- Richard Waring
Richard Waring (
27 May 1911 –5 December 1994 ) was Waring appeared in many Broadway plays, including "Dear Jane" (1932), "L'Aiglon " (1934), "The Women Have Their Way " (1935), "Camille " (1935), "The Corn is Green " (1940), "At the Stroke of Eight " (1940), "The Man Who Killed Lincoln " (1940) (later to revive the character ofJohn Wilkes Booth withJose Ferrer in "Edwin Booth" (1958).), The Mad Hatter inEva Le Gallienne 's production of "Alice in Wonderland" (1947), "A Pound on Demand ", "Androcles and the Lion", "What Every Woman Knows ", and "King Henry VIII" (all in 1947), "Gramercy Ghost " (1951), and "Portrait of a Queen " (1968). aHollywood actor .Waring was born Richard Stephens in
Chalfont ,Buckinghamshire , the son ofThomas E. Stephens , whose portrait ofDwight D. Eisenhower hangs in the Smithsonian Gallery of Presidents. He took on his mother Evelyn M. Stephens's maiden name, Waring, as his stage name.He was the brother of
Peter John Stephens who was a playwright and writer of books for teenagers. He had no natural children by his later wife, Kathy Waring. He was previously married and divorced (1934) toFlorida Friebus known for her portrayal of the mother of the TV characterDobie Gillis . He died of a heart attack January 18,1994 inCity Island ,The Bronx at the age of 82.(He has been incorrectly confused to be related to Derek Waring on other major sites, but according to his nephew this is not true.)Waring began his career in 1931 with
Eva Le Gallienne 's Civic Repertory Theater in New York City in minor roles in "Romeo and Julliet", "Camillle", and "Cradle Song". In 1940 he played oppositeEthel Barrymore in the "Corn is Green " and later withEva Le Gallienne and was signed to play the role in Hollywood oppositeBette Davis , but entered the army duringWorld War II . Before that he was fimed in his best-known screen role as Fanny Trellis' brother Trippy, whose theft to pay off his gambling debts forces her to marry "Mr. Skeffington " (1944) which ironically ended Waring's Hollywood career just like his character had ended his life in the World War I.After his service he appeared on Broadway as the Duke of Buckingham in "
Henry VII , John Shand in "J. M. Barrie ",s "What Every Women Knows" and as the Captain inGeorge Bernard Shaw 's, "Androcles and the Lion ".He also appeared in many performances of the
American Shakespeare Festival directed byJohn Houseman and thePhoenix Theatre inNew York City , playing both bit roles and major parts in many of Shakespeare's plays, playing oppositeKatharine Hepburn in both "The Merchant of Venice ", "Much Ado About Nothing ", and one performance in "A Midsummer Night's Dream " as Oberon before she had to leave the production.Radio Broadcasts
"Elizabeth the Queen" (1952)
Eva Le Gallienne TV Broadcasts
Studio One"Wuthering Heights" (1950)
Hallmark Hall of Fame MacDuff in
Macbeth (1954) withMaurice Evans andJudith Anderson Bertrand in
Eagle in a Cage (1965)Alfred Hitchcock Presents "Kiss Me Again, Stranger" (1953)
"Festive Season" (1958).
Records
Scenes from
Romeo and Juliet withEva Le Gallienne (Atlantic Records, 1951 2 record set)"Poems of Rupert Brooke" (Folkways 1865, Smithsonian Collection)
References
Obituaries
* New York Times, Jan 21,1993, by William Honan
* Manchester Guardian Feb 01, 1993
* Los Angeles Times (Record edition) Jan 23, 1993External links
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