Lee Payant (born 1924 in Seattle, Washington â€" died 14 December 1976
in Paris, France), was an actor and film director perhaps best known
for voicing the title role of the 1960s TV serial The Adventures of
Robinson Crusoe in English.From 1949 until his death in 1976 he and
his musical associate and life partner Gordon Heath ran a cafe and
nightclub named L'Abbaye on the Rive Gauche in Paris. Here they both
regularly played American and French folk, gospel and blues songs -
being the only performers at the Abbaye. L'Abbaye was the namesake of
their duet albums titled Songs Of The Abbaye (1954), Encores From The
Abbaye (1955), and An Evening at L'Abbaye (1957) on the Elektra label.
Payant died of cancer in Paris in 1976.
in Paris, France), was an actor and film director perhaps best known
for voicing the title role of the 1960s TV serial The Adventures of
Robinson Crusoe in English.From 1949 until his death in 1976 he and
his musical associate and life partner Gordon Heath ran a cafe and
nightclub named L'Abbaye on the Rive Gauche in Paris. Here they both
regularly played American and French folk, gospel and blues songs -
being the only performers at the Abbaye. L'Abbaye was the namesake of
their duet albums titled Songs Of The Abbaye (1954), Encores From The
Abbaye (1955), and An Evening at L'Abbaye (1957) on the Elektra label.
Payant died of cancer in Paris in 1976.
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