Harry Groener -- Articles
The following is an excerpt from an extensive article about "Dance With Me", the 1998 movie Harry appeared in. The article in full can be found at http://www.movieweb.com/movie/dancewme/dancewme.txt
Harry Groener is cast in Dance With Me as
Michael Michaels, the Excelsior dance instructor
who is Ruby's first partner on the rocky comeback road.
"Michael Michaels has been out of it too
long, and probably never was good enough to be in
the majors," Groener explains. "Ruby realizes
that he's not what she needs to regain her trophy."
Groener is best-known to television
audiences as the hapless Ralph on the "Dear John"
series and for a recurring role as mayoral
candidate Lance Brockwell on "Mad About You." He
was seen regularly on "Star Trek: The Next
Generation" as Tam Elbrun, had a recurring role
on "Star Trek: Voyager," and guest-starred on "Quantum Leap."
He made his professional name on the New
York stage, where he has appeared in eight
productions. He is a three-time Tony Award
nominee, for playing Will Parker in "Oklahoma!",
Munkustrap in "Cats" and, most recently, for over
1,000 performances as song-and-dance man Bobby
Child in "Crazy For You." His work in
"Oklahoma!" also garnered the Theatre World Award
and a Drama Desk nomination. Other Broadway
shows include "Sunday In The Park With George,"
"Harrigan 'N' Hart," "Is There Life After High
School?" "Oh, Brother!" and "Sleight Of Hand."
He appeared in the motion picture Brubaker,
is in the new film Movies Kill, and played
Captain of the Tecora in Steven Spielberg's Amistad.
Born in Germany and raised in San Francisco,
he earned a degree at the University Of
Washington and launched his career at The Actors Theatre Of Louisville.
He is married to actress Dawn Didawick, the
thrift shop clerk in Dance With Me who also
dances with Groener's character at the Excelsior Studio.