Albert Gordon MacRae was born on March 12, 1921, in East Orange, NJ. During his early years, he resided in Syracuse, NY, and, while in high school, spent much of his time singing and acting in the Drama Club. It was also during this time that he learned to play the piano, clarinet and the saxophone...See full bio »
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Episode #17.21
(1964)
(performer: "The Sweetest Sounds" - uncredited, "If Ever I Would Leave You" - uncredited)
1956The Best Things in Life Are Free
(performer: "Here Am I, Broken Hearted", "Button Up Your Overcoat", "Good News", "Lucky in Love")
1956Carousel
(performer: "If I Loved You" 1945 - uncredited, "Soliloquy" 1945 - uncredited, "If I Loved You Reprise" 1945 - uncredited)
1955Oklahoma!
(performer: "Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin'" 1943 - uncredited, "The Surrey With the Fringe On Top" 1943 - uncredited, "People Will Say We're In Love" 1943 - uncredited, "Pore Jud Is Daid" 1943 - uncredited, "The Farmer and the Cowman" 1943 - uncredited, "People Will Say We're In Love Reprise" 1943 - uncredited, "Oklahoma!" 1943 - uncredited)
1953The Desert Song
(performer: "One Alone" - uncredited, "The Riff Song" - uncredited, "The Desert Song" - uncredited)
1953By the Light of the Silvery Moon
(lyrics: "Ain't We Got Fun" - uncredited / performer: "By the Light of the Silvery Moon" - uncredited, "My Home Town Is a One Horse Town" - uncredited, "Your Eyes Have Told Me So" - uncredited, "Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee" - uncredited, "Ain't We Got Fun" - uncredited, "If You Were the Only Girl in the World" - uncredited, "Just One Girl" - uncredited)
1951Starlift
(performer: "You're Gonna Lose Your Gal" - uncredited, "What Is This Thing Called Love?" - uncredited, "The Good Green Acres of Home" - uncredited)
1951On Moonlight Bay
(performer: "Moonlight Bay" - uncredited, "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile!" - uncredited, "Cuddle Up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine" - uncredited, "Till We Meet Again" - uncredited)
1950The West Point Story
(performer: "One Hundred Days Till June" - uncredited, "By the Kissing Rock" - uncredited, "Long Before I Knew You" - uncredited, "The Military Polka" - uncredited, "You Love Me" - uncredited / "By the Kissing Rock" - uncredited)
1950Tea for Two
(performer: "I Only Have Eyes for You", "Tea for Two", "I Want to Be Happy", "Do, Do, Do", "The Call of the Sea" - uncredited)
1950The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
(performer: "The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady", "As We Are Today", "A Farm off Old Broadway" - uncredited, "How Am I Going to Tell Them at the Yacht Club?" - uncredited, "The Rose of Tralee" - uncredited, "The Winter Serenade" - uncredited)
1949Look for the Silver Lining
(performer: "Look for the Silver Lining" - uncredited, "Time on My Hands" - uncredited, "A Kiss in the Dark" - uncredited)
"Some of my friends have jokingly accused me of sticking pins into an image of Frank Sinatra or exercising some other kind of voodoo charm to get him out of the role of "Billy" in
Carousel so that I could inherit the role. As most everyone knows by now, Frank did bow out of the picture. His decision on this matter...
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Trivia:
Suffered a stroke in 1982 but managed to tour occasionally upon his recovery. In the fall of 1985, however, he underwent a carotid artery operation. At that time he was diagnosed with cancer and was forced to retire completely.
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Trademark:
The songs "Oklahoma!" and "If I Loved You"
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