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Clifford David

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Actor 1928–2017 On stage 19601993

Clifford David (June 30, 1928 – November 30, 2017) was an American actor, singer, and coach. His career began in the 1950s, with early live television appearances leading to roles in Broadway musicals. He also played character roles in television series, feature films, and theatre.

On stage 7 productions, 33 years

1960 Caligula 54th Street Theatre · Original · directed by Sidney Lumet 38 perf.
1960 Wildcat Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by Michael Kidd 172 perf.
1962 The Aspern Papers Playhouse Theatre · Original · directed by Margaret Webster 93 perf.
1965 On A Clear Day You Can See Forever Mark Hellinger Theatre · Original · directed by Robert Lewis 280 perf.
1966 A Joyful Noise Mark Hellinger Theatre · Original · directed by Michael Bennett 12 perf.
1970 Camino Real Vivian Beaumont Theater · Revival · directed by Milton Katselas 52 perf.
1993 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Minskoff Theatre · Revival · directed by Steven Pimlott 231 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 once2 names

Swen Swenson 2 productions
Ken Ayers 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.

In the literature8 passages

  • Revival cast (1964) : Jerry Orbach, Lauri Peters, Clifford David, Rita Gardner, Micki Grant, Hal Buckley, Nancy Andrews, Gershon Kingsley (musical director and pianist). MGM SE 4289–2 OC (complete on two records).ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
  • Cast: Barbara Harris, John Cullum, Titos Vandis, William Daniels, Clifford David, Rae Allenebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Cast: William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Paul Hecht, Clifford David, Ken Howard, Virginia Vestoff, Ronald Holgate, Betty Buckleyebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • I never saw any of the great shows that played there, but I did see On a Clear Day You Can See Forever . The actor Clifford David was a friend of our family’s, so we went backstage and he walked us out into the auditorium. We just stood in the back and that was very cool. I also saw A Doll’s Life, Coco, Legs Diamond, and The Utter Glory o…ebooks/Tepper, Jennifer Ashley/Untold Stories of Broadway, Part 2, The - Jennifer Ashley Tepper.txt
  • Donna McKechnie), Karen Morrow (replacing Gay Edmond, who replaced Mitzi Welch), Clifford David (replacing James Rado), George Mathews (replacing Allan Louw), Leland Palmer,theatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt
  • with Titos Vandis, William Daniels, Clifford David, Rae Allen, Michael Lewis, Gerry Matthews, and Byron Webster opened October 17, 1965theatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt

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