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Ralph Williams

Shows · Ralph Williams

ActorOn stage 19191994

Ralph Williams is an American actor who created the role of Arpad Laszlo in the original Broadway production of She Loves Me (1963).

On stage 16 productions, 75 years

1919 Abraham Lincoln Cort Theatre · Original · directed by Lester Lonergan 193 perf.
1947 Allegro Majestic Theatre · Original · directed by Agnes de Mille (Oscar Hammerstein II uncredited) 315 perf.
1947 Louisiana Lady New Century Theatre · Original · directed by Edgar MacGregor 4 perf.
1956 Saint Joan Phoenix Theatre · Revival · directed by Albert Marre 77 perf.
1959 Much Ado About Nothing Lunt Fontanne Theatre · Revival · directed by John Gielgud 58 perf.
1961 Look, We've Come Through Hudson Theatre · Original · directed by José Quintero 5 perf.
1963 She Loves Me Eugene O'Neill Theatre · Original · directed by Harold Prince 301 perf.
1965 The Odd Couple Plymouth Theatre · Original · directed by Mike Nichols 964 perf.
1968 The Cocktail Party Lyceum Theatre · Revival · directed by Philip Minor 44 perf.
1968 The Misanthrope Lyceum Theatre · Revival · directed by Stephen Porter 86 perf.
1969 Cock-A-Doodle Dandy Lyceum Theatre · Revival · directed by Jack O'Brien 40 perf.
1971 Johnny Johnson Edison Theatre · Revival · directed by José Quintero 1 perf.
1977 Some of My Best Friends Longacre Theatre · Original · directed by Harold Prince 7 perf.
1978 Da Morosco Theatre · Original · directed by Melvin Bernhardt 697 perf.
1993 Three Men on a Horse Lyceum Theatre · Revival · directed by John Tillinger 39 perf.
1994 Show Boat Gershwin Theatre · Revival · directed by Harold Prince 947 perf.

Each row is a staging this name appears in the cast list of, read from the production record rather than from the person record. The person record names works instead, and a work cannot say which run somebody was in — that is how Elaine Stritch ends up filed under Show Boat 1927 when she was in the 1994 revival. No row here says what part was played, because no cast list records it.

Worked with more than once12 names

Sydney Walker 3 productions
Patricia Conolly 3 productions
Keene Curtis 3 productions
Ruth Ostrander 2 productions
Richard Easton 2 productions
Paul Sparer 2 productions
Nathaniel Frey 2 productions
John Cullum 2 productions
James Whittle 2 productions
Jack Klugman 2 productions
Frances Sternhagen 2 productions
Donald Moffat 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. 8 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 literature6 passages

  • Cast: Barbara Cook, Daniel Massey, Barbara Baxley, Jack Cassidy, Ludwig Donath, Nathaniel Frey, Ralph Williamsebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • For Donald Moffat, Jennifer Harmon, Clayton Corzatte, Frances Sternhagen, Christina Pickles, Brian Bedford, Pamela Payton-Wright, Ralph Williams, Gordon Gould, Page Johnson, Bob Moss, George Darveris, and all other existing alums who lived and survived it …ebooks/O'Brien, Jack/Jack Be Nimble_ The Accidental Education of an Unintentional Director - Jack O'Brien.txt
  • STANDING: LOIS DE BANZIE, LESTER RAWLINS, BARNARD HUGHES, SYLVIA O’BRIEN, RALPH WILLIAMS, MIA DILLON, SEATED: RICHARD SEER, BRIAN MURRAY in “DA”theatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt
  • CAST: Ralph Williams (Sir), John Braden (Commandant Frank Butler), Anne O'Sullivan (Tina Butler), Robin Butler (Helen Kelly), Laura Gard-theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1982-83 Season, v. 39 (Willis).txt
  • Simons (Nancy), William Swetland (Rev.), Jill Tasker (Ruby), Ralph Williams (Herbert), Howardtheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1988-89 Season, v. 45 (Willis).txt
  • .Julie Hagerty .John Beal .Tony Randall .Ralph Williams .Danny Burstein .Joey Faye .Jerry Stiller .Zane Lasky .Jack Klugman Helmar Augustus Cooper .I^eslie Anderson ...John Franklyn-Robbins .Michael Stuhlbarg .Heather Harlan .Nora Mae Lyng .David Geist .Dave Johnsontheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1992-93 Season, v. 49 (Willis).txt

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What this page does not know

  • What this person played. No cast list we hold records a character against a performer.
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  • Which of the credits above the roles on this record — actor — apply to. The roles sit on the person and never on a credit, so a director who also acted looks the same here as one who did not.

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