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Tom Aldredge

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Actor 1928–2011 On stage 19662004

Thomas Ernest Aldredge (February 28, 1928 – July 22, 2011) was an American actor. Known for his works on stage and screen, his accolades include a Daytime Emmy Award as well nominations for five Tony Awards. He won a Daytime Emmy Award for playing the role of Shakespeare in Henry Winkler Meets William Shakespeare (1978). His Broadway stage career spanned five decades, including five Tony Award nominations. He played both the Narrator and the Mysterious Man in the original Broadway cast of Into the Woods. He also appeared on television in programs including Ryan's Hope, Damages, and Boardwalk Empire, with a notable role as Hugh De Angelis, Tony Soprano’s father-in-law, on The Sopranos.

On stage 28 productions, 38 years

1966 Slapstick Tragedy Longacre Theatre · Original · directed by Alan Schneider 7 perf.
1966 UTBU Helen Hayes Theatre · Original · directed by Nancy Walker 7 perf.
1967 Everything in the Garden Plymouth Theatre · Original · directed by Peter Glenville 84 perf.
1969 Indians Brooks Atkinson Theatre · Original · directed by Gene Frankel 96 perf.
1970 The Engagement Baby Helen Hayes Theatre · Original · directed by Gene Frankel 4 perf.
1971 How the Other Half Loves Royale Theatre · Original · directed by Gene Saks 104 perf.
1972 Sticks and Bones John Golden Theatre · Original · directed by Jeff Bleckner 246 perf.
1973 The Iceman Cometh Circle In The Square Theatre · Revival · directed by Theodore Mann 85 perf.
1974 Where’s Charley? Circle In The Square Theatre · Revival · directed by Theodore Mann 76 perf.
1975 The Leaf People Booth Theatre · Original · directed by Tom O'Horgan 8 perf.
1976 Rex Lunt-Fontanne Theatre · Original · directed by Edwin Sherin 49 perf.
1977 Saint Joan Circle In The Square Theatre · Revival · directed by John Clark 77 perf.
1977 Vieux Carré St James Theatre · Original · directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman 6 perf.
1978 Stages Belasco Theatre · Original · directed by Richard Foreman 1 perf.
1979 On Golden Pond New Apollo Theatre · Original · directed by Craig Anderson 126 perf.
1981 The Little Foxes Martin Beck Theatre · Revival · directed by Austin Pendleton 126 perf.
1985 Strange Interlude Nederlander Theatre · Revival · directed by Keith Hack 63 perf.
1987 Into the Woods Martin Beck Theatre · Original · directed by James Lapine 765 perf.
1992 Two Shakespearean Actors Cort Theatre · Original · directed by Jack O'Brien 29 perf.
1994 Passion Plymouth Theatre · Revival · directed by James Lapine 280 perf.
1996 Inherit the Wind Royale Theatre · Revival · directed by John Tillinger 45 perf.
1997 1776 Theatre not recorded · Revival 333 perf.
1997 Into the Woods Broadway Theatre · Revival 2 perf.
1997 The Three Sisters Criterion Center Stage Right · Revival · directed by Scott Elliott 61 perf.
2001 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Minskoff Theatre · Original · directed by Scott Ellis 21 perf.
2002 The Crucible Virginia Theatre · Revival · directed by Richard Eyre 101 perf.
2004 Twelve Angry Men American Airlines Theatre · Original · directed by Scott Ellis 228 perf.
2004 Twentieth Century American Airlines Theatre · Revival · directed by Walter Bobbie 84 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Philip Bosco 3 productions
William Parry 2 productions
William Duell 2 productions
Stephen Lee Anderson 2 productions
Ryan Shively 2 productions
Robert Westenberg 2 productions
Robert Jimenez 2 productions
Richard Poe 2 productions
Ric Stoneback 2 productions
Raul Julia 2 productions
Pamela Winslow 2 productions
Merle Louise 2 productions

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In the literature8 passages

  • Original Cast (1987) : Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason, Chip Zien, Tom Aldredge, Robert Westenberg, Kim Crosby, Ben Wright, Danielle Ferland, Kay McClelland, and Lauren Mitchell, Paul Gemignani (conductor). RCA 6796–2-RC.ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
  • FILM (Image Entertainment (1991) : Cast: Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason, Chip Zien, Tom Aldredge, Robert Westenberg, Kim Crosby, Ben Wright, Danielle Ferland, Kay McClelland, and Lauren Mitchell, Paul Gemignani (conductor). Produced by Iris Merlis and Michael Brandman. Directed by James Lapine. [153 minutes]ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
  • Cast: Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason, Chip Zien, Tom Aldredge, Robert Westenberg, Barbara Bryne, Kim Crosby, Danielle Ferland, Merle Louise, Ben Wright, Joy Franz, Edmund Lyndeck, Kay McClelland, Lauren Mitchellebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Cast: Donna Murphy, Jere Shea, Gregg Edelman, Marin Mazzie, Tom Aldredge, Francis Ruivivarebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • On Friday, the cast is rehearsing the new opening number which features a song by Tom Aldredge, as the jester, which will wind through the opening dialogue between Henry and his court. i Thiv number was subsequently cut. J In the middle of the rehearsal, Williamson marches off to his hotel room. He does not show up for a scheduled intervi…ebooks/Suskin, Steven/B001T4YWBO EBOK - Steven Suskin.txt
  • SAM WATERSTON, MANU TUPOU, STACY KEACH, JON RICHARDS, TOM ALDREDGE, RICHARD McKENZIE in “INDIANS”theatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt

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