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Rod Alexander(1920-1992)

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  • Actor
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Rod Alexander was born on 23 January 1920 in Colorado, USA. He was an actor, known for Carousel (1956), Asphalt Girl (1964) and The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956). He was previously married to Bambi Linn. He died on 7 July 1992 in Palm Desert, California, USA.
BornJanuary 23, 1920
DiedJuly 7, 1992(72)
BornJanuary 23, 1920
DiedJuly 7, 1992(72)
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  • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
    • 2 nominations total

Known for

Carousel (1956)
Carousel
6.6
  • Additional Crew
  • 1956
Asphalt Girl
  • Music Department
  • 1964
Ernest Borgnine, Dan Dailey, Gordon MacRae, and Sheree North in The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956)
The Best Things in Life Are Free
6.0
  • Additional Crew
  • 1956
Shower of Stars (1954)
Shower of Stars
7.6
TV Series
  • Additional Crew

Credits

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  • Fred Astaire and Barrie Chase in The Hollywood Palace (1964)
    The Hollywood Palace
    • choreographer
    • choreography
    • TV Series
    • 1966–1968
  • No Place Like Home
    • choreographer
    • TV Movie
    • 1960
  • The DuPont Show of the Month (1957)
    The DuPont Show of the Month
    • choreographer
    • TV Series
    • 1957–1958
  • "Steve Allen Show, The" Fred Astaire & Steve Allen c. 1960/NBC
    The Steve Allen Plymouth Show
    • choreography
    • TV Series
    • 1956–1957
  • The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956)
    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
    • choreographer
    • TV Series
    • 1957
  • Shower of Stars (1954)
    Shower of Stars
    • choreographer
    • TV Series
    • 1957
  • Ernest Borgnine, Dan Dailey, Gordon MacRae, and Sheree North in The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956)
    The Best Things in Life Are Free
    • choreographer
    • 1956
  • Max Liebman Spectaculars (1954)
    Max Liebman Spectaculars
    • choreographer
    • choreography
    • TV Series
    • 1954–1956
  • Carousel (1956)
    Carousel
    • choreographer
    • 1956
  • The Desert Song (1955)
    The Desert Song
    • choreographer
    • TV Movie
    • 1955
  • Max Liebman Presents: The Merry Widow (1955)
    Max Liebman Presents: The Merry Widow
    • choreographer
    • TV Movie
    • 1955
  • A Connecticut Yankee (1955)
    A Connecticut Yankee
    • staged by: Dances and musical numbers
    • TV Movie
    • 1955
  • Max Liebman Presents: Naughty Marietta (1955)
    Max Liebman Presents: Naughty Marietta
    • choreographer
    • TV Movie
    • 1955
  • Max Liebman Presents: Spotlight
    • choreographer
    • TV Special
    • 1954
  • Ann Sothern in Lady in the Dark (1954)
    Lady in the Dark
    • dance numbers staged by
    • TV Movie
    • 1954

Actor

  • The Arthur Murray Party (1950)
    The Arthur Murray Party
    • Choreographer
    • TV Series
    • 1957
  • Max Liebman Spectaculars (1954)
    Max Liebman Spectaculars
    • Urchin
    • TV Series
    • 1956
  • Babes in Toyland (1955)
    Babes in Toyland
    • Dancer
    • TV Movie
    • 1955
  • The Desert Song (1955)
    The Desert Song
    • Dancer
    • TV Movie
    • 1955
  • Max Liebman Presents: The Merry Widow (1955)
    Max Liebman Presents: The Merry Widow
    • Dancer
    • TV Movie
    • 1955
  • A Connecticut Yankee (1955)
    A Connecticut Yankee
    • Dancers
    • TV Movie
    • 1955
  • Max Liebman Presents: Naughty Marietta (1955)
    Max Liebman Presents: Naughty Marietta
    • Dancer
    • TV Movie
    • 1955
  • Ann Sothern in Lady in the Dark (1954)
    Lady in the Dark
    • Dancer
    • TV Movie
    • 1954
  • Your Show of Shows (1950)
    Your Show of Shows
    • Regular Performer (1952-1954)
    • TV Series
    • 1950
  • Evelyn Keyes and Larry Parks in The Jolson Story (1946)
    The Jolson Story
    • Dancer (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • Frederick Brady, Jinx Falkenburg, Allen Jenkins, Marjorie Reynolds, and Nita Berber in Meet Me on Broadway (1946)
    Meet Me on Broadway
    • Dancer (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • Lucille Ball in Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
    Ziegfeld Follies
    • Chorus Boy (uncredited)
    • 1945
  • Rita Hayworth, Janet Blair, and Lee Bowman in Tonight and Every Night (1945)
    Tonight and Every Night
    • Dancer (uncredited)
    • 1945

Music Department

  • Asphalt Girl
    • musical director
    • 1964

Personal details

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  • Born
    • January 23, 1920
    • Colorado, USA
  • Died
    • July 7, 1992
    • Palm Desert, California, USA(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Bambi LinnApril 2, 1950 - October 9, 1959 (divorced, 1 child)
  • Other works
    Richard Abbott; Laurence Anthony; Nancy Bartlett; Angus Bowmer; Susan Brewer; Les Carlson; David Clegg; June Cook; Betsy Cope; Robertson Cope; Suzanne Cope; John Davies; Ellen Dawkins; Shirley Douglass Patton; Hugh C. Evans; Leticia Ferrer; Diana Fletcher; Michael Milton Fuchs; John Hales; Mary Jane Hales; Mary Elizabeth Harris; Elizabeth Huddle; Elise Hunt; Nagle Jackson; Judith Offord Kennedy; William Kinsolving; Gerard Larson; Michael Leibert; Caroline Lewis; Dorothy MacLean; Peter D. MacLean; Monte Markham; Linda Marshall; Charles Miller; Ric Murphy; Christopher Newton; Robert Palmer; Eugene Peyroux; Molly Riley Risso; Richard Risso; Carl Ritchie; John Sandoe; Hutchison Shandro; Sally Shively; Jane Stevens; Robert E. West; Rebecca Winklestein; Edward Winter; Graham Woodruff; John Woodworth; Martha Wynd; Douglas Zug and he were performers at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon.

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  • Trivia
    He was the dancing partner of Bambi Linn, who acted and danced the role of Louise in the original 1945 Broadway stage production of "Carousel". Mr. Alexander would later choreograph the film version of the show, but Agnes de Mille, who choreographed the stage version, would receive credit in the film for "Louise's Ballet".

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