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Harry Stockwell

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Actor 1902–1984 On stage 1929–1946

Harry Bayless Stockwell (April 27, 1902 – July 19, 1984) was an American actor and singer. Stockwell made his film debut in the 1935 musical comedy Here Comes the Band. He achieved wider recognition in 1937 when he provided the voice of the Prince in Walt Disney’s animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. A noted Broadway performer, Stockwell succeeded Alfred Drake as Curly in Oklahoma! in 1943 and remained in the role until 1948. His final film appearance was in The Werewolf of Washington in 1973. He was the father of actors Dean Stockwell and Guy Stockwell with his first wife, Elizabeth Veronica. In 1950, he married actress and performer Nina Olivette.

On stage 6 productions, 17 years

1929 Broadway Nights 44th Street Theatre · Original · directed by Busby Berkeley 40 perf.
1933 As Thousands Cheer Music Box · Original · directed by Hassard Short 400 perf.
1939 George White's Scandals [1939] Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by William K. Wells 120 perf.
1943 Oklahoma! St. James Theatre · Original · directed by Rouben Mamoulian 2,212 perf.
1945 Marinka Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by Hassard Short 165 perf.
1946 The Desert Song City Center · Revival · directed by Sterling Halloway 45 perf.

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Worked with more than once2 names

Peggy Cornell 2 productions
Joan Roberts 2 productions

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In the literature3 passages

  • They shipped me off to Chicago to replace Harry Stockwell, Dean Stockwell’s dad, who was shipped to New York to replace Alfred Drake. I played Curly there for ten months and then went on to play the Theater Guild’s subscription cities. It seems so funny now when I recall that my first impression of Oklahoma! was that it was a bit racy. I…ebooks/Frommer, Myrna Katz & Frommer, Harvey/It Happened on Broadway_ An Oral History of the Great White Way - Myrna Katz Frommer & Harvey Frommer.txt
  • Cast: Marilyn Miller, Clifton Webb, Helen Broderick, Ethel Waters, Hal Forde, Jerome Cowan, Harry Stockwell, José Limon, Letitia Ide, Thomas Hamilton, Leslie Adamsebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • HARRY STOCKWELL, 82, Kansas City-bom actor-singer, died of heart failure July 19. 1984 intheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1984-85 Season, v. 41 (Willis).txt

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