Joseph Bova, an actor whose career included a Tony Award nomination for the Broadway play "The Chinese and Dr. Fish," died March 12 in Englewood, N.J. of emphysema. He was 81.
Besides plays, movies and television appearances, Bova's career included hundreds of voice-overs. His Tony nomination came in 1970.
He got his break on Broadway in 1959 as Prince Dauntless the Drab in "Once Upon a Mattress," based on Hans Christian Andersen's "The Princess and the Pea."
Bova's other theatrical appearances included "The Comedy of Errors," "King Richard III," "Love's Labour's Lost," "Troilus and Cressida" and "Twelfth Night."
From 1980 to 1989, he played Bert Barry in "42nd Street."
He is survived by his wife, Dr. Lee Lawson; two daughters; a stepson; a brother and a sister.
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