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Jay Garner

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Actor 1929–2011 On stage 19691995

Jay Garner (January 17, 1929 – January 21, 2011), born James H. Garner Jr., was an American musical theatre, film, and television actor.

On stage 8 productions, 26 years

1969 Red, White and Maddox Cort Theatre · Original 41 perf.
1970 Beggar on Horseback Vivian Beaumont Theater · Revival · directed by John Hirsch 52 perf.
1972 Captain Brassbound's Conversion Ethel Barrymore Theatre · Revival · directed by Stephen Porter 16 perf.
1975 Goodtime Charley Palace Theatre · Original · directed by Peter H. Hunt 104 perf.
1978 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Entermedia Theatre · Original · directed by Peter Masterson & Tommy Tune 1,584 perf.
1983 La Cage aux Folles Palace Theatre · Original · directed by Arthur Laurents 1,761 perf.
1986 Me And My Girl Marquis Theatre · Original · directed by Mike Ockrent 1,412 perf.
1995 Hello, Dolly! Lunt Fontanne Theatre · Revival · directed by Lee Roy Reams 116 perf.

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Worked with more than once4 names

Walter Charles 2 productions
Roger Preston Smith 2 productions
Leo Leyden 2 productions
K Craig Innes 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. 3 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 literature7 passages

  • ————. Hello, Dolly! 1994 cast recording with Carol Channing, Jay Garner, Michael DeVries, and Florence Lacey. Cond. Tim Stella. Varèse Sarabande compact disc, VSD-5557, 1994.ebooks/Gilvey, John Anthony/Before the Parade Passes By_ Gower Champion and the Glorious American Musical - John Anthony Gilvey.txt
  • Cast: Carlin Glynn, Henderson Forsythe, Delores Hall, Pamela Blair, Jay Garner, Clint Allmonebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Cast: George Hearn, Gene Barry, Jay Garner, John Weiner, Elizabeth Parrish, Leslie Stevens, William Thomas Jr., Merle Louiseebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • with Pamela Blair, Clint Allmon, Jay Garner, J. Frank Lucas, Don Crabtree, Joan Ellis, Susan Mansur, and “The Rio Grande Band” opened April 17, 1978 transferred June 19,theatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt
  • arming. Not much else about Goodtime Charley is. Jay Garner and Louis Zorich huff and puff to bring comic life to the roles of the Archbishop and General, but they are finally defeated for good in a heavyhanded “Confessional” duet. Larry Grossman's tunes are often provocative, but Hal Hackady’s lyrics are of considerably less interest; so…theatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt
  • owner to Governor of Georgia. Broadly played by Jay Garner as a petulant, mindless, dangerous but not unlikable child, Maddox is shown astheatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt

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