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John Raitt (1917–2005)

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One of the top Broadway baritones of the post WWII period, John Raitt maintained an incredibly resilient career that spanned over 60 years, showing remarkable power, range and stamina for a man who defied the odds by concertizing well into his 80s. He was born in Santa Ana, California in 1917, the son of Archie John Raitt and Stella Eulalie Walton... See full bio »

Born:

John Emmett Raitt
in Santa Ana, California, USA

Died:

(age 88) in Pacific Palisades, California, USA
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1996 3rd Rock from the Sun (TV series)
Trucker Gil
– Frozen Dick (1996) … Trucker Gil
 
1958-1960 Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV series)
King / St. George
– The Reluctant Dragon (1960) … St. George
– Rumpelstiltskin (1958) … King
 
1960 Death Valley Days (TV series)
Jim Dandy
– Man on the Road (1960) … Jim Dandy
 
1959 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Charlie
– No Man Can Tame Me (1959) … Charlie
 
1958 Shower of Stars (TV series)
John Raitt
– Episode #4.7 (1958) … John Raitt
 
1957 Annie Get Your Gun (TV movie)
Frank Butler
 
1957 The Pajama Game
Sid Sorokin
 
1954 General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein (TV movie)
Billy Bigelow (segment 'Carousel')
 
1954 NBC Television Opera Theatre (TV series)
Petruchio
– Scenes from 'The Taming of the Shrew' (1954) … Petruchio
 
1953 The Motorola Television Hour (TV series)
Prince
– The Thirteen Clocks (1953) … Prince
 
1953 The Web (TV series)
– The Badger Game (1953)
 
1952 The Buick Circus Hour (TV series)
Bill Sothern
 
1951 Out There (TV series)
– The Green Hills of Earth (1951)
 
1951 Musical Comedy Time (TV series)
Carlos
– Revenge with Music (1951) … Carlos
 
1950 Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (TV series)
Brom Broeck
– Knickerbocker Holiday (1950) … Brom Broeck
 
1944 Minstrel Man
Singer
 
1942 Sunday Punch
Trotter (uncredited)
 
1942 Ship Ahoy
Sailor (uncredited)
 
1942 Joe Smith, American
Aircraft Plant Worker (uncredited)
 
1941 H.M. Pulham, Esq.
Soldier (uncredited)
 
1941 Billy the Kid
Baritone in 'Lazy Acres' Number (uncredited)
 
1941 Respect the Law (short)
Pete, First Plague Victim (uncredited)
 
1940 Flight Command
Hell Cat (uncredited)
 
1940 Little Nellie Kelly
Intern (uncredited)
 
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2003 Great Performances (TV series)
– Broadway's Lost Treasures (2003) (performer: "Hey There")
 
2002 The 56th Annual Tony Awards (TV special) (performer: "A Tribute to Richard Rodgers")
 
1961 Yves Montand on Broadway (TV movie) (performer: "Falling in Love with Love" - uncredited, "Lover" - uncredited, "Let's Be Buddies" - uncredited, "Friendship" - uncredited, "Little Girl Blue" - uncredited, "You'll Never Walk Alone" - uncredited, "I Wish I Was Single Again" - uncredited, "I Am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger" - uncredited, "Skip to My Lou" - uncredited, "Buffalo Gals" - uncredited, "Viva la Compagnie" - uncredited)
 
1959 The 31st Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (performer: "A Certain Smile")
 
1958 Shower of Stars (TV series)
– Episode #4.7 (1958) (performer: "There Once Was A Man" - uncredited, "The Long, Hot Summer" - uncredited)
 
1958 The Lux Show (TV series)
– Episode dated 3 April 1958 (1958) (performer: "Hey There", "Whispering Hope")
 
1957 The Pajama Game (performer: "Hey There", "Once-A-Year-Day!", "Small Talk", "There Once Was a Man", "Hernando's Hideaway", "A New Town is a Blue Town")
 
1955 Producers' Showcase (TV series)
– Dateline II (1955) (performer: "Free")
 
1955 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
– Episode #5.33 (1955) (performer: "Hey There", "There Once Was A Man")
 
1954 General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein (TV movie) (performer: "The Bench Scene", "Soliloquy")
 
1941 Billy the Kid (performer: "Lazy Acres")
 
Show ShowSelf (47 titles)
2004 Broadway: The American Musical (TV series documentary)
Billy Bigelow (in 'Carousel') / Curly McLain (in 'Oklahoma!) / Himself
– Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin': 1943-1960 (2004) … Himself/Curly McLain (in 'Oklahoma!)/Billy Bigelow (in 'Carousel')
 
2003 Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 The 56th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Himself - Performer
 
2002 Hollywood Greats (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Doris Day (2002) … Himself
 
1998 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Doris Day: It's Magic (1998) … Himself
 
1996 The 38th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1996 The Annual Artists Rights Foundation Honors Martin Scorsese (TV movie)
Himself
 
1995 Great Love Songs (TV movie)
Himself
 
1995 ABC Afterschool Specials (TV series)
Himself
– Bonnie Raitt Has Something to Talk About (1995) … Himself
 
1992 Evening at Pops (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 12 July 1992 (1992) … Himself
 
1987 We the People 200: The Constitutional Gala (TV movie)
Himself - Performer
 
1987 The 4th Annual American Cinema Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1985 Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of American Music (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1982 Broadway Plays Washington on Kennedy Center Tonight (TV movie)
Himself
 
1978 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV movie)
Himself
 
1972 Salute to Oscar Hammerstein II (TV movie)
Himself
 
1971 The Virginia Graham Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 1 July 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1971 The 25th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Performer
 
1971 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.73 (1971) … Himself
 
1969 Della (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.94 (1969) … Himself
 
1969 Allen Ludden's Gallery (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.24 (1969) … Himself
 
1967-1968 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 February 1968 (1968) … Himself
– Episode dated 24 February 1967 (1967) … Himself
 
1968 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.84 (1968) … Himself
 
1966 Today (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 10 August 1966 (1966) … Himself
 
1959-1966 The Bell Telephone Hour (TV series)
Himself - Singer / Himself / Himself - Host
– Gershwin, a Portrait (1966) … Himself - Singer
– Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein (1964) … Himself - Singer
– The Music of Cole Porter (1964) … Himself - Singer
– Episode #5.3 (1962) … Himself - Singer
– The Songs of Irving Berlin (1962) … Himself - Singer
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1964 Here's Edie (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.12 (1964) … Himself
 
1962-1964 The Steve Allen Playhouse (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 28 February 1964 (1964) … Himself
– Episode dated 28 February 1963 (1963) … Himself
– Episode dated 20 September 1962 (1962) … Himself
 
1961 Yves Montand on Broadway (TV movie)
Himself
 
1961 The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #5.18 (1961) … Himself
 
1961 What About Linda? (TV movie)
Himself
 
1960 Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (TV series)
Himself - Broadway Singer -Top Of The Bill
– Episode #5.18 (1960) … Himself - Broadway Singer -Top Of The Bill
 
1959 The Garry Moore Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.31 (1959) … Himself
 
1959 The 31st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Performer
 
1957-1959 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest Host / Himself - Host
– Episode #3.26 (1959) … Himself - Host
– Episode #3.12 (1958) … Himself
– Episode #3.5 (1958) … Himself
– Episode #3.1 (1958) … Himself - Host
– Episode #2.39 (1958) … Himself - Guest Host
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1959 The Chevy Show (TV series)
Co-Host / Himself
 
1958 The Lux Show (TV series)
Himself - Singer
– Episode dated 3 April 1958 (1958) … Himself - Singer
 
1958 The Patrice Munsel Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.21 (1958) … Himself
– Episode #1.20 (1958) … Himself
– Episode #1.19 (1958) … Himself
 
1958 The Linkletter Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 22 January 1958 (1958) … Himself
 
1952-1957 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #10.38 (1957) … Himself
– Episode #9.18 (1956) … Himself
– Episode #8.29 (1955) … Himself
– Episode #7.49 (1954) … Himself
– Episode #7.39 (1954) … Himself
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1955 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself - Actor / Himself - Singer / Singer
– Salute to George Abbott (1955) … Himself - Singer
– Episode #5.33 (1955) … Himself - Actor/Singer
 
1955 Producers' Showcase (TV series)
Himself
– Dateline II (1955) … Himself
 
1954 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Actor / Himself - Singer
– Episode #7.5 (1954) … Himself - Singer / Actor
 
1954 Frontiers of Faith (TV series)
Himself
– The Story of Hymns (1954) … Himself
 
1951-1953 This Is Show Business (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 29 September 1953 (1953) … Himself
– Episode dated 13 April 1952 (1952) … Himself
– Episode dated 11 November 1951 (1951) … Himself
– Episode dated 27 May 1951 (1951) … Himself
 
1952 The Jane Froman Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 13 December 1952 (1952) … Himself
 
1952 The Arthur Murray Party (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 7 December 1952 (1952) … Himself
 
1949 The Ed Wynn Show (TV series)
Actor / Himself - Singer
– Episode #1.11 (1949) … Himself - Singer/Actor
 
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2013 Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Out of My Dreams: Oscar Hammerstein II (TV documentary)
Billy Bigelow
 
2009 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
2003 Great Performances (TV series)
 
1996 Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of Movies (TV documentary)
Billy Bigelow (clip from 'General Foods Anniversary Show')
 
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(1945) The original Billy Bigelow in the first Broadway production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Carousel". See more »

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Height:

6' 2" (1.88 m)
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Personal Quote:

She used to be known as John Raitt's daughter; now I'm known as Bonnie Raitt's father. See more »

Trivia:

His professional debut was in 1940 in the chorus of "HMS Pinafore" with the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera. See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius