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Cyril Ritchard

ActorBorn 1897, died 1977On stage 1925 to 197511 productions on this page

Cyril Ritchard
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Cyril Joseph Trimnell-Ritchard (1 December 1898 – 18 December 1977), known professionally as Cyril Ritchard, was an Australian stage, screen and television actor, and director. He is best remembered today for his performance as Captain Hook in the Mary Martin musical production of Peter Pan. In 1945, he played Gabriel Eisenstein in Gay Rosalinda at the Palace theatre in London, a version of Strauss's Die Fledermaus by Erich Wolfgang Korngold in which he appeared with Peter Graves, 8th Baron Graves. The show was conducted by Richard Tauber and ran for almost a year.

On stage

11 productions, 50 years
1925
Puzzles of 1925Broadway Fulton Theatre. Original. Directed by Julian Alfred
104 performances
1947
Love for LoveBroadway Royale Theatre. Revival. Directed by John Gielgud
48 performances
1948
Make Way for LuciaBroadway Cort Theatre. Original
29 performances
1952
The MillionairessBroadway Shubert Theatre. Revival. Directed by Michael Benthall
83 performances
1954
Peter PanBroadway Winter Garden. Revival. Directed by Jerome Robbins
152 performances
1962
RomulusBroadway Music Box Theatre. Original. Directed by Joseph Anthony
69 performances
1963
Too True to Be GoodBroadway 54th Street Theatre. Revival. Directed by Albert Marre
94 performances
1965
The Roar of the Greasepaint The Smell of the CrowdBroadway Shubert Theatre. Original. Directed by Anthony Newley
232 performances
1972
SugarBroadway Majestic Theatre. Original. Directed by Gower Champion
505 performances
1974
Jule's Friends at the PalaceBroadway Palace Theatre. Original. Directed by Fritz Holt
1 performance
1975
A Musical JubileeBroadway St James Theatre. Original. Directed by Morton Da Costa
92 performances

Worked with more than once

4 names

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