As a Tony Award-winning performer in the early part of his career, Canadian actor Len Cariou later made a successful transition to the screen to become a recognizable fixture in numerous series and made-for-television movies. Following his Broadway triumphs in “Applause” (1970) and “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (1979), Cariou crossed over to films and television with memorable appearances as a spy on “Murder, She Wrote” (CBS, 1984-1996) and as Walt Disney in “A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story” (CBS, 1995). Despite his successful move over to the
