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Robert Goulet (born November 26, 1933) was born in
Lawrence, Massachusetts, as the only son of French
Canadian parents Joseph and Jeannette Goulet. He
began singing when he was five years old.  At one
family gathering, Goulet's aunts and uncles
blacked out his face with a burnt cork, put on his
mother's white gloves and he entertained everyone
with an Al Jolson impersonation. The applause
terrified him, and for many years left him with a
fear of performing.

He would later move to Edmonton, Alberta with his
mother where he attended St. Joseph's High School
and began studying at Herbert G. Turner's famous
voice school in Edmonton and then later studied at
Jean Letourneau's music school. Soon after, Goulet
became a radio announcer for CKUA. Goulet won a
scholarship to Toronto's Royal Conservatory of
Music, where he studied acting and singing. 

Goulet continued voice training through 1952-1954
with famed oratorio baritone George Lambert
(baritone)|George Lambert and Ernesto Vinci on a
Royal Conservatory Of Music scholarship.

He became a semi-finalist in 1952 on Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation|CBC-TV's Pick The Stars
which led to other network appearances on shows
like the Canadian version of Howdy Doody (in which
he starred opposite another future star, William
Shatner), Singing Stars Of Tomorrow and
Opportunity Knocks.

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 (musical)|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' Guinevere|Queen Guinevere. In October of
1960, Camelot opened in Toronto, briefly ran for a
four-week engagement in Boston, and finally opened
on Broadway in December of that year. Goulet
received favorable reviews, most notably for his
show-stopping romantic ballad "If Ever I Would
Leave You".

After Camelot's run, Goulet was booked on The
Danny Thomas Show and The Ed Sullivan Show, which
made him a household name among American
audiences.

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 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 1991, Goulet starred, along with
John Putch and Hillary Bailey Smith, in the unsold
television series pilot Acting Sheriff. In 1993,
he played himself in the Simpsons episode
"$pringfield."  In that episode, 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 remains popular in Las Vegas and performs
in hotels and in concerts around the world.  He
has gained popularity with younger generations
thanks to comedian Will Ferrell's recurring
over-the-top impersonation of him on Saturday
Night Live.

The longstanding report, repeated in many
reference books, that Goulet's real name is
Stanley Applebaum is false.  The error resulted
from an offhand remark Goulet made to a group of
reporters when he first became famous.



==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
*I Never Did as I Was Told, MGM Records, 1976
*Close to You, Applause Records, 1982

==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 1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991)
*Mr. Wrong (1996)
*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)

==External link==
*http://www.robertgoulet.com/ Official Website