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Lew Parker

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Actor 1907–1972 On stage 19301956

Lew Parker (born Austin Lewis Jacobs, October 29, 1907 – October 27, 1972) was an American television, stage and musical theatre actor. His most notable role was as Lew Marie, the arrogant, but doting, father of Marlo Thomas's character, Ann Marie, on the 1960s television series That Girl.

On stage 6 productions, 26 years

1930 Girl Crazy Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by Alexander Leftwich 272 perf.
1936 Red, Hot, and Blue Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by Howard Lindsay 183 perf.
1945 Are You With It? New Century Theatre · Original · directed by Edward Reveaux 264 perf.
1946 The Front Page Royale Theatre · Revival 79 perf.
1955 Ankles Aweigh Mark Hellinger Theatre · Original · directed by Fred F. Finklehoffe 176 perf.
1956 Mr. Wonderful Broadway Theatre · Original · directed by Jack Donohue 383 perf.

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Worked with more than once3 names

Karen Shepard 2 productions
Herb Fields 2 productions
Ethel Merman 2 productions

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In the literature8 passages

  • Cast : Ed Hanley (Russ), Ray Mason (Camera Man), Bill Costin (Tommy), Frank Conville (Pizza Cart Man), Betty Kean (Elsey), Jane Kean (Wynne), Lew Parker (Dinky), Gabriel Dell (Spud), Mark Dawson (Lieutenant Bill Kelley), Nancy Walters (Native Girl), Mark Allen (Captain Zimmerman), Will Hussung (Admiral Pottles), Thelma Carpenter (Chipolat…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act One: “Italy” (Boys, Girls); “Old-Fashioned Mothers” (Betty Kean, Jane Kean); “Skip the Build-Up” (Betty Kean, Lew Parker); “Nothing at All” (Jane Kean, Mark Dawson); “Walk Like a Sailor” (Jane Kean, Lew Parker, Gabriel Dell, Girls, Betty Kean, Hank Brunjes, Skeet Guenther); “Headin’ for the Bottom Blues” (Thelma Carpenter, Girls, Patr…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Cast: Willie Howard, Allen Kearns, Ginger Rogers, William Kent, Ethel Merman, Antonio & Renee DeMarco, Lew Parker, Roger Edens, Red Nichols Orchestraebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Cast: Jimmy Durante, Ethel Merman, Bob Hope, Polly Walters, Paul & Grace Hartman, Vivian Vance, Lew Parkerebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • C AST : Allen Kearns, Ginger Rogers, Willie Howard, Ethel Merman (as Kate Fothergill), William Kent, Peggy O’Connor, Eunice Healy, Lew Parker, Carlton Macy, Clyde Veaux, Olive Brady, Chief Rivers, Donald Fosterebooks/Kellow, Brian/Ethel Merman_ A Life - Brian Kellow.txt
  • PC: Harrison Floy : Lew Parker; Sara Longstreet : Kay Kimber; Henry Longstreet : Sidney James; Oggle Ogglethorpe : Jack Cooper; Mr Pontdue : Tommy Godfrey; Fran : Hermene French; Nancy : Joan Heal; Uncle Willie : Peter Felgate; Stevie Longstreet : Michael Nicholls; Elmer Simpkins : James Ramsay; corps de ballet included Audrey Hepburnebooks/Wright, Adrian/West End Broadway_ The Golden Age of the American Musical in London - Adrian Wright.txt

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