Cyril Ritchard

Cyril Ritchard
Cyril Ritchard
	Ritchard (left) and Eddie Mayehoff in the play Visit to a Small Planet (1957)
Born	Cyril Joseph Trimnell-Ritchard; 1 December 1898; Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	18 December 1977 (aged 79); Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1918–1977
Spouse	Madge Elliott

Cyril Joseph Trimnell-Ritchard (1 December 1898^[2] – 18 December 1977),^[1] known professionally as Cyril Ritchard, was an Australian stage, screen and television actor, and director. He is best remembered today for his performance as Captain Hook in the Mary Martin musical production of Peter Pan. In 1945, he played Gabriele Eisenstein in Gay Rosalinda at the Palace theatre in London, a version of Strauss's Die Fledermaus by Erich Wolfgang Korngold in which he appeared with Peter Graves. The show was conducted by Richard Tauber and ran for almost a year.^[3]

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^ Some sources cite 1897 as Cyril Ritchard's year of birth.
^ Castle, Charles; Naper-Tauber, Diana (1971). This was Richard Tauber. London: W. H. Allen. pp. 162–163. ISBN 978-0-4910-0117-5.

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[2] Some sources cite 1897 as Cyril Ritchard's year of birth.

[3] Castle, Charles; Naper-Tauber, Diana (1971). This was Richard Tauber. London: W. H. Allen. pp. 162–163. ISBN 978-0-4910-0117-5.

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Cyril Ritchard
Ritchard (left) and Eddie Mayehoff in the play Visit to a Small Planet (1957)
Born	Cyril Joseph Trimnell-Ritchard (1898-12-01)1 December 1898 Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	18 December 1977(1977-12-18) (aged 79)^[1] Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1918–1977
Spouse	Madge Elliott

Cyril Ritchard

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