The Historian is a drama film starring an American actor who earned his first Tonay nomination as lead actor in what 1966 musical?
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The Historian (film) The Historian is a 2014 drama film written, directed, produced by Miles Doleac. The film also stars Doleac along with William Sadler, Colin Cunningham, Jillian Taylor, Glynnis O'Connor, Leticia Jimenez and John Cullum.
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John Cullum John Cullum (born March 2, 1930) is an American actor and singer. He has appeared in many stage musicals and dramas, including "On the Twentieth Century" (1978) and "Shenandoah" (1975), winning the Tony Awards for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for each. He earned his first Tony nomination as lead actor in a musical in 1966 for "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" in which he introduced the title song, and more recently received Tony nominations for "Urinetown The Musical" (2002) (best actor in a musical) and as best featured actor in a musical the revival of "110 in the Shade" (2007).
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Forrest McClendon Forrest McClendon (born in Norwalk, Connecticut) is an American stage actor, singer and professor. McClendon received a Tony Award nomination for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical nomination in 2011 for his portrayal of Mr. Tambo in the Broadway musical, "The Scottsboro Boys". "The Scottsboro Boys" had marked McClendon's Broadway debut.
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Gary Lockwood Gary Lockwood (born John Gary Yusolfsky or Yurosek ... sources differ, on February 21, 1937) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as astronaut Frank Poole in the film "" (1968), and as Lieutenant Commander Gary Mitchell in the "Star Trek" pilot episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (1966). He played numerous guest television roles from the early 1960s into the mid 1990s, a regular supporting role in "Follow the Sun" (1961–1962), and the title role of "The Lieutenant" (1963–1964).
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Joel Blum Joel Blum is an American stage actor. He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical twice. The first was in 1995 for his role as Frank in the Broadway revival of "Show Boat". The second nomination was in 1997 for playing Buddy Becker in the original production of "Steel Pier". He was also nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for his role in "Golf: The Musical". He was also part of the original production of "42nd Street". Other Broadway roles include "Stardust, The Music Man" and "Debbie Reynolds On Broadway". He also played George in the second U.S. national tour of "Billy Elliot the Musical"., and Detective Marks/Man in the Off-Broadway musical "Kid Victory"..
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Burgess Meredith Oliver Burgess Meredith (November 16, 1907 – September 9, 1997) was an American actor, director, producer, and writer in theater, film, and television. Active for more than six decades, Meredith has been called "a virtuosic actor" and "one of the most accomplished actors of the century". A life member of the Actors Studio by invitation, he won several Emmys, was the first male actor to win the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor twice, and was nominated for two Academy Awards.
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Robert Porterfield Robert Huffard Porterfield (December 21, 1905 – October 28, 1971) was an actor and director who was best known for founding the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia. The theatre was founded in 1933 during the Great Depression. In 1946, it was designated as the state theatre of Virginia. He served as artistic director of the year-round repertory theatre until his death. His most prominent, credited film role was in the 1941 film "Sergeant York" in which he portrayed Zeb Andrews, a local rival of the title character.
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Philip Potter Philip White Potter (February 6, 1936 – November 7, 2016) was an English singer and actor, best known for his performances in the principal tenor roles of the Savoy Operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company from 1961 to 1971. Potter recorded several of his roles with D'Oyly Carte, and his performance as Nanki-Poo is preserved in the company's 1966 film of "The Mikado".
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Kevin Bacon Kevin Norwood Bacon (born July 8, 1958) is an American actor and musician. His notable films include musical-drama film "Footloose" (1984), the controversial historical conspiracy legal thriller "JFK" (1991), the legal drama "A Few Good Men" (1992), the historical docudrama "Apollo 13" (1995), and the mystery drama "Mystic River" (2003). Bacon is also known for taking on darker roles such as that of a sadistic guard in "Sleepers" (1996) and troubled former child abuser in a critically acclaimed performance in "The Woodsman" (2004). He is equally prolific on television, having starred in the Fox drama series "The Following" (2013–2015). For the HBO original film "Taking Chance" (2009), Bacon won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, also receiving a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. "The Guardian" named him one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination. In 2003, Bacon received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the motion pictures industry.
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Harry Welchman Harry Welchman (24 February 1886 – 3 January 1966) was an English star of musical theatre. He made several appearances in non-musical plays, but was remembered as, in the words of "The Times", "perhaps the most popular musical comedy hero on the London stage in the years between the wars."
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Peter Marshall (entertainer) Ralph Pierre LaCock (born March 30, 1926), better known by his stage name Peter Marshall, is an American television and radio personality, singer, and actor. He is best remembered as the original host of "The Hollywood Squares", from 1966 to 1981. He has almost fifty television, movie, and Broadway credits. His stage name reportedly derived from the college in his home town (Marshall College, which became Marshall University in 1961).
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John Towey John Madden Towey (born February 13, 1940) is an American actor. He studied acting and directing at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. He received B.F.A. degree in directing in 1967. Acted two seasons at the Arena Stage in Washington D.C. (1977–78 and 1981). Acted two seasons at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis (1984–1986) and two seasons at The Public Theater in New York 1987-89, before moving to Los Angeles in 1990. A classically trained pianist, John has performed over 100 programs since 2001 at grade schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District. The program is an introduction to classical music entitled, Piano Masters. He also gives piano concerts at retirement homes throughout Southern California.
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Henry Woodruff Henry Ingott Woodruff (June 1, 1869 - October 6, 1916) was an American stage and silent film actor. He's remembered for starring in the original Broadway play "Brown of Harvard" in 1905. He was born the son of Samuel V. Woodruff, a wealthy New York businessman, and first appeared on stage at nine in the 1879 juvenile company of "H.M.S. Pinafore". He acted with Daniel E. Bandmann and Adelaide Neilson. He later attended Harvard University and after graduating returned to acting. In 1893 was in the first U.S. presentation of Brandon Thomas's "Charley's Aunt" playing the part of Charley Wykeham. Over time he showed his range in Shakespeare, musical comedy, drama and farces. Others he appeared on stage with were Julia Marlowe, William Collier, Sr. and Amelia Bingham.
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Martin Sheen Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez (born August 3, 1940), known professionally as Martin Sheen, is an American actor who first became known for his roles in the films "The Subject Was Roses" (1968) and "Badlands" (1973), and later achieved wide recognition for his leading role in "Apocalypse Now" (1979).
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Thomas A. Wise Thomas Alfred Wise (March 23, 1865 - March 21, 1928) was an American actor and president of The Lambs from 1926 to 1928.
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Nevada Smith Nevada Smith is a 1966 American Western film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Steve McQueen. The film was made by Embassy Pictures and Solar Productions, in association with and released by Paramount Pictures. The movie was a prequel to the Harold Robbins novel "The Carpetbaggers", which had been made into a highly successful film two years earlier, with Alan Ladd playing McQueen's part as an older man. "Nevada Smith" depicts Smith's first meeting with another "Carpetbaggers" character, Jonas Cord Sr., but the two films' stories are otherwise unrelated.
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Laurence Naismith Laurence Naismith (born Lawrence Johnson; 14 December 19085 June 1992) was an English actor. He made numerous film and television appearances, including starring roles in the musical films "Scrooge" (1970) and the children's ghost film "The Amazing Mr Blunden" (1972). He also had memorable rôles as Captain Edward Smith of the RMS Titanic in "A Night to Remember" (1958) and the First Sea Lord in "Sink the Bismarck!" (1960).
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List of songs composed by Jerome Kern This is an alphabetical list of Jerome Kern songs. Jerome Kern (January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945) was an American composer of popular music and, according to a joint resolution passed by Congress, "the father of American musical theater". He wrote around 700 songs, including such classics as "Ol' Man River", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "A Fine Romance", "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", "All the Things You Are", "The Way You Look Tonight", and "Who?". His career spanned dozens of Broadway musicals and Hollywood films from 1902 until his death.
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Henry Irving Sir Henry Irving (6 February 1838 – 13 October 1905), born John Henry Brodribb, sometimes known as J. H. Irving, was an English stage actor in the Victorian era, known as an actor-manager because he took complete responsibility (supervision of sets, lighting, direction, casting, as well as playing the leading roles) for season after season at the Lyceum Theatre, establishing himself and his company as representative of English classical theatre. In 1895 he became the first actor to be awarded a knighthood, indicating full acceptance into the higher circles of British society.
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Tom Cruise filmography Tom Cruise is an American actor and producer who made his film debut with a minor role in the 1981 romantic drama "Endless Love". Two years later he made his breakthrough by starring in the romantic comedy "Risky Business" (1983), which garnered Cruise his first nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. In 1986, Cruise played a fighter pilot in the Tony Scott-directed action drama "Top Gun" (the highest-grossing film that year), and also starred opposite Paul Newman in the Martin Scorsese-directed drama "The Color of Money". Two years later he played opposite Dustin Hoffman in the Academy Award for Best Picture-winning drama "Rain Man" (1988), and also appeared in the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture-winning romantic drama "Cocktail" (1988). In doing so Cruise became the first and only person as of 2014 to star in a Best Picture Oscar winner and a Worst Picture Razzie winner in the same year. His next role was as anti-war activist Ron Kovic in the drama adaptation of Kovic's memoir of the same name, "Born on the Fourth of July" (1989). For his performance Cruise received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
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Victor Buono Victor Charles Buono (February 3, 1938January 1, 1982) was an American actor and comic and briefly a recording artist. He was most famous for playing the villain King Tut on the television series "Batman" (1966-1968) and musician Edwin Flagg in "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" (1962), the latter of which earned him Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations. He was a busy actor from his late teens until his death at age 43, and with his large size and sonorous voice, he made a career of playing men much older than himself.
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Al Jolson Al Jolson (born Asa Yoelson; May 26, 1886 – October 23, 1950) was an American singer, film actor, and comedian. At the peak of his career, he was dubbed "The World's Greatest Entertainer." His performing style was brash and extroverted, and he popularized a large number of songs that benefited from his "shamelessly sentimental, melodramatic approach." Numerous well-known singers were influenced by his music, including Bing Crosby, David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart and others. Dylan once referred to him as "somebody whose life I can feel." Broadway critic Gilbert Seldes compared him to the Greek god Pan, claiming that Jolson represented "the concentration of our national health and gaiety."