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David Opatoshu

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Actor 1918–1996 On stage 19401969

David Opatoshu (born David Opatovsky; January 30, 1918 – April 30, 1996) was an American actor. He is best known for his role in the film Exodus (1960).

On stage 9 productions, 29 years

1940 Night Music Broadhurst Theatre · Original · directed by Harold Clurman 20 perf.
1948 Me and Molly Belasco Theatre · Original · directed by Ezra Stone 156 perf.
1952 Flight Into Egypt Music Box Theatre · Original · directed by Elia Kazan 46 perf.
1954 Reclining Figure Lyceum Theatre · Original · directed by Abe Burrows 116 perf.
1955 Silk Stockings Imperial Theatre · Original · directed by Cy Feuer 478 perf.
1960 The Wall Billy Rose Theatre · Original · directed by Morton Da Costa 167 perf.
1962 Bravo Giovanni Broadhurst Theatre · Original · directed by Stanley Prager 76 perf.
1963 Lorenzo Plymouth Theatre · Original · directed by Arthur Penn 4 perf.
1969 Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? Belasco Theatre · Original · directed by Michael Schultz 39 perf.

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Worked with more than once4 names

William Hansen 2 productions
Robert Drivas 2 productions
Philip Loeb 2 productions
Fred Stewart 2 productions

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In the literature5 passages

  • Act One: “Too Bad” (Henry Lascoe, Leon Belasco, David Opatoshu, Hotel Staff); “Paris Loves Lovers” (Don Ameche, Hildegarde Neff); “Stereophonic Sound” (Gretchen Wyler); “It’s a Chemical Reaction, That’s All” (Hildegarde Neff); “All of You” (Don Ameche); “Satin and Silk” (Gretchen Wyler); “Without Love” (Hildegarde Neff); “All of You” (rep…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act Two: “Hail Bibinski” (Henry Lascoe, Leon Belasco, David Opatoshu, Win Mayo, Arthur Ulisse); “As on Through the Seasons We Sail” (Don Ameche, Hildegarde Neff); “Josephine” (Gretchen Wyler, Chorus); “Siberia” (Henry Lascoe, Leon Belasco, David Opatoshu); “Silk Stockings” (Don Ameche); “The Red Blues” (The Russians); Finale (Company)ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act One: Overture; “Feeding Time” (David Opatoshu, Staff); “End of an Aria from La Saracena ” (Joan Diener); “Blest?” (Joan Diener); “A Table with a View” (Paul Muni); “The Grand Tango” (Guests, Staff); “Isola” (Arthur Rubin); “Sophia” (Neile Adams, Men); “At the Grand” (Cesare Danova, Allegra Varron, Sandra Stahl, Renee Guerin, Robert La…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Marty also filled up the other parts with terrific performers: George Tobias, Julie Newmar, David Opatoshu, Gretchen Wyler. George Tobias was great in spite of one small defect. He played the big commissar of art who sends our Ninotchka—Yoschenko—to Paris after the three renegades. George had a complete inability to remember lines. This c…ebooks/Feuer, Cy/B003L77WUK EBOK - Cy Feuer & Ken Gross.txt
  • Cast: Hildegarde Neff, Don Ameche, Gretchen Wyler, George Tobias, Leon Belasco, Henry Lascoe, David Opatoshu, Julie Newmar, Onna Whiteebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt

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