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Date of Birth:

29 January 1917, Santa Ana, California, USA more

Date of Death:

20 February 2005, Pacific Palisades, California, USA more

Mini Biography:

One of the top Broadway baritones of the post WWII period, John Raitt... more

Trivia:

His professional debut was in 1940 in the chorus of "HMS Pinafore" with... more

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Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination more

NewsDesk:
(6 articles)

CityListen Audio Tours Releases 'Walkin' Broadway'; Features Stories From Broadway Creators and Artists
 (From BroadwayWorld.com. 25 September 2009, 11:20 AM, PDT)
Masterworks Broadway Celebrates Rodgers & Hammerstein Online
 (From BroadwayWorld.com. 10 February 2009, 3:35 PM, PST)

Filmography

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Actor
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. "3rd Rock from the Sun" (1996)   Trucker Gil (1 episode, 1996) 1996 - 8.1 (7,002)
AKAs:
  • 3rd Rock (USA: promotional abbreviation)
  • Life As We Know It
1 TV episode:
- 2. "Shirley Temple's Storybook" (1958)   King / St. George (2 episodes, 1958-1960) 1960 - 8.2 (33)
AKAs:
  • Shirley Temple Storybook Collection (USA: DVD box title)
  • The Shirley Temple Show (USA: second season title)
  • The Shirley Temple Theatre (USA: third season title)
2 TV episodes:
- 3. "Death Valley Days" (1952)   Jim Dandy (1 episode, 1960) 1960 - 7.7 (89)
AKAs:
  • Call of the West (USA: syndication title)
  • The Pioneers (USA: syndication title)
  • Trails West (USA: syndication title)
  • Western Star Theater (USA: syndication title)
1 TV episode:
- 4. "General Electric Theater" (1953)   Charlie (1 episode, 1959) 1959 - 8.1 (72)
AKAs:
  • G.E. Theater (USA: informal short title)
  • G.E. True Theater (USA: new title)
1 TV episode:
- 5. "Shower of Stars" (1954)   (1 episode, 1958) 1958 - 6.7 (15)
AKAs:
  • Chrysler Shower of Stars
1 TV episode:
- 6. Annie Get Your Gun (1957) (TV) Frank Butler 1957 - 8.4 (32)
- 7. The Pajama Game (1957) Sid Sorokin 1957 - 7.0 (1,131)
- 8. General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein (1954) (TV)   Billy Bigelow (segment "Carousel' sequence) 1954 - 7.6 (9)
AKAs:
  • General Foods Anniversary Show (USA: short title)
  • General Foods Anniversary Special
- 9. "NBC Television Opera Theatre" (1950)   Petruchio (1 episode, 1954) 1954 - -
- 10. "The Motorola Television Hour" (1953)   Prince (1 episode, 1953) 1953 - 7.3 (6)
AKAs:
  • Motorola TV Hour (USA: alternative title)
  • Motorola TV Theatre (USA: alternative title)
1 TV episode:
- 11. "The Web" (1950)   (1 episode, 1953) 1953 - 6.7 (10)
1 TV episode:
- 12. "The Buick Circus Hour" (1952) Bill Sothern (unknown episodes) 1952 - -
- 13. "Out There" (1951)   (1 episode, 1951) 1951 - -
1 TV episode:
- 14. "Musical Comedy Time" (1950)   Carlos (1 episode, 1951) 1951 - -
1 TV episode:
- 15. "Pulitzer Prize Playhouse" (1950)   Brom Broeck (1 episode, 1950) 1950 - 8.3 (7)
1 TV episode:
- 16. Ship Ahoy (1942) (uncredited) Sailor 1942 - 6.1 (179)
- 17. Sunday Punch (1942) (uncredited) Trotter 1942 - 6.0 (55)
- 18. Joe Smith, American (1942)   (uncredited) Aircraft Plant Worker 1942 - 5.9 (61)
AKAs:
  • Highway to Freedom (UK)
- 19. H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941) (uncredited) Soldier 1941 - 7.2 (328)
- 20. Billy the Kid (1941) (uncredited) Baritone in 'Lazy Acres' number 1941 - 5.8 (329)
- 21. Respect the Law (1941)   (uncredited) Pete, First Plague Victim 1941 - 6.1 (23)
AKAs:
  • Crime Does Not Pay No. 33: Respect the Law (USA: series title)
- 22. Flight Command (1940) (uncredited) Hell Cat 1940 - 6.0 (183)
- 23. Little Nellie Kelly (1940) (uncredited) Intern 1940 - 6.5 (187)
Soundtrack
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. "Great Performances" (1972)   (1 episode, 2003) 2003 - 8.3 (107)
1 TV episode:
- 2. The 56th Annual Tony Awards (2002) (TV) (performer: "A Tribute to Richard Rodgers") 2002 - 7.5 (36)
- 3. The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959) (TV) (performer: "A Certain Smile") 1959 - 4.9 (54)
- 4. "The Lux Show" (1957)   (1 episode, 1958) 1958 - -
AKAs:
  • The Lux Show Starring Rosemary Clooney (USA: complete title)
1 TV episode:
- 5. The Pajama Game (1957) (performer: "Hey There", "Once-A-Year-Day!", "Small Talk", "There Once Was a Man", "Hernando's Hideaway") 1957 - 7.0 (1,131)
- 6. "Producers' Showcase" (1954)   (1 episode, 1955) 1955 - 8.5 (20)
1 TV episode:
- 7. "The Colgate Comedy Hour" (1950)   (1 episode, 1955) 1955 - 7.8 (140)
AKAs:
  • Colgate Summer Comedy Hour (USA: summer title)
  • Colgate Variety Hour (USA: sixth season title)
  • Michael Todd Revue (USA: subtitle)
1 TV episode:
  • Episode #5.33 (1955) (performer: "Hey There", "There Once Was A Man")
- 8. General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein (1954) (TV)   (performer: "Soliloquy") ("The Bench Scene") 1954 - 7.6 (9)
AKAs:
  • General Foods Anniversary Show (USA: short title)
  • General Foods Anniversary Special
- 9. Billy the Kid (1941) (performer: "Lazy Acres") 1941 - 5.8 (329)
Self
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. "Broadway: The American Musical" (2004)   Billy Bigelow (in 'Carousel') / 3 characters not shown (1 episode, 2004) 2004 - 8.6 (187)
1 TV episode:
- 2. Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)   Himself 2003 - 8.1 (272)
AKAs:
  • Broadway (USA: short title)
  • Broadway: The Golden Age (USA: short title)
  • Broadway: The Movie (USA: short title)
- 3. The 56th Annual Tony Awards (2002) (TV) Himself - Performer 2002 - 7.5 (36)
- 4. "The Hollywood Greats" (1977)   Himself (1 episode, 2002) 2002 - 7.9 (12)
AKAs:
  • Hollywood Greats (USA: new title)
1 TV episode:
- 5. "Biography" (1987)   Himself (1 episode, 1998) 1998 - 8.0 (267)
1 TV episode:
- 6. Great Love Songs (1995) (TV) Himself 1995 - -
- 7. "ABC Afterschool Specials" (1972)   Himself (1 episode, 1995) 1995 - 6.4 (147)
1 TV episode:
- 8. "Evening at Pops" (1970)   Himself (1 episode, 1992) 1992 - 7.2 (8)
1 TV episode:
- 9. We the People 200: The Constitutional Gala (1987) (TV) Himself - Performer 1987 - -
- 10. Rodgers and Hammerstein: The Sound of American Music (1985) (TV) Himself 1985 - -
- 11. Broadway Plays Washington on Kennedy Center Tonight (1982) (TV) Himself 1982 - 8.7 (7)
- 12. Salute to Oscar Hammerstein II (1972) (TV) Himself 1972 - -
- 13. "The Virginia Graham Show" (1970)   Himself (1 episode, 1971) 1971 - 7.8 (9)
1 TV episode:
- 14. The 25th Annual Tony Awards (1971) (TV) Himself - Performer 1971 - -
- 15. "The Mike Douglas Show" (1961)   Himself (1 episode, 1968) 1968 - 7.6 (81)
1 TV episode:
- 16. "The Joey Bishop Show" (1967)   Himself (1 episode, 1968) 1968 - 7.3 (19)
1 TV episode:
- 17. "Today" (1952)   Himself (1 episode, 1966) 1966 - 4.6 (318)
AKAs:
  • NBC News Today (USA: promotional title)
  • The Today Show (USA: alternative title)
1 TV episode:
- 18. "The Bell Telephone Hour" (1959)   Himself - Singer / 3 characters not shown (9 episodes, 1959-1966) 1966 - 6.2 (12)
AKAs:
  • The Telephone Hour (USA: syndication title)
9 TV episodes: 4 episodes not shown.
- 19. "The Steve Allen Playhouse" (1962)   Himself (3 episodes, 1962-1964) 1964 - -
AKAs:
  • The Steve Allen Westinghouse Show (USA: alternative title)
3 TV episodes:
- 20. Yves Montand on Broadway (1961) (TV) Himself 1961 - -
- 21. "The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show" (1956)   Himself (1 episode, 1961) 1961 - 4.8 (8)
AKAs:
  • The Ford Show
1 TV episode:
- 22. What About Linda? (1961) (TV)   Himself 1961 - -
AKAs:
  • March of Dimes, What About Linda (USA: complete title)
- 23. "Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium" (1955)   Himself - Broadway Singer -Top Of The Bill (1 episode, 1960) 1960 - -
AKAs:
  • Sunday Night at the London Palladium (UK: short title)
1 TV episode:
  • Episode #5.18 (1960) Himself - Broadway Singer -Top Of The Bill
- 24. "The Garry Moore Show" (1958)   Himself (1 episode, 1959) 1959 - 7.4 (31)
1 TV episode:
- 25. The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959) (TV) Himself - Performer 1959 - 4.9 (54)
- 26. "The Dinah Shore Chevy Show" (1956)   Himself / 4 characters not shown (13 episodes, 1957-1959) 1959 - 7.7 (27)
AKAs:
  • The Dinah Shore Show (USA: sixth season title)
13 TV episodes: 8 episodes not shown.
- 27. "The Chevy Show" (1959) Co-Host / Himself (unknown episodes) 1959 - 5.2 (5)
- 28. "The Lux Show" (1957)   Himself - Singer (1 episode, 1958) 1958 - -
AKAs:
  • The Lux Show Starring Rosemary Clooney (USA: complete title)
1 TV episode:
- 29. "The Patrice Munsel Show" (1956)   Himself (3 episodes, 1958) 1958 - -
3 TV episodes:
- 30. "House Party" (1952)   Himself (1 episode, 1958) 1958 - 7.0 (24)
AKAs:
  • Art Linkletter's House Party (USA: complete title)
  • The Linkletter Show (USA: new title)
1 TV episode:
- 31. "Toast of the Town" (1948)   Himself (7 episodes, 1952-1957) 1957 - 8.4 (100)
AKAs:
  • The Ed Sullivan Show (USA: new title)
7 TV episodes: 2 episodes not shown.
- 32. "The Colgate Comedy Hour" (1950)   Himself - Actor / 3 characters not shown (2 episodes, 1955) 1955 - 7.8 (140)
AKAs:
  • Colgate Summer Comedy Hour (USA: summer title)
  • Colgate Variety Hour (USA: sixth season title)
  • Michael Todd Revue (USA: subtitle)
2 TV episodes:
- 33. "Producers' Showcase" (1954)   Himself (1 episode, 1955) 1955 - 8.5 (20)
1 TV episode:
- 34. "The Milton Berle Show" (1948)   Himself (1 episode, 1954) 1954 - 7.3 (19)
AKAs:
  • Texaco Star Theater (USA: alternative title)
  • The Buick-Berle Show (USA: new title)
1 TV episode:
- 35. "This Is Show Business" (1949)   Himself (4 episodes, 1951-1953) 1953 - -
AKAs:
  • This Is Broadway (first episodes title)
4 TV episodes:
- 36. "USA Canteen" (1952)   Himself (1 episode, 1952) 1952 - -
AKAs:
  • The Jane Froman Show (USA: new title)
1 TV episode:
- 37. "The Arthur Murray Party" (1950)   Himself (1 episode, 1952) 1952 - -
AKAs:
  • Arthur Murray Party Time
  • The Arthur Murray Show
1 TV episode:
- 38. "The Ed Wynn Show" (1949)   Actor / Himself - Singer (1 episode, 1949) 1949 - -
1 TV episode:
- 39. Minstrel Man (1944) Himself 1944 - 5.9 (33)
Archive Footage
- 1. "American Masters"  
1 TV episode:
- 2. "Great Performances"  
1 TV episode:
- 3. Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of Movies (1996) (TV) Billy Bigelow (clip from 'General Foods Anniversary Show')

Additional Details

Other Works:

Stage: The Pajama Game, 1954 more

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