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词条 Myron McCormick
释义

  1. Early life and education

  2. Stage

  3. Film

  4. Radio and television

  5. Personal life

  6. Death

  7. Filmography

  8. References

  9. External links

{{Infobox person
| name = Myron McCormick
| image = Small-Miracle-Stage-3.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Ilka Chase, Myron McCormick, and Robert Middlemass in 1934 stage production
Small Miracle
| birthname = Walter Myron McCormick
| birth_date = {{birth date|1908|02|08}}
| birth_place = Albany, Indiana, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1962|07|30|1908|02|08}}
| death_place = New York City, New York, U.S.
| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 1936–1962
}}

Myron McCormick (February 8, 1908 – July 30, 1962) was an American actor of stage, radio and film.

Early life and education

Born in Albany, Indiana, in 1908, Walter Myron McCormick was the middle child of Walter P. and Bessie M. McCormick's three children.[1] His father, according to the federal census of 1920, was a native of Illinois and a manufacturer of tinware.[1] He attended New Mexico Military Institute and Princeton University.[2] At the latter he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa Society, gained experience in musical theater, and graduated magna cum laude.[3]

Stage

McCormick was the only cast member of the Broadway smash South Pacific to remain with the show for all 1,925 performances.{{Citation needed|date=September 2016}} He won a Best Supporting Performance (Actor) Donaldson Award for 1948-1949[4] and a 1950 Tony Award for Actor, Supporting or Featured (Musical)[5] for his portrayal of sailor Luther Billis. He later was featured on Broadway from 1955-1957 in the military comedy No Time for Sergeants and repeated his role as Sergeant King for the 1958 film version starring Andy Griffith.{{Citation needed|date=September 2016}}

His other Broadway credits include 27 Wagons Full of Cotton (1954), Joy to the World (1947), Soldier's Wife (1944), Storm Operation (1943), The Damask Cheek (1942), Lily of the Valley (1941), Thunder Rock (1939), In Clover (1937), The Wingless Victory (1936), Hell Freezes Over (1935), How Beautiful with Shoes (1935), Substitute for Murder (1935), Paths of Glory (1935), and Carry Nation (1932).[6]

Film

McCormick portrayed Charlie, the partner of pool shark "Fast Eddie" Felson (Paul Newman) in The Hustler (1961). He also appeared in The Man Who Understood Women, Jigsaw, Jolson Sings Again and The Fight for Life. His screen debut came in Winterset.[7]

Radio and television

McCormick became a featured performer in the soap opera Buck Private and His Girl[8] and in many popular radio dramas of the 1940s. He also made guest appearances on numerous television programs of the 1950s/early 1960s, including The Untouchables, Naked City, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Donna Reed Show, Way Out and The Iceman Cometh (1960 TV production). McCormick was also known for his portrayal of "Colonel Ralph Bryant" in the 1949 movie Jolson Sings Again.

Personal life

McCormick was married to actress Martha Hodge[2] and to Barbara McKenzie.[9]

Death

McCormick died at NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital in New York City on July 30, 1962, from cancer, aged 54. He was survived by his wife, a son, and a daughter.[9]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1936 Winterset Carr
1939 ...One Third of a Nation... Sam Moon
1940 The Fight for Life The Interne
1942 China Girl Shorty McGuire
1942 USS VD: Ship of Shame Exec. Officer McGregor Uncredited
1949 Jigsaw Charles Riggs
1949 Jolson Sings Again Ralph Bryant
1955 Three for the Show Mike Hudson
1955 Not as a Stranger Dr. Snider
1958 No Time for Sergeants Sgt. Orville C. King
1959 The Man Who Understood Women Preacher
1961 The Hustler Charlie Burns
1962 A Public Affair Sam Clavell

References

1. ^Digital copy of original enumeration page from [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R6H-NGB?mode=g&cc=1488411 "The Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920], Albany Town, Delaware County, Indiana, January 2, 1920. United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Washington, D.C. FamilySearch, a genealogical on-line database and public service provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
2. ^{{cite news|title=Myron McCormick Is One of Princeton School of Actors|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6817631/the_brooklyn_daily_eagle/|work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|date=January 25, 1942|location=New York, Brooklyn|page=34|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = September 28, 2016}} {{Open access}}
3. ^{{cite news|title=Myron McCormick Says Once He Was Five Men in One Play|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6827451/the_brooklyn_daily_eagle/|work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|date=November 29, 1942|location=New York, Brooklyn|page=27|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = September 29, 2016}} {{Open access}}
4. ^{{cite news|title=Winners: The Sixth Annual Donaldson Awards 1948-1949|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RA4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT46&lpg=PT46&dq=Billboard+Donaldson+award+1949&source=bl&ots=tqZpW7vE-D&sig=ViNoJ6MM2S1PxMRX-juH_03WA3I&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjOxfrD67XPAhWJYiYKHb9RCdcQ6AEINTAG#v=onepage&q=Billboard%20Donaldson%20award%201949&f=false|accessdate=30 September 2016|work=Billboard|date=July 16, 1949|page=46}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=("Myron McCormick" search results)|url=http://www.tonyawards.com/p/tonys_search|website=Tony Awards|accessdate=29 September 2016}}
6. ^{{cite web|title=("Myron McCormick" search results)|url=http://www.playbill.com/searchpage/search?q=Myron%20McCormick&shows=on&qasset=00000150-ac86-d16d-a550-ecbe77940003&|website=Playbill Vault|accessdate=29 September 2016}}
7. ^{{cite news|title=Noted Actor McCormick Dies At 54|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6828095/tucson_daily_citizen/|work=Tucson Daily Citizen|agency=Associated Press|date=July 31, 1962|location=Arizona, Tucson|page=32|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = September 28, 2016}} {{Open access}}
8. ^Dunning, John. (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-19-507678-3}}. P. 122.
9. ^{{cite news|title=Myron McCormick, Actor, Dies of Cancer|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6827642/the_terre_haute_star/|work=The Terre Haute Star|agency=Associated Press|date=July 31, 1962|location=Indiana, Terre Haute|page=8|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = September 28, 2016}} {{Open access}}

External links

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  • Myron McCormick in the 1942 play Lily of the Valley with Katharine Bard
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