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Kaplan Eric Kaye (born 1949) is a British actor, song-writer and musician as well as a Past King Rat of the show-business charity the Grand Order of Water Rats. Born in Watford, Hertfordshire, the son of actor and entertainer Davy Kaye, Kaplan 'Kap' Kaye trained at the Corona Stage Academy. His television debut was as Young Scrooge in an adaptation of ''A Christmas Carol'' (1958), part of the ''Tales from Dickens'' series. Other television appearances include roles in ''The Charlie Drake Show'' (1961), Henry in six episodes of ''William'' (1963), ''Eagle Rock'' (1964), ''The Saint'' (1964), the mini-series ''The Three Musketeers'' (1966), ''Armchair Theatre'' (1967), ''Z-Cars'' (1968), ''The First Lady'' (1968), and ''Journey to the Unknown'' (1968).〔(Kaye on the Internet Movie Database )〕 Film roles include ''Corridors of Blood'' (1958), ''Passionate Summer'' (1958), ''Carlton-Browne of the F.O.'' (1959), Charles in ''Night Train for Inverness'' (1960), and Jimmie Noonan in ''The Whisperers'' (1967).〔 Theatre appearances include ''Oliver!'' (1960), Siddy Blitztein in the original production of ''Blitz!'' (1962) by Lionel Bart,〔Kennedy, Michael Patrick and Muir, John, ''Musicals'', HarperCollins, 1997, updated reprint 1998, ISBN 0-00-472067-9〕 and 'Puck' at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden in Benjamin Britten's ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (1966)〔(A Midsummer Night's Dream - 1 January 1966 Evening - Royal Opera House Collections Online )〕 The latter performance was issued as an album.〔(''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (1966) on Operadis website )〕 With Roger Kitter he co-wrote and performed on the hit song ''Chalk Dust - The Umpire Strikes Back'', which reached No. 19 in the UK charts in July 1982.〔('What becomes of the one-hit wonders?' - ''The Guardian'' )〕 In 1989 Kaye, with Harry Schulz, released a remix of the song ''Waiting for a Train'' titled "Waiting for a Train '89 (The Harrymeetskaplan Mix)", and released in the UK on Cha Cha Records. In 1994 Kaye won the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA) award for ‘Best British Song' at the Cavan International Song Festival with his song ‘You Will Find Me There'. Kaye co-wrote the song "If I Was President", which was recorded by Wyclef Jean, and also worked on the song "Take Me With You", which was recorded by L.L. Cool J and featured 50 Cent in 2009.〔(Kaye on the 'Roots, Ukes and Toots' website )〕〔(Kaye on The Ukaye Ukes website )〕 With Bill Dare he is half of the ukelele duo 'The Ukaye Ukes'. Kaye was King Rat of the British show-business charity the Grand Order of Water Rats from 2006 to 2008, and was 'Rat of the Year' in 2004.〔(Kaye on the Grand Order of Water Rats website )〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kaplan Kaye」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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