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Phil Leeds

Shows · Phil Leeds

Actor 1916–1998 On stage 19421972

Phil Leeds (April 6, 1916 – August 16, 1998) was an American character actor. He appeared in many movies and television series, including guest appearances on The Dick Van Dyke Show, Maude, The Monkees, Friends, Barney Miller, The Golden Girls, Everybody Loves Raymond, Boy Meets World and more.

On stage 14 productions, 30 years

1942 Let Freedom Sing Longacre Theatre · Original · directed by Joseph C. Pevney 8 perf.
1942 Of V We Sing Concert Theatre · Original · directed by Perry Bruskin 76 perf.
1951 Make A Wish Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by John C. Wilson 102 perf.
1953 Can-Can Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by Abe Burrows 892 perf.
1957 Romanoff and Juliet Plymouth Theatre · Original · directed by George S. Kaufman 389 perf.
1960 Christine 46th Street Theatre · Original · directed by Jerome Chodorov 12 perf.
1962 Nowhere To Go But Up Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by Sidney Lumet 9 perf.
1963 Here’s Love Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by Stuart Ostrow 334 perf.
1963 Nobody Loves an Albatross Lyceum Theatre · Original · directed by Gene Saks 212 perf.
1963 Sophie Winter Garden · Revival · directed by Jack Sydow 8 perf.
1966 Dinner at Eight Alvin Theatre · Revival · directed by Tyrone Guthrie 127 perf.
1967 Little Murders Broadhurst Theatre · Original · directed by George L. Sherman 7 perf.
1970 Inquest Music Box Theatre · Original · directed by Alan Schneider 28 perf.
1972 Hurry, Harry Ritz Theatre · Original · directed by Gerald Teijelo 2 perf.

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Worked with more than once9 names

Sandra Roveta 2 productions
Leslye Hunter 2 productions
Frank Campanella 2 productions
Eleonore Treiber 2 productions
David Thomas 2 productions
Daniel Keyes 2 productions
Buddy Yarus 2 productions
Bill Hinnant 2 productions
Betty Garrett 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. 7 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

  • Cast : Eda Heinemann (Dr. Didier), Phil Leeds (Dr. Francel), Nanette Fabray (Janette), Harold Lang (Ricky), Helen Gallagher (Poupette), Howard Wendell (Policeman, Sales Manager), Melville Cooper (Marius Frigo), Stephen Douglass (Paul Dumont), Mary Finney (The Madam), Le Roi Operti (Felix Labiche); The Sylvia Manon Trio; Singers: Mary Hami…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Cast : Larry Storch, Barbara Ashley, Marilyn Cantor, William Dillard, Gloria Elwood, Ruth Gilbert, Phil Leeds, Jack E. Mann, Alan Ross, Royce Wallace, Erv Foster, Skeet Guenther, Budd Thompson, Patricia Hammerlee, Charles Basile, Don Powell, James Alex, Myrna Bell, Valerie Camille, Mary Martinet, Rita Chariseebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act Two: “Never, Never Be an Artist” (Hans Conried, Phil Leeds, Robert Penn, Richard Purdy, Pat Turner); “It’s All Right with Me” (Peter Cookson); “Every Man Is a Stupid Man” (Lilo); “The Apaches” (dance) (Gwen Verdon, Dancers, Ralph Beaumont); “I Love Paris” (Lilo); “C’est magnifique” (reprise) (Peter Cookson, Lilo); “Can-Can” (Lilo, Gwe…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Cast: Lilo, Peter Cookson, Hans Conried, Gwen Verdon, Erik Rhodes, Dania Krupska, Phil Leeds, DeeDee Woodebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Marty had been looking forward to seeing his old pal, actor and comedian Phil Leeds, perform that night at the Bon Soir. Phil was sharing a bill that included Renée Taylor and her comedy partner, Frank Baxter; and some girl singer Marty had never heard of. On a night as raw and rainy as this, Marty probably wouldn’t have come out except t…ebooks/Mann, William J_/Hello, Gorgeous_ Becoming Barbra Streisand - William J. Mann.txt
  • EILEEN HERLIE, ARTHUR HILL, ROSAMUND PHIL LEEDS Top: RUTH GORDON in “THE MATCHMAKER”theatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt

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