John Richard Easton was a Canadian actor, best known for his portrayal of Brian Hammond in the 1970s BBC serial The Brothers.
10 Facts About Richard Easton
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Richard Easton started acting in a children's theatre group before moving, at the age of seventeen, to Ottawa to work in a weekly repertory theatre.
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Richard Easton has performed in many stage productions and various film roles.
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In 2002, Richard Easton starred in the title role in a three-part documentary, Benjamin Franklin, on PBS.
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On October 18,2006, while performing Tom Stoppard's The Coast of Utopia on stage during the show's second preview at the Lincoln Center Theater's Vivian Beaumont Theater, Richard Easton suffered a heart attack and collapsed.
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Richard Easton's heart stopped beating, but after co-star Martha Plimpton realized that Easton's fall was serious and asked the audience if a doctor was present, a stagehand stepped up to perform CPR.
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An ambulance was called and Richard Easton was revived with defibrillation.
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Richard Easton underwent a procedure to correct a heart arrhythmia, briefly delaying the opening of the play, in which he played a central role.
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Richard Easton made a full recovery and returned to the play soon after the incident.
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In 2008, Richard Easton was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.