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Alexander Gray

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Composer 1891–1976 On stage 19211943

Alexander Gray (1891–1976) was an American singer-actor who introduced songs in 1920s Broadway musicals including the Gershwins' Tell Me More (1925), playing Kenneth Dennison.

On stage 9 productions, 22 years

1921 Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic [1921] Danse De Follies · Original · directed by Leon Errol 123 perf.
1922 Ziegfeld Follies of 1922 New Amsterdam Theatre · Original · directed by Ned Wayburn 424 perf.
1923 Ziegfeld Follies of 1923 [Summer Edition] New Amsterdam Theatre · Original · directed by Ned Wayburn 96 perf.
1924 Annie Dear Times Square Theatre · Original · directed by Edward Royce 103 perf.
1925 Tell Me More Gaiety Theatre · Original · directed by John Harwood 32 perf.
1926 Naughty Riquette Cosmopolitan Theatre · Original · directed by J. J. Shubert 88 perf.
1926 The Merry World Imperial Theatre · Original · directed by J. C. Huffman 87 perf.
1940 John Henry 44th Street Theatre · Original · directed by Anthony Brown 7 perf.
1943 Blossom Time Ambassador Theatre · Revival · directed by J. J. Shubert 47 perf.

Each row is a staging this name appears in the cast list of, read from the production record rather than from the person record. The person record names works instead, and a work cannot say which run somebody was in — that is how Elaine Stritch ends up filed under Show Boat 1927 when she was in the 1994 revival. No row here says what part was played, because no cast list records it.

Worked with more than once12 names

Pearl Eaton 3 productions
Muriel Stryker 3 productions
Andrew Tombes 3 productions
Anastasia Reilly 3 productions
Will Rogers 2 productions
Virginia King 2 productions
Victoria Gale 2 productions
Velma Connor 2 productions
Vangie Valentine 2 productions
Tiller Girls 2 productions
Thelma Connor 2 productions
The Follies Four 2 productions

Both names in the same cast list, more than once. It is not evidence of a partnership — a long-running company puts the same forty people together every night — but it is where one would start looking. 10 of these names are not links because we hold no record behind them; the name is set from the identifier and its punctuation may be wrong.

Also credited on1 work

Ziegfeld Follies

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In the literature2 passages

  • under the direction of Max Steiner. Cast included Phyllis Cleveland (Peggy Van de Leur), Alexander Gray (Kenneth Dennison), Lou Holtz (Monty Sipkin), Emma Haig (Bonnie Reeves), Esther Howard (Jane Wallace), and Andrew Tombes (Billy Smith). Specialty dancers: Dorothy Wilson, Mary Jane, and Vivian Glenn. Portlandtheatre-pdfs/The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin - Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.txt
  • TELL ME MORE Published April 1925. Introduced by Alexander Gray (Kenneth) and Phyllis Cleveland (Peggy). Introduced in London by Elsa Macfarlane and Arthur Margetson.theatre-pdfs/The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin - Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.txt

Passages naming this person, found by keyword across 178 books. A keyword match is not a biography, and a common name will pull in the wrong one.

What this page does not know

  • What this person played. No cast list we hold records a character against a performer.
  • Any portrait. 1,626 of 7,139 people have one, so this is the usual case rather than the exception.
  • Which of the credits above the roles on this record — composer — apply to. The roles sit on the person and never on a credit, so a director who also acted looks the same here as one who did not.

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