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Gerry Bamman
Bamman in 2019
Born	(1941-09-18) September 18, 1941 (age 83) Independence, Kansas, U.S.
Education	New York University (MFA)
Occupations	Actor playwright
Years active	1965–present
Spouse	Emily Mann ​ ​(m. 1981, divorced)​
Children	1

Gerald G. Bamman (born September 18, 1941) is an American actor and playwright. He is best known for playing Uncle Frank in the films Home Alone (1990) and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), and has also guest starred in several television series.

Early and personal life

Bamman was born on September 18, 1941, in Independence, Kansas, the son of Mary M. (née Farrell) and Harry W. Bamman. He studied at St. Francis de Sales School and later graduated from New York University with an MFA degree.

Bamman was married to director Emily Mann on August 12, 1981, but is now divorced from her. They have one son, Nicholas, born in 1983.

Career

Bamman appeared with Fran Brill and Alyssa Milano in Old Enough (1984) and also in the Michael J. Fox film The Secret of My Success (1987). He had a minor role in Cocktail (1988) before portraying his most notable character, Uncle Frank McCallister in Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York in 1990 and 1992, respectively. Bamman improvised the scene in Home Alone 2 where Frank is in the shower and Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) walks in on him. "I love the shower scene, even though I don’t think it was the funniest scene in the film," he told the Metro in 2020. "But it was great fun to shoot, because I really had fun padding it out. Chris started to give me directions and choreograph the scene and I said, 'Wait, wait, just let me show you what I've done, and what I have in mind'. And he bought it."

Also in 1992, Bamman appeared briefly as Kevin Costner's former colleague Ray Court in the box office smash The Bodyguard. Bamman appeared as defense attorney Stan Gillum in several episodes of Law & Order and Law & Order SVU. Bamman was also in the first season episode "The Blue Wall" playing Lt. Kennedy of Internal Affairs. Bamman co-starred in Runaway Jury as the blind jury foreman Herman Grimes. Bamman also played Dr. Judalon in the 1992 film Lorenzo's Oil.

In addition to his film and television work, he is also an experienced stage actor. He has performed in many theatrical shows conceived by playwright Henrik Ibsen and has translated several of his plays.

Filmography

References

1. "Gerry Bamman Biography (1941-)". Film Reference. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
2. Greene, Alexis (2021). Emily Mann: Rebel Artist of the American Theater. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4930-6033-7.
3. Aubrey, Dan (February 5, 2020). "Emily Mann on Writing, Family, and the Art of Running a Theater". Community News. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
4. Greene, Alexis (June 26, 2015). "Emily Mann: The Quiet Radical". American Theatre. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
5. Gussow, Mel (April 18, 1995). "A Good Listener Who Writes Plays On Social Justice". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
6. Willis, John A., ed. (1985). Screen World, Volume 36. Crown Publishers. p. 136.
7. "Movies To See". Jet. Vol. 72, no. 4. 20 April 1987. p. 61.
8. ^ "Gerry Bamman Biography". tcm.com.
9. Macke, Johnni (November 16, 2021). "'Home Alone' Cast: Where Are They Now? Macaulay Culkin, Catherine O'Hara and More". Us Weekly. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
10. Dosani, Rishma (December 24, 2020). "Home Alone 2: Uncle Frank actor improvised most iconic scene". Metro. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
11. Contemporary Authors A Bio-bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Nonfiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Television and Other Fields · Volume 174. Gale Research Company. 1999. p. 35. Gerry Bamman is an acclaimed stage actor who is often connected with - though not limited to - productions of the plays of famed Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. With Irene Berman he has translated several of Ibsen's plays..

External links

• Gerry Bamman at IMDb
• Gerry Bamman at the Internet Broadway Database
• Gerry Bamman at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Gerry Bamman at AllMovie

• 1941 births
• Living people
• American male film actors
• American male television actors
• Male actors from Pennsylvania
• People from Independence, Kansas
• Male actors from Kansas
• 20th-century American male actors
• 21st-century American male actors