Willie Garson

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William Garson Paszamant (February 20, 1964 – September 21, 2021) was an American actor. He appeared in over 75 films and more than 300 TV episodes. He was known for playing Stanford Blatch on the HBO series Stanford Blatch and in the related films Sex and the City and Sex and the City 2, Mozzie in the USA Network series White Collar from 2009 to 2014, Ralph the friendly genial doorman in the 2005 romantic comedy Little Manhattan, Gerald Hirsch in the reboot of Hawaii Five-0, and Martin Lloyd in the sci-fi series Stargate SG-1.[1]

Life

Garson was born in Highland Park, New Jersey, the son of Muriel (née Schwartz) and Donald M. Paszamant.^[2] Garson was Jewish.^[3] He attended Camp Wekeela in Hartford, Maine as a child for 11 years.^[4] He graduated in 1982 from Highland Park High School.^[5] In 1985, he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theater from Wesleyan University^[6] and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Yale Drama School. 

In 2009, Garson adopted a seven-year-old son, Nathen.^[10][11] Though Garson is mainly known for having played an openly gay man on Sex and the City, he was heterosexual.^[12]

Garson died on September 21, 2021, at age 57 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. His death was confirmed by his son.^[13][14]

Career

Television

Garson had a recurring role as Henry Coffield on NYPD Blue and as Stanford Blatch on Sex and the City.^[7] His other television appearances include Mr. Belvedere,^[8] My Two Dads, Coach (“The Loss Weekend” episode as a clerk), Quantum Leap (once as a newspaper salesman/hack writer, and once as Lee Harvey Oswald), Twin Peaks, Monk, Boy Meets World, Girl Meets World (playing four different characters in the latter two shows’ universe), Ally McBeal, Party of Five, Star Trek: Voyager (in the episode “Thirty Days”), Special Unit 2, Just Shoot Me!, Ask Harriet, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Friends (as Ross Geller’s neighbor in the episode “The One With the Girl Who Hits Joey”), The X-Files (twice and as two different characters), Cheers (as a waiter in the episode “Cape Cad”), Yes, Dear, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Pushing Daisies, Stargate SG-1 (3 episodes), Wizards of Waverly Place, CSI: Miami, Mental, Spin City, and Taken. He co-starred in the 2007 HBO series John from Cincinnati. He co-starred as Mozzie in the USA Network series White Collar from 2009 to 2014.^[9]

Film

Garson also appeared in three movies from the Farrelly brothers—Kingpin, There’s Something About Mary,^[8] and Fever Pitch. His other film credits include Groundhog Day, Just Like Heaven, The Rock,^[8] Fortress 2: Re-Entry, Being John Malkovich,^[8] Freaky Friday, Labor Pains, and Out Cold. He made a cameo in the end credits of Jackass Number Two, with the full context of the cameo being explained in Jackass 2.5.

 

 

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	The Price of Life[15]	Father	Short
1989	Troop Beverly Hills[15][16]	Bruce
1990	Nowhere Land	Store Owner	Short
	Brain Dead[17]	Board Member
	The Adventures of Ford Fairlane[15][16]	Frat Boy
	Repossessed[16][17]	Nerd Student
1991	Across the Tracks[15][18]	Salesman
	The Walter Ego	Egg w/ Glasses	Short
	Soapdish[15][16]	Nitwit Executive
	Mobsters[15][19]	Telephone Operator
1992	Ruby[16][18]	Lee Harvey Oswald
1993	Groundhog Day[16][19]	Phil’s Assistant Kenny
	Untamed Heart[16][18]	Patsy
	When the Party’s Over[16][17]	Vic Montana
	Daybreak[15][17]	Simon
1994	Cityscrapes: Los Angeles[15]	John
	Black Sheep[15]	Anthony Guifoyle
	Every Breath[18][19]	Bob
	Speechless[15][19]	Dick
1995	Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead[15][19]	Cuffy
	The Tie That Binds[18][19]	Ray Tanton
1996	Alone in the Woods[17][18]	Lyle
	The Destiny of Marty Fine[15][19]	Jack
	The Rock[15][19]	Francis Reynolds
	Kingpin[15][19]	Purse Snatcher
	Mars Attacks![15][19]	Corporate Guy
1997	Cyclops, Baby	Willie
1998	There’s Something About Mary[15][19]	Dr. Zit Face/High School Pal
	Living Out Loud[15][19]	Man in Elevator
1999	The Suburbans[17]	Craig
	Being John Malkovich[15][19]	Guy in Restaurant
	Play It to the Bone[18][19]	Cappie Caplan
2000	Our Lips Are Sealed[17][18]	Agent Norm
	Fortress 2[15][18]	Stanley Nussbaum
	What Planet Are You From?[8][15]	Brett
2001	Out Cold[16][18]	Ted Muntz
2002	Luster[15][18]	Sonny Spike
2003	Special	Suspicious Wheelchair Guy	Short
	Freaky Friday[18][19]	Evan
	A Problem with Fear[18][19]	Erin
2004	The Crux	Man Holding the Rope	Short
	Seeing Other People[15]	Suspicious Wheelchair Guy	Short
	House of D[15][17]	Ticket Agent
2005	Fever Pitch[16][18]	Kevin (The Doctor)
	Just like Heaven[15][19]	Maitre D’
	Little Manhattan[18][19]	Ralph
2006	Thank Heaven	Grant Strong
	The TV Set[18][19]	Brian
	Zoom[15][19]	Dick
2007	Hard Four	Orville Chisholm
2008	Beau Jest[15][18]	Joel Goldman
	Sex and the City[18][19]	Stanford Blatch
2009	Shannon’s Rainbow[17][19]	Richard
	Labor Pains[15]	Carl
2010	Ashley’s Ashes[17][18]	Limus
	Sex and the City 2[18][19]	Stanford Blatch
	Monster Heroes	Tom Trudell
2012	Fops	The King	Short
	Periods.
2014	Walk of Shame[15][17]	Dan Karlin
2017	The Polka King[15][18]	Lonny
	Feed[17][18]	Mr. Brack
2019	7 Days to Vegas[17][18]	Danny
2020	The Bellmen[18]	Alan
	Magic Camp	Casino Manager

 

 

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	The Deliberate Stranger[15]		TV movie
	Family Ties[18]	Walter	Episode: “Paper Chase”
	Cheers[17]	Waiter	Episode: “The Cape Cad”
	You Again?	Clerk	Episode: “Quit Is a Four Letter Word”
	Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color	Gladstone’s Assistant	Episode: “The Leftovers (31.7)”
1986–1987	Newhart[18]	Mr. Whorley / Steve	2 episodes: “Desperately Desiring Susan: Part 2”; “Reading, Writing, and Rating Points”
1986–1990	Mr. Belvedere[18]	Carl	7 episodes
1987	My Two Dads[18]	Tom	Episode: “Crime and Punishment”
	American Playhouse	Father	Episode: “The Price of Life”
1988–1989	It’s a Living[18]	Phil Roman	3 episodes
1989	Coach[17]	Clerk	Episode: “The Loss Weekend”
	Peter Gunn[15][17]	Rusty	TV movie
	Chicken Soup[18]	Waiter	Episode: “Double Date”
1989–1992	Quantum Leap[17][18]	Alik Idell / Lee Harvey Oswald / Seymour	3 episodes
1990	Thirtysomething[18]	Ray	Episode: “Good Sex, Some Sex, What Sex, No Sex”
	Booker	Mac Larson	Episode: “Mobile Home”
1991	Twin Peaks[18]	Heavy Metal Roadie	Episode #2.20
1993	Moon Over Miami		Episode: “Watching the Detectives”
	L.A. Law	Jay Berg	Episode: “Odor in the Court”
	Big Al[15]	Ricki	TV short
	Flying Blind	Leech Boy	Episode: “The Bride of Marsh Man 2: The Spawning”
	A League of Their Own		Episode: “Marathon”
1993–1999	Boy Meets World[17][18]	Leonard Spinelli / Mervyn / The Minister	4 episodes
1994	Renegade[18]	Tommy	Episode: “Once Burned, Twice Chey”
	Ray Alexander: A Taste for Justice[15]		TV movie
1995	Pig Sty	Hansen	2 episodes: “Mr. Nice Guy”; “Leap Into an Open Grave”
	MADtv	Lee Harvey Oswald	Episode: “Kato Kaelin/Poison”
	The Barefoot Executive[15][18]		TV movie
	Partners[18]	Larry	Episode: “Do We Have to Write You a Check?”
	Mad About You[17][18]	Randall	Episode: “New Year’s Eve”
1995, 1999	The X-Files[17][18]	Quinton ‘Roach’ Freely / Henry Weems	2 episodes: “The Walk“; “The Goldberg Variation“
1996	Touched by an Angel[17][18]	Eddie Brenner	Episode: “Dear God”
1996–1999	NYPD Blue[17][18]	Henry Coffield	7 episodes
1997	VR.5	Strange Guy	Episode: “Sisters”
	Caroline in the City	Annoying Guy	Episode: “Caroline and the Monkeys”
	The Practice[17][18]	D.A. Frank Shea	2 episodes: “Trial and Error”; “Dog Bite”
1997–1998	Melrose Place[17][18]	Dr. Mosley	2 episodes: “Secrets and Wives”; “Coop de Grace”
	Ally McBeal[17][18]	Alan Farmer / Frank Shea	2 episodes: “Compromising Positions”; “These Are the Days”
1998	Ask Harriet[17][18]	Ronnie Rendall	Main cast
	Buffy the Vampire Slayer[17][18]	Security Guard	Episode: “Killed by Death“
	Conrad Bloom	Spencer	Episode: “Gone with the Re-Wind”
	Party of Five[17][18]	Mr. Kroop	3 episodes
	Star Trek: Voyager[17][18]	Riga	Episode: “Thirty Days“
1998–2004	Sex and the City[17][18]	Stanford Blatch	27 episodes
1999	Friends[17][18]	Steve Cera	Episode: “The One with the Girl Who Hits Joey”
	Just Shoot Me![17][18]	Kurt	Episode: “Miss Pretty”
	Early Edition[18]	Willie Dretler	Episode: “The Out-of-Towner”
	Come On Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story[17][18]	Sam	TV movie
	Nash Bridges[18]	Leonard Voss	Episode: “Crosstalk”
2000	City of Angels[17][18]	Norman Lewis	Episode: “Cry Me a Liver”
	Hollywood Off-Ramp		Episode: “And on Your Left…”
	Level 9[17][18]	Bones	2 episodes: “Mail Call”; “DefCon”
	Spin City[18]	Ned	Episode: “Blind Faith”
2000–2006	Stargate SG-1[17][18]	Martin Lloyd	3 episodes
2001	Going to California	Percy Utley	Episode: “A Pirate Looks at 15 to 20”
2001–2002	Special Unit 2[18]	Amphorian / Cupid / Little Brother / Ross Bowman	2 episodes: “The Brothers”; “The Love”
2002	Taken[15][17]	Dr. Kreutz	2 episodes
2003	Greetings from Tucson	Mr. Gargan	Episode: “Counseling”
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation[17]	Bud Simmons / Sexy Kitty	Episode: “Fur and Loathing”
	Harry’s Girl		TV movie
2004	All About the Andersons	Bud Barber	Episode: “Get Out of Dodge… Ball”
	Yes, Dear[17][18]	Gordon	Episode: “Kim and Gordon”
	The Division	Deke	Episode: “The Box”
	Monk[17][18]	Leo Navarro	Episode: “Mr. Monk and the Panic Room”
	Wild Card	Alan Farmer / Brad Pitt	Episode: “Die, Die, Who Am I?”
2005–2006	CSI: Miami[17][18]	Ian Sutter / Ian Sutton	2 episodes: “Sex & Taxes”; “If Looks Could Kill”
2006	Las Vegas[18]	Pete Natelson	Episode: “Bait and Switch”
2007	John from Cincinnati[17][18]	Meyer Dickstein	Main cast; 10 episodes
2008	Chocolate News	Larry Turner	Episode: “Episode #1.1”
2009	Imagination Movers	Pants Armstrong	Episode: “Second Chance Pants”
	Wizards of Waverly Place[17][18]	Mr. Frenchy	Episode: “Fashion Week”
	Pushing Daisies[17][18]	Dick Dicker	Episode: “Window Dressed to Kill”
	Medium[18]	Alan Hitchens	Episode: “The Talented Ms. Boddicker”
	Mental[17][18]	Leonard Steinberg	Episode: “Rainy Days”
2009–2014	White Collar[17][18]	Mozzie	Main cast; 80 episodes
2011	The Whole Truth		Episode: “The End”
2011–2015	Whole Day Down	Willie	Main cast
2012	Hot in Cleveland[17][18]	Dr. Brotz	Episode: “God and Football”
2013	Two and a Half Men[17][18]	Dr. Steven Staven	Episode: “Run, Steven Staven! Run!”
	Wendell & Vinnie	Jury member	Episode: “Mock Law & Order”
	How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)[17][18]	Harry	Episode: “How to Live with the Academy Awards Party”
2014	Girl Meets World[20]	Harrison Miller	Episode: “Girl Meets Popular”
	Franklin & Bash[17][18]	Dr. Nick Beckman	Episode: “Kershaw v. Lincecum”
2015	Weird Loners[18]	Carl	Episode: “Weird Knight”
2015–2020	Hawaii Five-0[21]	Gerard Hirsch	Recurring role; 9 episodes
2016	The Mysteries of Laura[17][18]	George Tilieu	Episode: “The Mystery of the Downward Spiral”
2017	Scandal	Protestor	Episode: “Day 101”
2018	Salvation[17][18]	Dr. Carson	Episode: “Get Ready”
2019–2020	Supergirl[17][18]	Steve Lomeli	Recurring role; 3 episodes
2019	Conversations in L.A.	Dr. Kerr	Episode: “Wed-Lock”
	Magnum P.I.[18]	Gerard Hirsch	Episode: “Blood Brothers”
2020	Big Mouth	Various voices	3 episodes
TBA	And Just Like That…	Stanford Blatch	Upcoming miniseries, posthumous release

References

1.  Willie Garson profile, filmreference.com; accessed August 17, 2015.
2.  Home News Tribune: “MURIEL PASZAMANT FLANAGAN AGE: 77 NEW YORK, NY” February 11, 2010
3.  @WillieGarson (December 25, 2017). “As a Jewish person…” (Tweet) – via Twitter.
4.  Rymer, Chris, “Summer Stock”, Interview with Willie Garson. Portland Monthly. June 2012, pp. 149-154. http://www.portlandmonthly.com/pdf/Summer%20Stock.pdf
5.  Biography, Biography Channel, backed up by the Internet Archive as of March 24, 2012. Accessed February 7, 2020. “Garson attended Highland Park High School, and after graduating in 1982 he continued on to Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut—the alma mater of such fellow actors as Dana Delany, Frank Wood and Jordan Belfi.”
6.  “Does ‘The Carrie Diaries’ have room for Willie Garson ’85?”. Wesconnect – Wesconnect – Wesleyan University Alumni. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
7.  Watkins, Gwynne. “Willie Garson of Sex and the City and White Collar Tells 12 Odd Stories From 12 TV Roles – Slideshow”. Vulture. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
8. Lee, Luaine. “GARSON LOOKS FORWARD TO NEW SEASON, MORE JOBS”. chicagotribune.com. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
9.  “White Collar Cast Reunites for Family Dinner”. E! Online. December 10, 2018. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
10.  “SATC Actor Willie Garson Finalizes Son’s Adoption”. February 5, 2010. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
11.  “Exclusive: Meet Willie Garson’s New Son Nathen!”. People. March 5, 2010. Retrieved March 23, 2010.
12. Cooper, Mariah (April 27, 2016). “Willie Garson says ‘Sex and the City’ diversified LGBT representation”. Washington Blade. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
13.  Cordero, Rosy (September 21, 2021). “Willie Garson Dies: ‘Sex And The City’ Star Was 57”. Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
14.  Boucher, Ashley (September 21, 2021). “Sex and the City Star Willie Garson Dead at 57”. People. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
15. “Willie Garson – Filmography”. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
16. “Willie Garson”. American Film Institute. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
17. “Willie Garson List of Movies and TV Shows”. TV Guide. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
18. “Willie Garson”. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
19. “Willie Garson”. British Film Institute. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
20.  “‘Girl Meets World’ Gets Official Premiere Date”. Archived from the original on May 2, 2014. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
21.  Andreeva, Nellie (December 2, 2016). “NBC Developing Legal Drama Co-Starring Willie Garson”. Deadline. Retrieved December 3, 2019.

Links

• Willie Garson at IMDb
• Willie Garson speaks in-depth about adopting his son on a podcast

 

 

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