Cyril Joseph Trimnell-Ritchard, known professionally as Cyril Ritchard, was an Australian stage, screen and television actor, and director.
14 Facts About Cyril Ritchard
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Cyril Ritchard is best remembered today for his performance as Captain Hook in the Mary Martin musical production of Peter Pan.
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Two years later, after a practice waltz, Madge and Cyril Ritchard realized they were a team, and they went on a dancing tour of New Zealand.
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Cyril Ritchard shared an apartment with Walter Pidgeon in New York while he appeared there, and Madge made her first West End appearance in 1925.
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Cyril Ritchard joined her in London and they reestablished the dancing partnership.
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Cyril Ritchard achieved star status in 1954 as Captain Hook in the Broadway production of Peter Pan starring Mary Martin, who shared the same birthday as Cyril Ritchard.
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The television version was well-received, and Cyril Ritchard reprised his role in 1956 and 1960.
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Cyril Ritchard was a Broadway director: The Happiest Girl in the World, Roar Like a Dove and The Irregular Verb to Love.
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Cyril Ritchard appeared regularly on a variety of television programs in the late 1950s and 1960s.
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Later Ritchard served as a guest panelist on the Met's radio quiz show, where he was referred to as Sir Cyril, although he was never knighted.
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Cyril Ritchard lived at The Langham, an apartment house in New York.
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Cyril Ritchard suffered a heart attack on 25 November 1977, while appearing as the narrator in the Chicago touring company of Side by Side by Sondheim.
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Cyril Ritchard died on 18 December 1977 in Chicago, aged 79.
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Cyril Ritchard was buried beside his wife at Saint Mary's Cemetery in Ridgefield, Connecticut, near his rural home.