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John Randolph

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Actor 1915–2004 On stage 19381990

Emanuel Hirsch Cohen (June 1, 1915 – February 24, 2004), better known by the stage name John Randolph, was an American film, television and stage actor.

On stage 30 productions, 52 years

1938 Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines Maxine Elliotts Theatre · Revival 4 perf.
1938 Coriolanus Maxine Elliotts Theatre · Revival 4 perf.
1938 No More Peace Maxine Elliotts Theatre · Revival 4 perf.
1940 Hold on to Your Hats Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by Edgar J. MacGregor 158 perf.
1940 Medicine Show New Yorker Theatre · Original · directed by Jules Dassin 35 perf.
1947 Command Decision Fulton Theatre · Original · directed by John O'Shaughnessy 409 perf.
1950 Come Back, Little Sheba Booth Theatre · Original · directed by Daniel Mann 191 perf.
1950 The Golden State Fulton Theatre · Original 25 perf.
1951 Paint Your Wagon Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by Daniel Mann 289 perf.
1951 Peer Gynt Anta Playhouse · Revival · directed by Lee Strasberg 32 perf.
1952 Seagulls Over Sorrento John Golden Theatre · Original 12 perf.
1952 The Grey-Eyed People Martin Beck Theatre · Original · directed by Morton Da Costa 5 perf.
1953 Room Service Playhouse Theatre · Revival · directed by Mortimer Offner 16 perf.
1954 All Summer Long Coronet Theatre · Original · directed by Alan Schneider 60 perf.
1954 House of Flowers Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by Peter Brook 165 perf.
1955 Guys and Dolls City Center · Revival · directed by Philip Mathias 31 perf.
1955 The Time of Your Life City Center · Revival · directed by Sanford Meisner 15 perf.
1955 The Wooden Dish Booth Theatre · Original · directed by Louis Calhern 12 perf.
1957 Miss Isobel Royale Theatre · Original · directed by Cedric Hardwicke 53 perf.
1958 The Visit Lunt Fontanne Theatre · Original · directed by Peter Brook 189 perf.
1959 The Sound of Music Lunt-Fontanne Theatre · Original · directed by Vincent J. Donehue 1,443 perf.
1959 Triple Play Playhouse Theatre · Original · directed by Hume Cronyn 37 perf.
1963 A Case of Libel Longacre Theatre · Original · directed by Sam Wanamaker 242 perf.
1963 Mother Courage and Her Children Martin Beck Theatre · Original 52 perf.
1964 Conversation at Midnight Billy Rose Theatre · Original · directed by Robert Gist 4 perf.
1966 My Sweet Charlie Longacre Theatre · Original · directed by Howard Da Silva 31 perf.
1969 Our Town Anta Playhouse · Revival · directed by Donald Driver 36 perf.
1980 The American Clock Biltmore Theatre · Original · directed by Vivian Matalon 12 perf.
1986 Broadway Bound Broadhurst Theatre · Original · directed by Gene Saks 756 perf.
1990 Prelude to a Kiss Helen Hayes Theatre · Original · directed by Norman René 440 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Jay Velie 4 productions
Wayland Strong 3 productions
W O Mcwatters 3 productions
Robert Youmans 3 productions
Norma Downey 3 productions
Leonore Sorsby 3 productions
Gene Webber 3 productions
Frank Daly 3 productions
Erford Gage 3 productions
Douglas Campbell 3 productions
Charles Berre 3 productions
Wilson Brooks 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. 12 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

  • Act One: “I’m On My Way” (Rufus Smith, Robert Penn, John Randolph, Chun-Tao Cheng, Tom Al, Jared Reed, Richard Aherne, Gordon Dilworth, Miners); “Ramson” (Robert Penn); “What’s Goin’ On Here?” (Olga San Juan); “I Talk to the Trees” (Tony Bavaar, Olga San Juan); “They Call the Wind Maria” (Rufus Smith, Miners; danced by James Mitchell and…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Second Cast (replacements for re-opening): John Dorman (Nicely-Nicely Johnson), Patricia Northrop (Sarah Brown), John Randolph (Nathan Detroit), Wallace Rooney (Lieutenant Brannigan), Judy Johnson (Miss Adelaide), Robert Rippy (Hot Box M.C.), Ralph Vucci (Drunk); Dancers : Ana Baldwin, Ellen Beach, Jeanna Belkin, Sonya Besant, Janet Gaylo…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Cast: Mary Martin, Theodore Bikel, Patricia Neway, Kurt Kasznar, Marion Marlowe, Lauri Peters, Brian Davies, John Randolph, Nan McFarland, Joey Heathertonebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • November 30, 1971— April 29, 1972 Producer, Sidney S. Bloom; Artistic Director, William Ross; Artistic Consultant, John Randolph; Scenery and Light-theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1971-72 Season, v. 28 (Willis).txt
  • GUEST ARTISTS: Howard DaSilva, Ken Howard, Louise Imogene Coca, King Donovan, John McGiver, Ray Walston, Laurence Guittard. Earle Hyman, John Randolph, Ruby Dee, Tammy Grimes, E. G. Marshalltheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1971-72 Season, v. 28 (Willis).txt
  • John Randolph, Olympia Dukakis, R. A. Dow Right Center: Lou Gilbert, Peggy Whittontheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1972-73 Season, v. 29 (Willis).txt

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