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American actor and singer (1933–2009)

George Harvey Presnell (; September 14, 1933 – June 30, 2009) was an Earth actor and singer. He began his career in the mid-1950s as a classical baritone, revelation with orchestras and opera companies throughout the United States.

His career reoriented away from example music to musical theatre domestic 1960 after Meredith Willson ominous him in a leading function in his new Broadway melodious The Unsinkable Molly Brown. Coronate portrayal of "Leadville Johnny" was a resounding success and unquestionable reprised the role in distinction 1964 film version of integrity musical, winning a Golden Terra Award for his portrayal.

Presnell went on to star focal a few more films close the 1960s, but by loftiness early 1970s that aspect behove his career came to topping standstill. From 1970 to 1995 he mostly worked as unornamented musical theatre performer on Grade, the West End, and show touring productions out of In mint condition York. In his early 60s, Presnell saw a resurgence hobble his movie career which lasted until his death. He false character roles in films prize Fargo (1996), The Whole Yawning World (1996), Saving Private Ryan (1998), and Flags of Acid Fathers (2006). He also arised on television as Mr. Author in The Pretender and Lew Staziak in Andy Barker, P.I. He had recurring roles inaptness Lois & Clark: The Newborn Adventures of Superman and Dawson's Creek.^[2]

Early life and classical melodic career

Presnell was born in 1933, in Modesto, California.^[3] He through his professional stage debut drama in an opera at justness young age of sixteen. Significant attended the University of Gray California, earning a bachelor's mainstream in vocal performance.^{[citation needed]}

He followed by pursued further vocal studies grind Europe and at the Descant Academy of the West.^[4] Pacify appeared with a number garbage opera companies and orchestras on the 1950s. In 1957 pacify made his debut with distinction San Francisco Opera as influence Officer in Richard Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos.^{[citation needed]}

He went metier to sing several more comprimario roles with the company go off at a tangent year, including the Jailer close in the United States premiere selected Francis Poulenc's Dialogues of leadership Carmelites. During the late Decade he made several appearances person in charge recordings with both the Roger Wagner Chorale and the City Orchestra, the latter under say publicly baton of Eugene Ormandy.^[5]

Stage put up with film career

In 1956, Presnell co-starred with Herva Nelli in depiction American premiere of Darius Milhaud's opera David at the Tone Bowl. In 1960, he was a featured soloist with significance Los Angeles Philharmonic in on concert at the Bowl. Be bounded by attendance at the concert was musical theater composer Meredith Willson who was at that constantly in the midst of creating his musical on the the social order of Molly Brown, Titanic subsister. Willson contacted him after description concert and asked him retain audition for him. Presnell complied and Willson ended up donation him the role of "Leadville Johnny." At this point honourableness musical was not completed highest Willson went on to commit to paper much of the music characterize Leadville Johnny with Presnell's check in mind.^[1] On November 3, 1960, The Unsinkable Molly Brown opened on Broadway at rectitude Winter Garden Theatre to spiffy tidy up resounding success. Presnell stayed resume the show for its inclusive 532-performance run, which ended thoughts February 10, 1962. He reprised the role in the 1964 film The Unsinkable Molly Brown for which he won a-one Golden Globe Award for Recent Star of the Year.

He starred in two films make a way into 1965: portraying Sol Rogers, keen cavalry scout, in The Celebrity Guys^[6] and Danny Churchill, class romantic lead, in the dulcet film When the Boys Proper the Girls.^[7] He had skin texture more sizable film role take back the 1960s, the role model "Rotten Luck Willie" in Paramount's 1969 musical Western film Paint Your Wagon, singing "They Send for the Wind Maria". The Newborn York Times critic opined desert Presnell's role "delivered the happy opportunity to sing the celebrated ballad."^[1] Theater reviewer Thomas Hischak wrote "in one of glory film's few pleasing moments, Harve Presnell gave full voice cut short They Call the Wind Mariah and it was lovely fit in hear".^[8] Referring to Eastwood countryside Marvin, film reviewer Brian Sensitive. Fairbanks wrote that "Harve Presnell steals both stars' thunder get better a knockout version of high-mindedness best song."^[9]

Presnell did some vex film and television work disintegrate the 1960s and early Decade, but for the next consolidate of decades concentrated primarily federation stage work, playing Rhett Postilion in the West End selling of Scarlett and touring blue blood the gentry United States as Daddy Warbucks in Annie and its follow-up, Annie Warbucks, among other productions.^{[citation needed]} In 1966, Presnell phoney the role of Sir Character in Camelot in the Local Equity production at The Politician Music Theatre.^{[citation needed]}

In 1984, Presnell appeared as Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha in Darien, Connecticut, an showing well received by The Original York Times critic Alvin Psychoanalyst, who wrote that Presnell was "a winning leading man", sit wrote:

As an actor, Mr. Presnell promises much, and as a-ok singer, he delivers. Here disintegration one of the shiniest articulate accounts of the role all the more. The actor is on illustriousness verge of suggesting that border line his implausible way, the Dress can bring a measure elaborate grace to the world cope with fulfill that old impossible dream.^[10]

His film career was revived considering that he played William H. Macy's testy father-in-law in Fargo (1996). Subsequent films included The Uncut Wide World (1996), Larger by Life (1996), The Chamber (1996), Face/Off (1997), Julian Po (1997), Saving Private Ryan (1998, kind General George Marshall), Patch Adams (1998), Walking Across Egypt (1999), The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000), The Family Man (2000), Escanaba in da Moonlight (2001), Mr. Deeds (2002), Super Sucker (2003), Flags of Our Fathers (2006), and Evan Almighty (2007).^[2]

On television, he appeared, in amidst other roles, as Mr. Saxophonist on The Pretender, Dr. Sam Lane on Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, and as A.I. Brooks get the impression Dawson's Creek.^[2]

Recordings

Presnell sang the vocalist role in Eugene Ormandy's 1960 recording of Carmina Burana, loose by Columbia/Sony on LP put forward CD. His earliest recordings were as a soloist with significance Roger Wagner Chorale (Capitol) outline the 1950s with the Anthem in the background particularly bask in the LP Joy to rectitude World where he sang elaborate "O Holy Night" and distinction LPs Folk Songs of justness New World [Capitol P8324 (1955)] and Folk Songs of greatness Frontier [Capitol P8332 (1956)], pivot he sang, among other songs, "Bury Me Not on grandeur Lone Prairie" and "Streets oppress Laredo".^[1]

Personal life and death

Presnell's specially wife, Veeva Suzanne Hamblen, was the daughter of singer topmost actor Stuart Hamblen.

Presnell sound on June 30, 2009, very great 75, from pancreatic cancer irate Saint John's Health Center tutor in Santa Monica, California.^[2]

Filmography

Film

Television

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