Cyril Ritchard
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- born: 01/Dec/1897 (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
- died: 18/Dec/1977 (Chicago, Illinois, USA) - cardiac arrest
Biography
Cyril Ritchard was an international star of stage, screen and television, as well as a director.
Cyril Trimmell-Ritchard was born in Sydney, Australia, to a Protestant father and a devoutly Roman Catholic mother who ensured he was raised and educated as a Catholic. In consequence, he was a devout Roman Catholic who attended Sunday Mass wherever he happened to be.
He achieved star status in 1954 as Captain Hook in the Broadway production of "Peter Pan" co-starring Mary Martin.
He also appeared onstage in productions of "Sugar", "The Roar of the Greasepaint — the Smell of the Crowd" (with Anthony Newley), "Roar Like a Dove" and "The Irregular Verb to Love".
His film appearances include Alfred Hitchcock's "Blackmail" and "Half a Sixpence" (1967).
Ritchard also appeared regularly on a variety of television programs in the 1960s. For example, he did a stint as one of the "What's My Line? Mystery Guests" on the popular Sunday Night CBS-TV program. Later, Ritchard also served as a guest panelist on that quiz show, where he was referred to as Sir Cyril.
He died on December 18, 1977, in Chicago, Illinois, where he had long resided, at the age of 80 from natural causes, having long survived his beloved wife, Madge. They had no children.
Filmography
With Hitchcock...
- Blackmail (1929) - cast: Mr. Crewe, the artist
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