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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singer Robert Goulet, who shot to stardom by playing Sir Lancelot in the original stage version of "Camelot," is fighting for his life at a Los Angeles hospital, his wife Vera said on Tuesday.

In an interview with Reuters, Vera Goulet said her husband was under sedation and on a respirator at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center awaiting a decision on whether he can receive a lung transplant.

Goulet starred with Julie Andrews and Richard Burton in the original Broadway show "Camelot" and has since won Tony and Emmy awards.

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Robert GouletRobert Gerard Goulet (born November 26, 1933 in Lawrence, Massachusetts) is an American entertainer.

Goulet rose to international stardom in 1960 as Lancelot in Lerner and Loewe's hit Broadway musical, Camelot. His long career as a singer and actor encompasses theatre, radio, television and film. Goulet resides and performs in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Contents
1 Early years
2 Rise to stardom
3 Entertainment career
4 Personal life
5 Trivia
6 Notes
7 Album discography
8 Filmography
9 External links



[edit] Early years
Robert Goulet is the only son of French Canadian parents, Joseph Georges Andre Goulet and the former Jeanette Gauthier. His rise to fame started at the age of five. [citation needed] At a family gathering, Goulet's aunts and uncles blackened his face with burnt cork and prompted him to do Al Jolson impressions. Though his performance was well-received by his relatives, the experience was deeply traumatic for the young Goulet, and left him with performance anxiety, which would plague him for many years. [citation needed]

In spite of his stage fright, Goulet was encouraged by his parents to continue performing. When he was in his early teens, his recently widowed mother moved herself and her son from Girouxville, Alberta, to the provincial capital of Edmonton so that he could take advantage of the performance opportunities offered in the city. There, he attended the famous voice schools founded by Herbert G. Turner and Jean Letourneau, and later became a radio announcer for radio station CKUA. Upon graduating from high school, Goulet received a scholarship to Toronto's Royal Conservatory of Music. There, he studied voice with famed oratorio baritones, George Lambert and Ernesto Vinci.

In 1952, he competed in CBC Television's "Pick The Stars," ultimately ascending to the semifinals. This led to other network appearances on shows like "Singing Stars of Tomorrow," "Opportunity Knocks," and the Canadian version of "Howdy Doody" (in which he starred opposite another future star, William Shatner). [citation needed]


[edit] Rise to stardom
In 1959, Goulet was introduced to librettist Alan Jay Lerner and composer Frederick Loewe, who were having difficulty casting the role of Lancelot in their stage production Camelot. Lerner and Loewe, impressed by Goulet's talent, signed the virtual newcomer to play the part, opposite Richard Burton's King Arthur and Julie Andrews' Queen Guenevere, with whom he was in love at the time.

In October 1960, Camelot opened in Toronto, ran for a four-week engagement in Boston, and finally opened on Broadway two months later. Goulet received favorable reviews, most notably for his show-stopping romantic ballad, "If Ever I Would Leave You". After Camelot's run, Goulet appeared on The Danny Thomas Show and The Ed Sullivan Show, which made him a household name among American audiences.

In 1966, Goulet starred as a double agent in the World War II television drama, Blue Light.


[edit] Entertainment career
In 1968, Goulet was on Broadway in the Kander and Ebb musical, The Happy Time. He appeared in a 1982 production of Rose Marie with Inga Swenson, and in 2005, appeared in the Broadway revival of Jerry Herman's La Cage aux Folles. Goulet began a recording career with Columbia Records in 1962, which resulted in more than 15 albums.

Goulet began working in films in 1962, providing the voice of one of the characters in the animated feature Gay Purr-ee, opposite Judy Garland. His first acting role was in His and Hers (1964), but it was not until a cameo appearance as a singer in Louis Malle's film, Atlantic City (1980) that Goulet was given critical acclaim. He recorded the song "Atlantic City (My Old Friend)" for Applause Records in 1981.

He was absent from the screen for seven years, until he was cast by Tim Burton as a houseguest blown through the roof by Beetlejuice and also played himself in Bill Murray's Scrooged (both 1988) In 1990, he sang the Canadian national anthem at the beginning of "WrestleMania VI", which was held at the Toronto Skydome.

In 1991, Goulet starred, along with John Putch and Hillary Bailey Smith, in the unsold television series pilot, "Acting Sheriff". That same year, he appeared as Quentin Hapsburg, opposite Leslie Nielsen, in the comedy The Naked Gun 2?: The Smell of Fear. (He also had a cameo in the 1982 TV series, "Police Squad", in the episode "The Butler Did It". The television series spawned "The Naked Gun" movie series).

In 1993, he played himself in the "Simpsons" episode, "$pringfield". In that episode, Bart Simpson booked him into his own casino (actually Bart's treehouse), and he sang the well-known Jingle Bells (Batman Smells), although he has yet to record the song commercially. In 1996, he appeared in Ellen DeGeneres' first starring vehicle, Mr. Wrong, as an insecure TV host. Goulet has also appeared in the Disney cartoon, Recess, as the singing voice for Mikey Blumberg, in numerous episodes.

Goulet remains popular in Las Vegas and performs in hotels and in concerts around the world.

In March 2006, it was announced that Goulet would receive a star on Canada's Walk of Fame. Although he was not born in Canada, but was born of Canadian parents who moved back three months later, he spent his formative years there and is currently seeking Canadian citizenship, with the help of fellow Albertan, bandleader and senator Tommy Banks.

Preceded by
Robert Preston
for I Do! I Do! Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical
1968
for The Happy Time Succeeded by
Jerry Orbach
for Promises, Promises


[edit] Personal life
Goulet and his first wife, Louise Longmore, had one daughter, Nicolette. He had two sons, Christopher and Michael, with his second wife, actress and singer Carol Lawrence.

In 1982, he was married to Vera Novak in Las Vegas, Nevada. When not at their home in Las Vegas, Robert and Vera Goulet reside on their yacht in Los Angeles.

Robert Goulet is in critical condition at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in L.A. and in need of a lung transplant, reported by the Vegas Confidential on October 22, 2007. Goulet has been hospitalized for 22 days in Las Vegas and Los Angeles with Interstitial Pulmonary Fibrosis, which was described as "a rare but rapidly progressive and fatal condition."He was moved from Las Vegas after 12 days after it was determined "that without an emergency lung transplant he would not survive"


[edit] Trivia
Claims that Goulet's real name is Stanley Applebaum are false. [citation needed]


[edit] Notes
Goulet was regularly parodied by Saturday Night Live cast member Will Ferrell, selling ridiculous merchandise, such as the "Robert Goulet cell phone" - a phone encased in an exact replica of Goulet's head - to pay off debts to criminal organizations.


[edit] Album discography
Columbia Records (except as noted):

Always You, 1962
Two of Us, 1962
Sincerely Yours, 1962
The Wonderful World of Love, 1963
Annie Get Your Gun, studio cast, with Doris Day, 1963
In Person, 1963
This Christmas I Spend with You, 1963
Without You, 1964
Manhattan Tower, 1964
My Love, Forgive Me, 1965
Summer Sounds, 1965
On Broadway, 1965
I Remember You, 1966
On Broadway Volume 2, 1967
Hollywood Mon Amour, 1967
Woman, Woman, 1968
Today's Greatest Hits, 1970
Robert Goulet's Wonderful World of Christmas, 1972
I Never Did as I Was Told, MGM Records, 1976
Close to You, Applause Records, 1982

[edit] Filmography
Gay Purr-ee (1962) (voice)
Honeymoon Hotel (1964)
I'd Rather Be Rich (1964)
The Daydreamer (1966) (voice)
I Deal in Danger (1966)
Underground (1970)
Atlantic City (1980)
Beetlejuice (1988)
Scrooged (1988) (Cameo)
The Naked Gun 2?: The Smell of Fear (1991)
Mr. Wrong (1996)
Boy Meets World
Toy Story 2 (1999) (voice)
The Last Producer (2000)
G-Men from Hell (2000)
Recess: School's Out (2001) (voice)
Broadway: the Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003) (documentary)

[edit] External links
Official Website
Robert Goulet at the Internet Movie Database
Robert Goulet at the All Music Guide
Robert Goulet at the Voice Chasers Database
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