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Ralph Forbes

Shows · Ralph Forbes

ActorOn stage 19241949

On stage 13 productions, 25 years

1924 Havoc Maxine Elliotts Theatre · Original · directed by Leo G. Carroll 48 perf.
1924 The Magnolia Lady Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by Lew Fields 16 perf.
1925 Stronger Than Love Belasco Theatre · Original · directed by Alfred Hickman 49 perf.
1925 The Little Minister Globe Theatre · Revival · directed by Basil Dean 16 perf.
1925 The Man With a Load of Mischief Ritz Theatre · Original 16 perf.
1941 The Doctor's Dilemma Shubert Theatre · Revival · directed by Guthrie McClintic 121 perf.
1942 A Kiss for Cinderella Music Box Theatre · Revival · directed by Catherine Littlefield 48 perf.
1942 Hedda Gabler Longacre Theatre · Revival 12 perf.
1944 A Highland Fling Plymouth Theatre · Original 28 perf.
1944 The Visitor Henry Millers Theatre · Original 23 perf.
1946 Second Best Bed Ethel Barrymore Theatre · Original 8 perf.
1948 You Never Can Tell Martin Beck Theatre · Revival · directed by Peter Ashmore 39 perf.
1949 Caesar and Cleopatra National Theatre · Revival · directed by Cedric Hardwicke 151 perf.

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Worked with more than once2 names

Ruth Chatterton 3 productions
Cecil Humphreys 3 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. 1 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.

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