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| name = Gordon MacRae | image = Gordon MacRae 1953.JPG | caption = MacRae in 1953 | birth_name = Albert Gordon MacRae | birth_date = {{birth date|1921|3|12|mf=yes}} | occupation = Actor/Singer, TV and radio show host/personality | years_active = 1939–1980 | birth_place = East Orange, New Jersey, US | death_date = {{death date and age|1986|1|24|1921|3|12|mf=yes}} | death_place = Lincoln, Nebraska[1] | resting_place = Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Nebraska | death_cause = | spouse = Sheila MacRae (m. 1941–1967) Elizabeth Lambert Schrafft (m. 1967–1986; his death) | children = 5; including Heather MacRae Meredith MacRae }} Albert Gordon MacRae (March 12, 1921 – January 24, 1986) was an American actor and singer, who appeared in the film versions of two Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals, Oklahoma! (1955) and Carousel (1956), and played Bill Sherman in On Moonlight Bay (1951) and By The Light of the Silvery Moon (1953). Early lifeBorn in East Orange in Essex County in northeastern New Jersey, MacRae graduated in 1940 from Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Massachusetts, and he thereafter served as a navigator in IX Troop Carrier Command in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Prior to this, he attended Nottingham High School in Syracuse, New York. CareerSingerWinning a contest enabled MacRae to sing at the 1939 New York World's Fair with the Harry James and Les Brown orchestras.[2] BroadwayHe made his Broadway debut in 1942, acquiring his first recording contract soon afterwards. Many of his hit recordings were made with Jo Stafford. He was a replacement performer on Junior Miss. RadioOn radio in 1945, his talents were showcased on the Gordon MacRae Show on the CBS network in collaboration with the conductor Archie Bleyer.[2] The show featured emerging musical talent, including the accordionist John Serry Sr.. MacRae was also the host and lead actor on The Railroad Hour, a half-hour anthology series made up of condensed versions of hit Broadway musicals.[3] The programs were later released as popular studio cast albums, most of which have been reissued on CD.[4] In 1946 he was in the revue Three to Make Ready which ran for 326 performances. Movie starMacRae signed a contract with Warner Bros in 1947. In 1948, he appeared in his first film, The Big Punch, a drama about boxing. He followed this with a film noir with Virginia Mayo, Backfire (made in 1948, released 1950). MacRae's first on-screen musical was Look for the Silver Lining (1949), a biopic of Marilyn Miller (June Haver), where MacRae played Frank Carter. David Butler directed. MacRae was reunited with Haver and Butler in The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady (1950). Warners put him in a Western, Return of the Frontiersman (1950). Then he starred with Doris Day in Tea for Two (1950), a reworking of No, No, Nanette, also for Butler. Public response was enthusiastic. MacRae and Day were teamed again in The West Point Story (1951) starring James Cagney and Mayo, On Moonlight Bay (1951), and the all-star Korean War tribute, Starlift (1951). All were directed by Roy del Ruth. MacRae was in a military school musical, About Face (1952) with Eddie Bracken, then he and Day did a sequel to On Moonlight Bay, By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953). That same year, he starred opposite Kathryn Grayson in the third film version of The Desert Song and teamed with Jane Powell in Three Sailors and a Girl (1953). MacRae's best known film role was Curly in the big screen adaptation of Oklahoma! (1955) alongside Shirley Jones. The film was a huge success. He and Jones were used on another Rodgers and Hammerstein adaptation, Carousel (1956), at 20th Century Fox; MacRae took over from Frank Sinatra who had walked off the project. Back at Warners, MacRae played Buddy De Sylva in The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956). It would be the last film he starred in. TelevisionMacRae appeared frequently on television, on such variety programs as The Martha Raye Show and The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford, both on NBC. He also appeared on drama shows such as Lux Video Theatre. During Christmas 1958, MacRae and Ford performed the Christmas hymn "O Holy Night".[5] Earlier in 1958, MacRae guest-starred on the short-lived NBC variety series, The Polly Bergen Show. He starred in a TV musical, The Gift of the Magi (1958). Thereafter, MacRae appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, The Dinah Shore Chevy Show, The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom, and The Bell Telephone Hour. StageHe continued his musical stage career, often performing with his wife, as in a 1964 production of Bells Are Ringing, also performing as Sky Masterson in the popular musical Guys and Dolls, with his wife playing the role of Miss Adeleide, reprising her Broadway role at the Grady Gammage Auditorium in Phoenix, Arizona. In the late 1960s, he co-hosted for a week on The Mike Douglas Show. He also toured in summer stock and appeared in nightclubs. In 1967, he replaced Robert Preston in the original Broadway run of the musical I Do! I Do!, starring opposite Carol Lawrence, who had taken over the role from Mary Martin. {{citation needed|date=March 2014}} Later careerMacCrae guest starred on McCloud. He had supporting roles in the films Zero to Sixty (1978) and The Pilot (1980). Personal lifeHe was married to Sheila MacRae from 1941 until 1967;[6] the couple were the parents of four children: actresses Heather and Meredith MacRae, and sons William Gordon MacRae and Robert Bruce MacRae. Two of the children, Meredith MacRae and Robert Bruce MacRae, predeceased their mother, Sheila. Sheila divorced Gordon in order to marry producer Ronald Wayne. Gordon MacRae was married, secondly, to Elizabeth Lambert Schrafft on September 25, 1967, and fathered one daughter, Amanda Mercedes MacRae in 1968. They remained married until his death. He was buried at the Wyuka Cemetery in Lincoln, Nebraska. He battled alcohol problems for many years although by the late 1970s he overcame them and in the 1980s helped people in a treatment centre who had similar addictions.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}} He was Godfather to Shirley Jones and Jack Cassidy's son, Shaun Cassidy.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}} DeathMacRae suffered from cancer of the mouth and jaw. He died in 1986 of pneumonia, at his home in Lincoln, Nebraska, aged 64.[7] Filmography
Stage work
RadioMacRae replaced Frank Sinatra on a radio program in 1943, but he soon had to leave for military service. In 1946, he was the "singing emcee" of The Teentimers Club, a Saturday morning program on NBC.[8] From 1945-1948 he also hosted and performed on The Gordon MacRae Show for the CBS radio network.[2] He also appeared in programs as shown in the table below.
Discography{{col-begin}}{{col-2}}This is Gordon Macrae Capitol Records Solo
with Jo Stafford
Singles
In popular culture{{in popular culture|date=August 2018}}
References1. ^{{cite news |last=Folkart |first=Burt A. |date=January 24, 1986 |title=Gordon MacRae, Star of 'Oklahoma,' Dies at 64 |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1986-01-24/news/mn-24015_1_gordon-macrae |work=Los Angeles Times |location=Los Angeles, CA |access-date=November 25, 2018 }} 2. ^1 http://otrrpedia.net/getprogram1.php?item=2485 3. ^The Railroad Hour Episode Log 4. ^Gordon MacRae on CastAlbums.org 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://clevelandclassicmedia.blogspot.com/2007/12/o-holy-night-tennessee-ernie-ford-and.html|title="O Holy Night," Tennessee Ernie Ford and Gordon MacRae|publisher=clevelandclassicmedia.blogspot.com|accessdate=November 25, 2010}} 6. ^Milestones: August 4, 1967 from Time magazine 7. ^[https://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/25/obituaries/gordon-macrae-dies-star-of-film-musicals.html Gordon MacRae Dies: Star of Movie Musicals] from The New York Times 8. ^1 {{cite news|title=From Page Boy To Emcee|url=http://americanradiohistory.org/Archive-Miscellaneous/Radio-Vision-1946-11.pdf|accessdate=14 April 2016|agency=Radio-Vision|date=November 30, 1946|page=6}} 9. ^{{cite news|last1=Kirby|first1=Walter|title=Better Radio Programs for the Week|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2470060/the_decatur_daily_review/|agency=The Decatur Daily Review|date=March 16, 1952|page=44|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 23, 2015}} {{Open access}} 10. ^{{cite news|last1=Kirby|first1=Walter|title=Better Radio Programs for the Week|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2376557/the_decatur_daily_review/|agency=The Decatur Daily Review|date=May 4, 1952|page=50|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 8, 2015}} {{Open access}} Further reading
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