died | August 30, 2000 (aged 52) Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Cause of death | Brain cancer |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1970s–1980s |
David Michael Haskell (June 4, 1948 – August 30, 2000) was an American film, stage and television actor and singer.
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He was born in San Joaquin County, California. David graduated from Terra Linda High School, San Rafael, California in June 1966. He was also a Past Master Councilor of the Mill Valley Chapter, Order of DeMolay. {{cite web | url=http://mill-valley.freemasonry.biz/demolay.htm | title Order of DeMolay Mill Valley Chapter
Haskell is best remembered for his dual performance in the 1970s in the New York City, New York, Off-Broadway musical-theatre production Godspell and its subsequent film adaptation Godspell: A Musical Based on the Gospel According to St. Matthew (1973) appearing as both John the Baptist and Judas Iscariot. He also appeared as Claudio in the Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival off-Broadway theatre production (1976), at the Delacorte Theater, of the play Measure for Measure (circa 1603 or 1604) by William Shakespeare.[1]
Haskell also made various guest appearances on several television series from the 1970s to the 1990s.
He died of brain cancer, aged 52, in Woodland Hills, a neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.