Lester Rawlins (September 24, 1924 - March 22, 1988) was an award-winning American stage, screen, and television actor.
Born in Sharon, Pennsylvania, Rawlins appeared in off-Broadway productions of Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Richard III, Winterset, In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel, and Nightride, for which he won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance. His Broadway credits included A Man for All Seasons and Da, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play and was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play.
On television, Rawlins had recurring roles on The Defenders, Kojak, and Ryan's Hope. His feature films included Diary of a Mad Housewife and They Might Be Giants. Rawlins was a regular on the CBS soap opera, The Edge of Night for several years, where he played the role of wealthy Orin Hillyer.
Rawlins died of cardiac arrest in New York City.
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  | Lester Rawlins at the Lortel Archives Internet Off-Broadway Database - Lortel Archives--The Internet Off-Broadway Database |
| | ''New York Times'' obituary, March 29, 1988 - Lester Rawlins, 63, Stage TV Actor; Won Tony for 'Da' - The New York Times |
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