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Horace Cooper

Shows · Horace Cooper

ActorOn stage 19211962

On stage 19 productions, 41 years

1921 The Champion Longacre Theatre · Original · directed by Sam Forrest 175 perf.
1922 Secrets Fulton Theatre · Original · directed by Sam Forrest 168 perf.
1924 Old English Ritz Theatre · Original 183 perf.
1928 The Merry Wives of Windsor Knickerbocker Theatre · Revival 24 perf.
1929 See Naples and Die Vanderbilt Theatre · Original 62 perf.
1932 Whistling in the Dark Ethel Barrymore Theatre · Original · directed by Frank Craven 265 perf.
1940 The Unconquered Biltmore Theatre · Original 6 perf.
1941 Mr. and Mrs. North Belasco Theatre · Original 163 perf.
1944 Sheppey Playhouse Theatre · Original · directed by Sir Cedric Hardwicke 23 perf.
1944 Sleep No More Cort Theatre · Original · directed by Cledge Roberts 7 perf.
1944 The Duke in Darkness Playhouse Theatre · Original · directed by Robert Henderson 24 perf.
1945 Billion Dollar Baby Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by George Abbott 220 perf.
1946 Land's End Playhouse Theatre · Original · directed by Robert Lewis 5 perf.
1948 Where’s Charley? St. James Theatre · Original · directed by George Abbott 792 perf.
1951 Where’s Charley? Broadway Theatre · Return-Engagement · directed by George Balanchine 48 perf.
1953 Room Service Playhouse Theatre · Revival · directed by Mortimer Offner 16 perf.
1956 The Hot Corner John Golden Theatre · Original · directed by Sam Levene 5 perf.
1957 Hotel Paradiso Henry Millers Theatre · Original 108 perf.
1962 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by George Abbott 964 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Ray Bolger 2 productions
Paul England 2 productions
John Lynds 2 productions
John Kane 2 productions
John Emery 2 productions
James Lane 2 productions
Irene Weston 2 productions
Helen Craig 2 productions
Ernest Taylor 2 productions
Eric Brotherson 2 productions
Douglas Deane 2 productions
David Burns 2 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. 7 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.

Also credited on1 work

Where’s Charley?

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In the literature1 passages

  • Cast: Ray Bolger, Allyn Ann McLerie, Byron Palmer, Doretta Morrow, Horace Cooper, Jane Lawrence, Paul England, Cornell MacNeilebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt

Passages naming this person, found by keyword across 178 books. A keyword match is not a biography, and a common name will pull in the wrong one.

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