Peter Allen (musician) film "All That Jazz", Allen's live rendition of “Everything Old Is New Again” is danced to by Ann Reinking and Erzebet Foldi for Roy Scheider’s character Joe Gideon based on Bob Fosse. Filmography Peter Allen (musician) Peter Allen (born Peter Richard Woolnough; 10 February 1944 – 18 June 1992) was an Australian-born singer-songwriter, musician and entertainer, known for his flamboyant stage persona and lavish costumes. His songs were made popular by many recording artists, including Elkie Brooks, Melissa Manchester and Olivia Newton-John, with one, "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" by Christopher Cross, winning an Academy Award for Best
Cliff Gorman "Lenny". Although the film version, directed by Bob Fosse, featured Dustin Hoffman, Gorman was recruited to portray a Dustin Hoffman-like character portraying Lenny Bruce, in a side-story in Fosse's autobiographical film "All That Jazz" (1979). He played Joseph Goebbels in the 1981 TV movie "The Bunker", and co-starred as Lt. Andrews in the film "Angel" (1984). He had roles in movies like "Cops and Robbers" (1973), "Rosebud" (1975), "" (1976), "An Unmarried Woman" (1978) with Jill Clayburgh, "Night of the Juggler" (1980), "Hoffa" (1992) with Jack Nicholson and Danny DeVito, and "Night and the City" (1992). His TV work included