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Dort Clark

Shows · Dort Clark

Actor 1917–1989 On stage 19421970

On stage 11 productions, 28 years

1942 Sweet Charity Mansfield Theatre · Original · directed by George Abbott 8 perf.
1943 The First Million Ritz Theatre · Original · directed by John Kennedy 5 perf.
1944 Lower North Belasco Theatre · Original · directed by David Burton 11 perf.
1944 Snafu Hudson Theatre · Original 158 perf.
1946 Happy Birthday Broadhurst Theatre · Original · directed by Joshua Logan 563 perf.
1949 South Pacific Majestic Theatre · Revival · directed by Joshua Logan 1,925 perf.
1950 Mr. Barry's Etchings 48th Street Theatre · Original · directed by Margaret Perry 31 perf.
1953 Wonderful Town Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by George Abbott (Jerome Robbins uncredited) 559 perf.
1956 Bells Are Ringing Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by Jerome Robbins 924 perf.
1961 Let It Ride Eugene O'Neill Theatre · Original · directed by Stanley Prager 68 perf.
1970 Harvey Anta Playhouse · Revival · directed by Stephen Porter 79 perf.

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Worked with more than once8 names

Enid Markey 3 productions
Steve Roland 2 productions
Musa Williams 2 productions
John Souther 2 productions
Jack Weston 2 productions
Helen Hayes 2 productions
Harlan Briggs 2 productions
Albert Linville 2 productions

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In the literature3 passages

  • Cast: Rosalind Russell, George Gaynes, Edie Adams, Henry Lascoe, Dort Clark, Dody Goodman, Nathaniel Frey, Joe Laytonebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Cast: Judy Holliday, Sydney Chaplin, Jean Stapleton, Eddie Lawrence, Dort Clark, George S. Irving, Peter Gennaro, Bernie Westebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • DORT CLARK, 71, stage, film and tv actor, died March 30, 1989 of diabetes and cancer in his hometown of Wellington, Kan, He had appeared on Bdwy in Sweet Charity, The First Million, Lower North, Snafu, Happy Birthday, South Pacific, Wonderful Town, Bells Are Ringing, Let It Ride, Take Me Along, Fiorello!, and Harvey,theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1988-89 Season, v. 45 (Willis).txt

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