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Walter Charles

ActorBorn 1945, died 2023On stage 1972 to 201114 productions on this page

Walter Charles (born Walter Charles Jacobsen; April 4, 1945 – August 3, 2023) was an American actor and singer. Charles made his Broadway debut in Grease in 1972. Additional Broadway credits include 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (1976), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979), Cats (1982), La Cage aux Folles (1983), Me and My Girl (1987), Aspects of Love (1990), Kiss Me, Kate (2000), The Boys from Syracuse (2002), Big River (2003), The Woman in White (2005), The Apple Tree (2006) and Anything Goes (2011). He also originated the role of Ebeneezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in 1994. He played Max von Mayerling in the Toronto production of Suns…

On stage

14 productions, 39 years
1972
GreaseBroadway Eden Theatre. Original. Directed by Tom Moore
3,388 performances
1976
1600 Pennsylvania AvenueBroadway Mark Hellinger. Original
7 performances
1979
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetBroadway Uris Theatre. Original. Directed by Harold Prince
557 performances
1982
CatsBroadway Winter Garden Theatre. Original. Directed by Trevor Nunn
7,485 performances
1983
La Cage aux FollesBroadway Palace Theatre. Original. Directed by Arthur Laurents
1,761 performances
1986
Me And My GirlBroadway Marquis Theatre. Original. Directed by Mike Ockrent
1,412 performances
1990
Aspects of LoveBroadway Broadhurst Theatre. Original. Directed by Trevor Nunn
377 performances
1999
Kiss Me, KateBroadway Martin Beck Theatre. Revival. Directed by Michael Blakemore
881 performances
2002
The Boys from SyracuseBroadway American Airlines Theatre. Revival. Directed by Scott Ellis
73 performances
2003
Big RiverBroadway Revival
67 performances
2005
Children and ArtBroadway New Amsterdam Theatre. Original. Directed by Lisa Shriver
1 performance
2005
The Woman in WhiteBroadway Marquis Theatre. Original. Directed by Trevor Nunn
109 performances
2006
The Apple TreeBroadway Studio 54. Revival. Directed by Mike Nichols
99 performances
2011
Anything GoesBroadway Stephen Sondheim Theatre. Revival. Directed by Kathleen Marshall
521 performances

Worked with more than once

12 names

Also credited on

2 works

Anything Goes (2011 Revival)
Kiss Me, Kate (1999 Revival)

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