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Cyril Ritchard

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Australian actor (1897-1977)

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Cyril Joseph Trimnell-Ritchard, known professionally as Cyril Ritchard, was an Australian stage, screen and television actor, and director. He is best remembered today for his performance as Captain Hook in the Mary Martin musical production of Peter Pan.

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Filmography 31

The Hobbit1977 · ★ 6.6
Blackmail1929 · ★ 6.5
Piccadilly1929
The Winslow Boy1948
Peter Pan1960
Peter Pan1955
The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow1975
Half a Sixpence1967
The Daydreamer1966
I See Ice1938
Hans Brinker1969
Mr. Scrooge1964
Woman Hater1948
Service for Ladies1932
The Emperor's New Clothes1972
The Show Goes On1937
The Christmas Tree1958
Dearest Enemy1955
Just for a Song1930
Aladdin1958
Tubby the Tuba1975
Peter Pan1956
The Dangerous Christmas of Red Riding Hood1965
Symphony in Two Flats1930
Dangerous Medicine1938
It's a Grand Old World1937
Television Demonstration Film1937
The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner1966
Pontius Pilate1952
Alfred Hitchcock: The Unseen Home Movies2026
The Owl and the Pussycat1962

58 credits on file

Television 22

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962
Tony Awards1956
The Mike Douglas Show1961
The Merv Griffin Show1962
The Philco Television Playhouse1948
Dr. Kildare1961
Studio One1948
What's My Line?1950
The Ed Sullivan Show1948
Tonight Starring Jack Paar1957
The Steve Allen Show1956
Kraft Music Hall1958
Omnibus1952
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show1956
Lux Video Theatre1950
The Danny Kaye Show1963
DuPont Show of the Month1957
The Snoop Sisters1973
Playwrights '561955
Producers' Showcase1954
Hallmark Hall of Fame1951
Profiles in Courage1964

Awards 1

1955Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical

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About this person

Cyril Joseph Trimnell-Ritchard, known professionally as Cyril Ritchard, was an Australian stage, screen and television actor, and director. He is best remembered today for his performance as Captain Hook in the Mary Martin musical production of Peter Pan. In 1945, he played Gabriel Eisenstein in Gay Rosalinda at the Palace theatre in London, a version of Strauss's Die Fledermaus by Erich Wolfgang Korngold in which he appeared with Peter Graves, 8th Baron Graves. The show was conducted by Richard Tauber and ran for almost a year.

Country
Australia
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1897 to 1977 · aged 80
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7 languages

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