Cyril Ritchard
Acting
Born December 1, 1897
Biography
Legendary for his preening, prancing, delightfully playful villain Captain Hook on the award-winning stage (as well as TV) opposite America's musical treasure Mary Martin, beloved musical star Cyril Ritchard had a vast career that would last six decades, but "Peter Pan" would become his prime legacy. Born in Australia just before the turn of the century, he was educated at St. Aloysius College and Sydney University wherein he slyly sidestepped a parental-guided career in medicine for entertainment, participating in numerous college productions that quickly got him "hooked." He began profession…
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Mike Douglas Show
Tony Awards
The Merv Griffin Show
What's My Line?
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
The Philco Television Playhouse
Studio One
Dr. Kildare
The Steve Allen Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Kraft Music Hall
Omnibus
The Danny Kaye Show
Lux Video Theatre
DuPont Show of the Month
Producers' Showcase
The Snoop Sisters
Playwrights '56
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Hobbit
Blackmail
Piccadilly
Peter Pan
Television Demonstration Film
The Winslow Boy
The Christmas Tree
Alfred Hitchcock: The Unseen Home Movies
Half a Sixpence
I See Ice
Woman Hater
Tubby the Tuba
Service for Ladies
The Daydreamer
The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow
Peter Pan
Hans Brinker
The Emperor's New Clothes
The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner