Geoffrey Horne

Geoffrey Horne (born August 22, 1933) is an American actor, director, and acting coach at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.

Horne was born in Buenos Aires on August 22, 1933,[2] to American parents (his father was a businessman in the oil trade).

[3] Horne moved to New York where he appeared in an off-Broadway flop, then began to get regular work on television, including an adaptation of Billy Budd.

[5] The film was produced by Sam Spiegel, who then cast Horne in a role in The Bridge on the River Kwai in January 1957.

[8] A life member of the Actors Studio,[9] Horne was almost cast as Bud Stamper in Splendor in the Grass by director Elia Kazan, but the role eventually went to Warren Beatty.