Terence Monk

Terence Monk

Terence Monk or Terence Monck was an American baritone singer and actor.
He was born in Long Beach, California on January 10, 1936 as Henry Thomas Monk. [1] He studied at UCLA and Juilliard as well as the San Francisco Opera, going on to win Los Angeles regional San Francisco Opera auditions in 1964. He was also a finalist in the western regional Metropolitan Opera audition. [2] He sang with such stars as Judy Garland, Bea Lillie, Sally Ann Howes, Ann Blyth, Barbara Eden, Carol Lawrence, Shirley Jones and Ann Miller. He was known for his movies *The Cat Above and the Mouse Below * (1964), *Cat and Dupli-cat * (1967), *Falcon Crest * (1981), and an episode of *Benson *. [3] He worked with the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera in a few performances, starting with Rodgers and Hammerstein's *King and I * in 1965, then *My Fair Lady * in 1969, followed by *Gone with the Wind * in 1973. He died of lung cancer on January 31, 2003 at age 67.