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Jon Cypher

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Actor b. 1932 On stage 19581996

Jon Cypher (born January 13, 1932) is an American actor and singer. He is best known for his role of Chief of Police Fletcher Daniels in Hill Street Blues throughout the series's run. He is also known for his work in Cinderella, As the World Turns, Major Dad, Probe, Law & Order, and Santa Barbara. He has performed on Broadway, particularly in musical theatre.

On stage 6 productions, 38 years

1958 The Disenchanted Coronet Theatre · Original · directed by David Pressman 189 perf.
1965 Man of La Mancha ANTA Washington Square Theatre · Original · directed by Albert Marre 2,328 perf.
1967 Sherry! Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by Joe Layton 65 perf.
1968 The Great White Hope Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by Edwin Sherin 546 perf.
1969 Coco Mark Hellinger Theatre · Original · directed by Michael Benthall 332 perf.
1996 Big Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by Mike Ockrent 193 perf.

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Worked with more than once3 names

Robert Fitch 2 productions
Rita Metzger 2 productions
David Thomas 2 productions

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In the literature7 passages

  • And the cast wasn’t complete. John McMartin had been cast just days before, since the original actor hired for the role of Ben, Jon Cypher, had backed out after participating in a reading of the script around a table in November. His performance had been lackluster, and something about the role troubled him. The role of his younger counte…ebooks/Chapin, Ted/Everything Was Possible_ The Birth of the Musical Follies (Applause Books) - Ted Chapin.txt
  • clapping, there are voices from the wings [Jon Cypher on tape] as supernatural controls. A dance has been arranged so that Miss Hepburn, in a black dress that looks like a licorice brownie, can do hertheatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt
  • _ McMartin (replacing Jon Cypher), and ‘Yvonne De Carlo : Gan Fifi DD Orsay, Mary McCarty, Ethel Shutta, Amold Moss, Ethel aetheatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt
  • produced by Lee Guber, Frank Ford, and Shelly Gross starring Clive Revill (replacing George oad: Dolores Gray, and Elizabeth Allen with Jon Cypher, Byron Webster, hae Fox, Eddie Lawrence,theatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt
  • produced by Alexander H. Cohen starring Angela Lansbury with Jon Cypher, Mark Dawson, Peter Lombard, Charlotte Rae,theatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt
  • Ron Moody David Jones Mark Savage Karen Morrow Barbara Hancock Jimmy White Peter Bernard Jon Cypher Hedly Mattingly Mickey Deemstheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1973 74 Season, v. 30 (Willis).txt

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