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David Burns
ActorOn stage 1923 to 197022 productions on this page
David Burns was an American comic actor whose Broadway credits included Make Mine Manhattan, Do Re Mi, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962), and Hello, Dolly!. He died onstage during a 1971 tryout performance of 70, Girls, 70.
On stage
22 productions, 47 years
1932
Face the MusicBroadway
New Amsterdam Theatre. Original. Directed by Hassard Short, George S. Kaufman
165 performances
1943
45 performances
1945
220 performances
1948
12 performances
1948
429 performances
1950
46 performances
1950
157 performances
1952
Two’s CompanyBroadway
Alvin Theatre. Original. Directed by Production supervised by John Murray Anderson (sketches directed by Jules Dassin)
90 performances
1955
Catch a Star!Broadway
Plymouth Theatre. Original. Directed by Production supervised by Ray Golden (sketches directed by Danny Simon)
23 performances
1957
156 performances
1957
1,375 performances
1962
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ForumBroadway
Alvin Theatre. Original. Directed by George Abbott
964 performances
1964
2,844 performances
1970
19 performances
1970
105 performances
Worked with more than once
12 names- Ken Ayers 3 productions
- Will Mackenzie 2 productions
- Vincent York 2 productions
- Stanley Simmons 2 productions
- Robert Preston 2 productions
- Richard Hermany 2 productions
- Remak Ramsay 2 productions
- Max Showalter 2 productions
- Margaret Baxter 2 productions
- Jack Russell 2 productions
- Jack Gilford 2 productions
- Horace Cooper 2 productions
Also credited on
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