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Eddie Phillips

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Actor 1899–1965 On stage 19471973

Eddie Phillips (August 14, 1899 – February 22, 1965) was an American actor. He appeared in 180 films between 1913 and 1952. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died in a traffic accident in Hollywood, California. He started as a child actor and during his career also amassed an extensive list of Broadway and television musical credits; once performing in the Soviet Union. Phillips is prominently featured on the 1960 revival cast recording of Oh, Kay! in the title song and "Fidgety Feet." He was father to the Broadway performer Eddie Phillips, Jr.

On stage 9 productions, 26 years

1947 Finian’s Rainbow 46th Street Theatre · Original · directed by Bretaigne Windust 725 perf.
1949 Miss Liberty Imperial Theatre · Original · directed by Moss Hart 308 perf.
1950 Guys and Dolls 46th Street Theatre · Original · directed by George S. Kaufman 1,200 perf.
1953 Can-Can Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by Abe Burrows 892 perf.
1955 Damn Yankees 46th Street Theatre · Original · directed by George Abbott 1,019 perf.
1957 New Girl In Town 46th Street Theatre · Original · directed by George Abbott 431 perf.
1960 Tenderloin 46th Street · Original · directed by George Abbott 216 perf.
1962 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by George Abbott 964 perf.
1973 Molly Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by Grover Dale 68 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Pat Turner 3 productions
Joe Milan 3 productions
Gwen Verdon 3 productions
Al Lanti 3 productions
Ted Forlow 2 productions
Stokely Gray 2 productions
Ruth Vernon 2 productions
Robert Penn 2 productions
Ralph Beaumont 2 productions
Onna White 2 productions
Norwood Smith 2 productions
Michael Scrittorale 2 productions

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Also credited on1 work

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

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In the literature8 passages

  • Cast : Shannon Bolin (Meg), Robert Shafer (Joe Boyd), Ray Walston (Applegate), Jean Stapleton (Sister), Elizabeth Howell (Doris), Stephen Douglass (Joe Hardy), Al Lanti (Henry), Eddie Phillips (Sohovik), Nathaniel Frey (Smokey), Albert Linville (Vernon, Postmaster), Russ Brown (Van Buren), Jimmie Komack (Rocky), Rae Allen (Gloria), Cherry…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act One: “Roll Yer Socks Up” (H. F. Green, Dancers, Singers); “Anna Lilla” (Cameron Prud’homme); “Sunshine Girl” (Del Anderson, Eddie Phillips, Mark Dawson); “On the Farm” (Gwen Verdon); “Flings” (Thelma Ritter, Gwen Verdon, Mara Landi); “It’s Good to Be Alive” (Gwen Verdon); “Look at ’Er” (George Wallace); “It’s Good to Be Alive” (repris…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Cast: Zero Mostel, John Carradine, Raymond Walburn, Jack Gilford, David Burns, Ruth Kobart, Brian Davies, Preshy Marker, Ronald Holgate, Eddie Phillipsebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • The gorilla number went. In came “Who’s Got the Pain?,” a bite-size mambo for Eddie Phillips and Gwen. “Bob and I put the number together in about two hours,” she said. But speed was no consolation, not to Fosse. Being directed by a producer—that he could not tolerate. Prince said, “I begged him to see that what I felt about him in life h…ebooks/Wasson, Sam/Fosse - Sam Wasson.txt
  • Replacing dancer Eddie Phillips, Fosse performed the number with Verdon. It would be their only movie duet.ebooks/Wasson, Sam/Fosse - Sam Wasson.txt
  • DOUGLASS, BARBARA COOK, DAVID WAYNE, ALLYN ANN McLERIE, EDDIE PHILLIPS in “SHOW BOAT”theatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt

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