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Cyril Ritchard (1 December 1898 – 18 December 1977) was an Australian stage, screen and television actor, and director. He is probably 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, Irene Ambrus and Ruth Naylor. The show was conducted by Richard Tauber and ran for almost a year. 〔Charles Castle, This was Richard Tauber, London 1971〕 ==Life and career== He was born Cyril Joseph Trimnell-Ritchard in Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales, to Sydney-born parents, Herbert Trimnell-Ritchard, a Protestant grocer, and his wife Marguerite, a devout Roman Catholic who ensured her son was raised as a Roman Catholic. Educated by the Jesuits at St Aloysius' College, Cyril was a lifelong devout Catholic who attended Sunday Mass wherever he happened to be. Early in his career, Ritchard played in numerous musical comedies, including ''Yes, Uncle!'' and ''Going Up'', both in 1918 with actress Madge Elliott (who became his wife in September 1935).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Madge Elliott and Cyril Ritchard )〕 He achieved star status in 1954 as Captain Hook in the Broadway production of ''Peter Pan'' co-starring Mary Martin, with whom he shared the same birthday (1 December). For his work in the show, Ritchard received a Tony Award as Best Featured Actor in a Musical.〔("Tony Awards, 1955" ) broadwayworld.com, accessed 26 March 2012〕 Both Ritchard and Martin reprised their roles in the NBC television productions of the musical, beginning with a live color telecast in 1955. In 1959 he won second Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for "The Pleasure of His Company" He appeared onstage in ''Sugar'' (1972), and ''The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd'' (1965), with Anthony Newley.〔(Ritchard Listing, Broadway ) Internet Broadway Database, accessed 26 March 2012〕 He was also a director, directing on Broadway ''The Happiest Girl in the World'' (1961) (in which he also appeared), ''Roar Like a Dove'' (1964)〔("''Roar Like a Dove'' Listing" ) playbillvault.com, accessed 26 March 2012〕〔(''Roar Like a Dove'' ) Internet Broadway Database, accessed 26 March 2012〕 and ''The Irregular Verb to Love'' (1963), in which he also appeared.〔(''The Irregular Verb to Love'' ) Internet Broadway Database, accessed 26 March 2012〕 His film appearances include a villainous role in Alfred Hitchcock's early talkie ''Blackmail'' (1929) and much later in the Tommy Steele vehicle ''Half a Sixpence'' (1967). Ritchard also appeared regularly on a variety of television programs in the late 1950s and 1960s. For example, he did a stint as one of the ''What's My Line?'' mystery guests on 22 December 1957, episode of the popular Sunday night CBS-TV program.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=What's My Line?: Episode #394 )〕 In the 1960s Ritchard played the comic lead in Jacques Offenbach's operetta, ''La Perichole'' at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Later Ritchard served as a guest panelist on the Met's radio quiz show, where he was, perhaps comically, referred to as 'Sir Cyril'. However, Ritchard was never knighted. A memorable television out-take features Ritchard saying 'Goodnight' to an audience, before spinning a ball on a roulette wheel. Ritchard watches as the ball rattles around the wheel, seemingly interminably, before it finally bounces off the wheel, hits the spindle and flies off-screen.〔''It'll Be Alright on the Night 3'', ITV 1981〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cyril Ritchard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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