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3 ♦Who's Who Richard II 1
FREDERIC WORLOCK (John of Gaunt): Worlock first appeared on stage with Sir Frank Benson's Shakespearean Com¬ pany in 1905. Today, his credits occupy more than a full page in "Who's Who in the Theatre." lie was in both Maurice Evans' 1937 and 1951 productions of "King Richard II." He came to the United States as Elsie Ferguson's leading man and has since appeared with the theatre's great stars in a list of most memorable plays, including: "Sweet Nell of Old Drury" (Laurette Taylor); "She Had To Know" (Grace George); "The Shanghai Gesture" (Florence Reed); "The Truth About Blayds" (Pauline Lord); "Camille" (Lillian Gish); "An Amaz¬ ing Career" (Ethel Barrymore); "Dodsworth" (Walter Huston); "Tovarich" (Marta Abba); "Medea" (Judith Anderson) and "Anne of the Thousand Days" (Rex Harrison and Lilli Palmer). Among his more than 60 film credits are "Joan of Lorraine," "Madame Curie," "Forever Amber," "A Double Life" and "Johnny Belinda." Many of the major dramatic TV programs have called for his acting services.
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LOUIS HECTOR (Earl of Northumberland) : Hector is another alumnus of Evans ' last staging of "King Richard II," in the same role he is presently acting. He was also a cast member of Evans' double bill: "The Browning Version" and "A Harlequinade." Since migrating from his native England, Hector has appeared in over 30 plays, including "Dear Ruth," "Strange Bedfellows, " "Antony and Cleopatra," Shaw's "Arms and the Man," "Candida" and his "Simpleton of the Unex¬ pected Isles," "Mr. Pickwick," "The Country Wife" and Capek's "R.U.R." He early attracted Broadway attention in Jane Cowl's production of Sherwood's "The Road to Rome," Network radio and TV shows occupy a considerable portion of his working time.
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BRUCE GORDON (Thomas Mowbray) : Gordon was Mowbray in Evans' 1951 "King Richard II" and also supported the noted Shakespearean Interpreter in his GI version of "Hamlet." He was seen with Edna Best in Shaw's "Captain Brassbound's Conversion"; with Judith Anderson in "Medea," both on tour and in Germany during the Berlin Arts Festival in 1951; with Katharine Cornell in "Antony and Cleopatra," and suc¬ ceeded Kent Smith opposite Helen Hayes in "The Wisteria Trees." He acted for many months in the original produc¬ tion of "Arsenic and Old Lace" and was more recently seen on Broadway in "Pink Elephant" and "Legend of Lovers." He is one of video's busiest TV actors.
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