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Keith Carradine

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Actor b. 1949 On stage 19682013

Keith Ian Carradine ( KARR-ə-deen; born August 8, 1949) is an American actor. In film, he is known for his roles as Tom Frank in Robert Altman's Nashville, E. J. Bellocq in Louis Malle's Pretty Baby, and Mickey in Alan Rudolph's Choose Me. On television, he is known for his roles as Wild Bill Hickok on the HBO series Deadwood, FBI agent Frank Lundy on the Showtime series Dexter, Lou Solverson in the first season of FX's Fargo, Penny's father Wyatt on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory, and U.S. President Conrad Dalton on the CBS political drama Madam Secretary. He is a member of the Carradine family of actors which began with his father, John Carradine.

On stage 5 productions, 45 years

1968 Hair Biltmore Theatre · Original · directed by Tom O’Horgan 1,750 perf.
1982 Foxfire Ethel Barrymore Theatre · Original · directed by David Trainer 213 perf.
1991 The Will Rogers Follies The Palace Theatre · Original 983 perf.
2005 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Imperial Theatre · Original · directed by Jack O’Brien 627 perf.
2013 Hands on a Hardbody Brooks Atkinson Theatre · Original · directed by Neil Pepe 28 perf.

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Worked with more than once4 names

Sally Mae Dunn 2 productions
Roxane Barlow 2 productions
Dale Soules 2 productions
Amy Heggins 2 productions

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In the literature8 passages

  • Replacements included Jonathan Pryce and Keith Carradine for Lithgow, Rachel York for Sherie Rene Scott, Lucie Arnaz for Joanna Gleason, Richard Kind for Gregory Jbara, and Brian d’Arcy James for Butz.ebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Keith Carradine (as Will Rogers) poses with a bevy of white chorus girls in The Will Rogers Follies. Credit: Photofestebooks/Hoffman, Warren/Great White Way_ Race and the Broadway Musical, The - Warren Hoffman.txt
  • Young at Heart: Arthur became downright flirtatious with Marlo Thomas (here with Natasha Gregson Wagner and Keith Carradine) during rehearsals of New Year’s Eve. He thought Marlo was a “helluva talent” and exclaimed before opening, “Marlo, where have you been all my life?”ebooks/Laurents, Arthur/Rest of the Story_ A Life Completed, The - Arthur Laurents.txt
  • Later, I spent time at the Palace with my dad during Will Rogers Follies . I was a fan of Keith Carradine, who played the lead. I’d had such a crush on him as a kid. I saw the movie Nashville and I was obsessed with the song he sang, “I’m Easy”. I would go into record stores, when there were still record stores, and I’d ask, “Do you have…ebooks/Tepper, Jennifer/Untold Stories of Broadway, Volume 2 PART 1, The - Jennifer Tepper.txt
  • Two decades later, Keith Carradine starred in Hands on a Hardbody at the Brooks Atkinson, with lyrics by Amanda Green, book by Doug Wright, and music by Amanda Green and Trey Anastasio.ebooks/Tepper, Jennifer/Untold Stories of Broadway, Volume 2 PART 1, The - Jennifer Tepper.txt
  • During The Will Rogers Follies, Keith Carradine often made a curtain speech, telling audience members not to drink and drive. This was keeping in character, as Will Rogers would often do the same. The great legacy of The Will Rogers Follies, which played 981 performances at the Palace starting in 1991, is that Rogers himself had played th…ebooks/Tepper, Jennifer/Untold Stories of Broadway, Volume 2 PART 1, The - Jennifer Tepper.txt

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