David Burns (actor)

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David Burns (1967)

David Burns (born June 22, 1902 in Chinatown , Manhattan , New York City , † March 12, 1971 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) was an American actor and singer .

Life

Burns was born in Chinatown, New York, to Harry and Dora Burns. He made his Broadway debut in 1921 in Polly Preferred . Together with this production he went to London in 1924. Over the course of his 50-year career, he has appeared in many musicals and comedies. He won a Tony Award for Best Supporting Actor in a musical for his appearances in the successful musicals The Music Man (1958) and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1963) .

In his film debut De Luxe Annie , which also remained his only silent film , Burns starred in 1918 at the side of Norma Talmadge . In the 1930s he played some American, but mainly British films mostly comedic supporting roles. He established himself in Hollywood from the 1950s through supporting roles in films such as Die Lachbombe at the side of Danny Kaye , Mainly cheerful with Gene Kelly and Dan Dailey and Let's do it in love with Marilyn Monroe and Yves Montand . Burns has also been featured in guest roles on American television since the 1950s, but had a recurring supporting role alongside Peter Falk in the series The Trials of O'Brien as the charming con artist "The Great McGonigle" - the character leaned on the eponymous Character from WC Fields in the movie The Good Old Days . After he received an initial nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for this role , he won it in the year of his death for his appearance as Mr. Solomon in a television adaptation of Arthur Miller's play The Prize .

The 68-year-old Burns suffered a fatal heart attack on stage on March 12, 1971 in Philadelphia . His collapse is said to have been thought of by his stage colleagues as a gag, as he fit into one of the "great comedy actors of Broadway".

Stage appearances (selection)

David Burns with Carol Channing 1964
stage

Filmography (selection)

  • 1918: De Luxe Annie
  • 1934: The Queen's Affair
  • 1934: The Path of Glory
  • 1934: Romance in Rhythm
  • 1935: You don't kiss spies (rendezvous)
  • 1936: The Great Ziegfeld (The Great Ziegfeld)
  • 1936: Crime Over London
  • 1936: Strangers on Honeymoon
  • 1937: Spring Handicap
  • 1937: Smash and Grab
  • 1937: The Live Wire
  • 1938: Just like a Woman
  • 1938: The Return of Carol Deane
  • 1938: Sidewalks of London
  • 1938: Hey! Hey United States
  • 1938: The Sky's the Limit
  • 1939: The Gang's All Here
  • 1939: So This Is London
  • 1939: A Girl Must Live
  • 1939: I Killed the Count
  • 1939: A Gentleman's Gentleman
  • 1939: The Saint in London
  • 1940: She Couldn't Say No.
  • 1951: Fourteen Hours (Fourteen Hours)
  • 1954: Deep in My Heart
  • 1954: The Laughing Bomb (Knock on Wood)
  • 1955: Mostly cheerful (It's Always Fair Weather)
  • 1957: On the Edge of the Road (Four Boys and a Gun)
  • 1958: Once Upon a Horse ...
  • 1960: Let's Make Love (Let's Make Lovely)
  • 1963: Preston & Preston ( The Defenders ; TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1965–1966: The Trials of O'Brien (TV series, 13 episodes)
  • 1967: The Tiger Makes (The Tiger Makes Out)
  • 1969: How to Commit Marriage
  • 1970: Hopp, Hopp! (Move)
  • 1971: Who is Harry Kellerman? (Who Is Harry Kellerman?)

Awards

year Award category For Result
1958 Tony Award Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical The Music Man Won
1963 Tony Award A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Won
1966 Emmy Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series The Trials of O'Brien Nominated
1971 Emmy Hallmark Hall of Fame Won
1971 Tony Award Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical Lovely ladies, child gentlemen Nominated

literature

  • Oderman, Stuart, Talking to the Piano Player 2 . BearManor Media, 2009, ISBN 1593933207

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sandra Brennan: David Burns - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos - AllMovie . In: AllMovie .
  2. ↑ David Burns . In: BFI .
  3. ^ The Broadway League: David Burns - IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information .
  4. ^ Search Past Tony Award Winners and Nominees - TonyAwards.com - The American Theater Wing's Tony Awards - Official Website by IBM . In: TonyAwards.com . Archived from the original on August 31, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  5. ^ Bill van Heerden: Film and Television In-Jokes: Nearly 2,000 Intentional References, Parodies, Allusions, Personal Touches, Cameos, Spoofs and Homages . McFarland, 2015, ISBN 978-1-4766-1206-5 ( google.de [accessed May 19, 2020]).
  6. ↑ James Leve: Kander and Ebb . Yale University Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-300-15594-5 ( google.de [accessed May 19, 2020]).
  7. ↑ David Burns. Retrieved May 18, 2020 .
  8. ^ Clive Barnes: Theater: Art Buchwald's 'Sheep on the Runway' . In: The New York Times . February 2, 1970, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed May 18, 2020]).

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personal data
SURNAME Burns, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor and singer
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Chinatown , Manhattan , New York City
DATE OF DEATH March 12, 1971
Place of death Philadelphia , Pennsylvania