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George S. Irving

Shows · George S. Irving

Actor 1922–2016 On stage 18992005

George S. Irving (born Irving Shelasky; November 1, 1922 – December 26, 2016) was an American actor known primarily for his character roles on Broadway and as the voice of Heat Miser in the American Christmas television specials The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974) and A Miser Brothers' Christmas (2008).

On stage 45 productions, 106 years

1899 The Only Way Herald Square Theatre · Original · directed by William Seymour 74 perf.
1900 A Royal Family Lyceum Theatre · Original · directed by Joseph Humphreys 175 perf.
1900 L'Aiglon Knickerbocker Theatre · Original · directed by Joseph Humphreys 73 perf.
1901 Quality Street Knickerbocker Theatre · Original · directed by Joseph Humphreys 64 perf.
1902 The New Clown Garrick Theatre · Original · directed by Joseph Humphreys 40 perf.
1902 The Two Schools Hoyts Theatre · Original 56 perf.
1903 Gypsy Garrick Theatre · Original 1 perf.
1904 The Little Minister Empire Theatre · Revival 73 perf.
1905 Just Out of College Lyceum Theatre · Original · directed by William Seymour 61 perf.
1907 When Knights Were Bold Garrick Theatre · Original 100 perf.
1914 The Battle Cry Lyric Theatre · Original 17 perf.
1943 Oklahoma! St. James Theatre · Original · directed by Rouben Mamoulian 2,212 perf.
1946 Call Me Mister National Theatre · Original · directed by Robert H. Gordon 734 perf.
1949 Along Fifth Avenue Broadhurst Theatre · Original · directed by Robert Sidney 180 perf.
1949 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Ziegfeld Theatre · Revival · directed by John C. Wilson 740 perf.
1952 Two’s Company Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by Production supervised by John Murray Anderson (sketches directed by Jules Dassin) 90 perf.
1953 Can-Can Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by Abe Burrows 892 perf.
1953 Me and Juliet Majestic Theatre · Original · directed by George Abbott 358 perf.
1956 Bells Are Ringing Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by Jerome Robbins 924 perf.
1957 Shinbone Alley Broadway Theatre · Original · directed by Production supervised by Sawyer Falk 49 perf.
1960 Irma La Douce Plymouth Theatre · Original · directed by Peter Brook 524 perf.
1960 The Good Soup Plymouth Theatre · Original 21 perf.
1962 Bravo Giovanni Broadhurst Theatre · Original · directed by Stanley Prager 76 perf.
1962 Romulus Music Box Theatre · Original · directed by Joseph Anthony 69 perf.
1962 Seidman and Son Belasco Theatre · Original · directed by Carmen Capalbo 216 perf.
1963 Tovarich Broadway Theatre · Original · directed by Peter Glenville 264 perf.
1964 A Murderer Among Us Morosco Theatre · Original · directed by Sam Wanamaker 1 perf.
1964 Alfie! Morosco Theatre · Original · directed by Gilchrist Calder 21 perf.
1965 Anya Ziegfeld Theatre · Original · directed by George Abbott 16 perf.
1967 Galileo Vivian Beaumont Theater · Revival · directed by John Hirsch 76 perf.
1968 The Happy Time Broadway Theatre · Revival 286 perf.
1971 Four on a Garden Broadhurst Theatre · Original 57 perf.
1972 An Evening With Richard Nixon and... Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by Edwin Sherin 16 perf.
1973 Irene Minskoff Theatre · Revival · directed by Gower Champion 594 perf.
1974 All Over Town Booth Theatre · Original · directed by Dustin Hoffman 233 perf.
1974 Who's Who in Hell Lunt Fontanne Theatre · Original · directed by Ellis Rabb 8 perf.
1976 So Long, 174th Street Harkness Theatre · Original · directed by Burt Shevelove 16 perf.
1978 Once in a Lifetime Circle In The Square Theatre · Revival · directed by Tom Moore 85 perf.
1979 I Remember Mama Majestic Theatre · Revival · directed by Cy Feuer 108 perf.
1981 Copperfield Anta Playhouse · Original · directed by Rob Iscove 13 perf.
1981 The Pirates Of Penzance Uris Theatre · Revival · directed by Wilford Leach 772 perf.
1983 On Your Toes Virginia Theatre · Revival · directed by George Balanchine 505 perf.
1986 Me And My Girl Marquis Theatre · Original · directed by Mike Ockrent 1,412 perf.
1987 Happy Birthday, Mr. Abbott! Palace Theatre · Original · directed by Fritz Holt 1 perf.
2005 A Wonderful Life Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by Carl Andress 1 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Margaret Gordon 4 productions
Frederick Spencer 4 productions
Rita Metzger 3 productions
Maude Adams 3 productions
Maria Karnilova 3 productions
Lloyd Carleton 3 productions
Joseph Francoeur 3 productions
John Taliaferro 3 productions
Jack Rains 3 productions
Ida Waterman 3 productions
Harrison Armstrong 3 productions
Gene Varrone 3 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.

In the literature8 passages

  • Original revival cast (1983) : Lara Teeter, George S. Irving, Dina Merrill, George De La Pena, Christine Andreas, John Mauceri (conductor). Polydor 813667–1 Y 1.ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
  • Cast : Bette Davis , Hiram Sherman, David Burns, Bill Callahan, Stanley Prager, Ellen Hanley, George S. Irving, Maria Karnilova, Buzz Miller, Oliver Wakefield, Peter Kelley, Robert Orton’s Teen Aces, Nora Kaye; Singers: Art Carroll, Clifford Fearl, Bill Krach, Robert Neukum, Franklin Neil, Sue Hight, Lenore Korman, Tina Louise, May Muth,…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act One: “Let Us Take the Road” (Jack Cassidy, Robert Burr, Hal England, Maurice Edwards, Francis Barnard, J. C. McCord, Jack De Lon, David Nillo, William Inglis); “My Heart Was So Free” (Jack Cassidy); “Were I Laid on Greenland Coast” (Jack Cassidy, Shirley Jones); “Virgins Are Like the Fair Flower” (Shirley Jones); “Our Polly Is a Sad S…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act One: “What Do We Care?” (Eartha Kitt, Singers, Dancers); “Toujours gai” (Eartha Kitt); “Queer Little Insect” (Eartha Kitt); “Queer Little Insect” (reprise) (Eddie Bracken); “Big Bill” (George S. Irving, Female Dancers); “True Romance” (Eartha Kitt, George S. Irving); “The Lightning Bug Song” (Eddie Bracken); “I Gotta Be” (Ross Martin,…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Spring 1957 was a busy one for George S. Irving, who had appeared in City Center’s revival of The Beggar’s Opera from March 13 through March 24, and then opened in Shinbone Alley on April 13. Incidentally, for Shinbone Alley , Chita Rivera was Eartha Kitt’s standby, and Tom Poston was Eddie Bracken’s.ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Tierney, Harry, Joseph McCarthy, Charles Gaynor, and Otis Clements. Irene. Broadway cast recording with Debbie Reynolds, Monte Markham, George S. Irving, Ruth Warrick, and Patsy Kelly. Cond. Jack Lee. Jacket notes Ken Mandelbaum. Sony Broadway compact disc, SK 32266: 10. 1973, 1992.ebooks/Gilvey, John Anthony/Before the Parade Passes By_ Gower Champion and the Glorious American Musical - John Anthony Gilvey.txt

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