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Filmography

The Woods - ( Song / 2006 / Released / )

Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas - ( Song(- songs) / 2000 / Released / )

The Story of Us - ( Doctor Siegler / 1999 / Released / Universal )

Playing Dangerous 2 - ( Professor Agranoff / 1996 / Released / )

Space Jam - ( Psychiatrist / 1996 / Released / )

Nightmares - ( Mel Keefer / 1983 / Released / Universal )

Fame - ( Shorofsky / 1980 / Released / )

TV Credits

Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" -- A TNT Special Edition ( 1994 / Released ): Actor

Murder or Memory? A Moment of Truth Movie ( 1994 / Released ): Actor

1988 Miss USA Pageant ( 1988 / Released ): Actor

The Day My Kid Went Punk ( 1987 / Released ): Actor

The National AIDS Awareness Test: What Do You Know About Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome? ( 1987 / Released ): Actor

Passions ( 1984 / Released ): Actor

Fame ( 1982 / Released ): Actor

Not Just Another Affair ( 1982 / Released ): Actor

Full Biography (Back to top)

Although he achieved late-in-life fame as the white bearded, bespectacled and eccentric Professor Shorofsky in both the film and TV series "Fame", Albert Hague had already achieved success as a composer for stage and screen. When one considers that he spoke no English when he arrived in the USA in 1939 as an emigre from Germany, his success is quite amazing. He was born Albert Marcuse in Berlin, the son of a psychiatrist and a chess champion, who was a musical prodigy. By the time his family had settled in America and he had been adopted by his stepfather, Hague was concentrating on a career as a classical pianist. He studied in Rome and earned a scholarship to the University of Cincinnati. During WWII, he served in the US Army's special services band. After the war, Hague settled in NYC but it was Cleveland that saw his first produced stage show, "Reluctant Lady", in 1948. (The leading lady Renee Orin was to become Mrs. Hague.) Later that year, he debuted on Broadway with incidental music for "The Madwoman of Chaillot" but it was several years before he enjoyed his first major success, the 1955 musical "Plain and Fancy" about the Amish, which yielded the lovely standard "Young and Foolish". Hague had his biggest success with the Tony-winning murder mystery musical "Redhead" (1959). Following that, his stage career petered out, as shows like "The Fig Leaves Are Falling" (1969) and "Miss Moffatt" (1974) proved unsuccessful. Hague did have one other major achievement that is perhaps his best-known work: the score to the perennial holiday special "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (originally aired on CBS in 1966).

In 1980, Hague made his film acting debut in a role that seemed tailor-made, the gruff music teacher Shorofsky in Alan Parker's "Fame" and later won legions of fans reprising the part in the TV version, which softened the character a bit. Subsequently, he has bee cast as men of learning in such efforts as "Nightmares" (1983), the CBS TV-movies "Not Just Another Affair" (1982) and "Passions" (1984) and more recently the feature "Space Jam" (1996). Although a generation of theatergoers enjoyed his compositions, and baby boomers may know his score for the "Grinch" (if not the man behind it), others will always recall him in his signature role as the eccentric music teacher in "Fame".

Profession(s):
composer, Actor, singer

Sometimes Credited As:
Albert Marcuse

Family
father:Eliott B Hague (adoptive father; lived in Cincinnati; offered to adopt Hague so he could attend the University of Cincinnati and legally remain in the USA)
father:Harry Marcuse (died c. 1930)
mother:Mimi Heller
wife:Renee Orin (met when she was cast a slead in his first produced show in 1948; died of lymphoma on August 26, 2000 at age 73)

Education
Royal Conservatory of St Cecilia Rome, Italy 1938
University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music Cincinnati, Ohio BMus 1942

Awards (Back to top)

Tony Author (Musical) "Redhead" 1959

Milestones (Back to top)

1996 Appeared in "Space Jam"

1986 Played "Rip Van Winkle" for "Faerie Tale Theatre" (Showtime)

1982 TV-movie acting debut, "Not Just Another Affair" (CBS)

1980 Film acting debut as Professor Shorofsky in "Fame"

1974 Was the composer of the ill-fated stage musical "Miss Moffatt", starring Bette Davis

1969 Provided the musical score for "The Fig Leaves Are Falling"

1966 Wrote the delightful musical score for the animated TV special "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"

1964 Composed the musical score for the ill-fated stage show "Cafe Crown"

1959 Had biggest Broadway success with "Redhead"; won Tony Award for Best Musical; lyrics written by Dorothy Fields

1955 Breakthrough Broadway musical, "Plain and Fancy"

1953 TV debut as composer "The Mercer Girls"

1951 Scored the film "Coney Island U.S.A."

1948 Composed first stage work, "Reluctant Lady", produced in Cincinnati

1948 Broadway debut as composer with incidental music for "The Madwoman of Chaillot"

1942 - 1944 Served in the US military during WWII; was in the Special Services band

1939 Moved with family to the USA; could not speak any English when he arrived

1937 Left Germany from Rome

1925 Began studying piano (date approximate)

While in college in Cincinnati, began working as a saloon piano player

Settled in NYC after WWII

Began performing a cabaret act with his wife

Reprised the role of Professor Shorofsky in the TV series "Fame" (NBC, 1982-1983, syndicated, 1983-1987)

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