Cyril Ritchard
Born Dec 01 1897• Died Dec 18 1977
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Legendary for his preening, prancing, delightfully playful villain Captain Hook on the award-winning stage (as well as TV) opposite America's musical treasure Mary Martin, beloved musical star Cyril Ritchard had a vast career that would last six decades, but "Peter Pan" would become his prime legacy. Born in Australia just before the turn of the century, he was educated at St. Aloysius College and Sydney University wherein he slyly sidestepped a parental-guided career in medicine for entertainment, participating in numerous college productions that quick…
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Cyril Ritchard's Credits
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Studio One
Dr. Kildare
Justin Fitzgibbons
The Philco Television Playhouse
What's My Line?
Self
The Steve Allen Show
Self - rehearsing for 'Jack and the Beanstalk'
Kraft Music Hall
Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
The Danny Kaye Show
Self
Lux Video Theatre
Arnold
Producers' Showcase
Captain Hook
DuPont Show of the Month
Sui-Generis the Sorcerer
Profiles in Courage
Directing
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Snoop Sisters
Morlock
Playwrights '56
The Hobbit
Elrond (voice)
Piccadilly
Victor Smiles
The Winslow Boy
Himself
The Daydreamer
The Sandman (voice)
Blackmail
The Artist
Peter Pan
Mr. Darling / Captain Hook
I See Ice
Paul Martine
Peter Pan
Mr. Darling / Captain Hook
Woman Hater
Reveller (uncredited)
Half a Sixpence
Harry Chitterlow
Tubby the Tuba
The Frog (voice)
Aladdin
Sui-Generis, the Sorcerer
Pontius Pilate
Pontius Pilate
Hans Brinker
Mijnheer Kleef
The Show Goes On
Jimmy
The Christmas Tree
Promenade Member
Dangerous Medicine
Dr. Noel Penwood
Mr. Scrooge
Ebenezer Scrooge
Dearest Enemy
Gen. Howe
The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow
Father Thomas (voice)
The Dangerous Christmas of Red Riding Hood
Big Bad Wolf
The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner
Self - Host
Peter Pan
Mr. Darling / Captain Hook
The Emperor's New Clothes
Emperor Klockenlocher (voice)
Service for Ladies
Sir William Carter (uncredited)
Television Demonstration Film
Symphony in Two Flats
Leo Chavasse
Just for a Song
Craddock
It's a Grand Old World
The Owl and the Pussycat
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter