Related: Tombstone Vs Wyatt Earp: Which 1990s Western Biopic Is The Best? When the film was being set up with Russell elsewhere, Costner reportedly used his then considerable clout to block financing avenues for it. Ironically, Costner was originally signed on to Tombstone only to leave over creative differences with writer/director Kevin Jarre.
It also came out after 1993's Tombstone, another Earp western starring Kurt Russell. Despite a great cast, the film was an overlong, self-serious slog. He played the title role in 1994 biopic Wyatt Earp, covering the legendary lawman's entire life. Jeter's energetic performance earned him a Tony award and gave him a much higher profile to stake a claim in movies.Kevin Costner's next western outing wasn't so warmly received, however. That all changed when Tommy Tune cast him in the Broadway hit Grand Hotel (1990) in the role of Otto Kringelin, a dying clerk enjoying a last fling in Berlin. Jeter spend the next decade landing mostly stage work and making occasional guest forays in popular television shows: Lou Grant, Night Court, and Designing Women, but his unique physical presence (a slight, 5'4" frame, premature balding, owlish features) made it difficult for him to land substantial parts. William and Virginia Jeter a brother, William and four sisters, Virginia Anne Barham, Emily Jeter, Amanda Parsons and Laurie Wicker. He is survived by his life partner, Sean Blue, his parents, Dr. Production was halted on Monday in observance of Jeter's death.
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Noodle and had been filming Robert Zemekis' Christmas movie The Polar Express starring Tom Hanks.
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Jeter would also get some good supporting parts in many films throughout the decade: Sister Act 2 (1993), a fun comic role as Whoopi Goldberg's sidekick Father Ignatius Mouse Hunt (1997) The Green Mile (1999), his best film role as Eduard Delacroix, a condemned murderer who befriends a cellblock mouse Jurassic Park III (2001) and Welcome to Collinwood (2002).Īt the time of his death, Jeter was appearing on the classic PBS children's series Sesame Street as the lovable but bumbling Mr. He won an Emmy award in 1992 for that role and scored two more nominations by the end of the series run.
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He scored his biggest coup when he was cast the same year in the hit sitcom Evening Shade (1991-1994) as Herman Stiles, the wimpy assistant to Reynolds, who played a pro football player turned coach. The following year he made his strongest impression on film to date when he was cast in Terry Gilliam's (1991) delivering a moving performance as a homeless cabaret singer with AIDS. Jeter's energetic performance earned him a Tony award and gave him a much higher profile to stake a claim in movies. After graduation, he pursued his career in earnest and moved to New York and worked as a law firm secretary until he found some stage work and his film debut in Milos Forman's adaptation of the musical Hair (1979). He began medical studies at Memphis State University, but soon discovered a love for the theater. The cause of death has not been determined, although in a 1997 interview for Entertainment Tonight Jeter did disclose he was HIV-positive.
Michael Jeter, the diminutive actor whose versatility in all mediums earned him numerous accolades and awards, was found dead on March 30 in his Hollywood Hills home.
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