Rex Everhart
Rex Everhart | |
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Born | Watseka, Illinois, U.S. | June 13, 1920
Died | March 13, 2000 Branford, Connecticut, U.S. | (aged 79)
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Years active | 1939–1997 |
Spouses | Jill Reardon
(m. 1944; div. 1957)Claire Everhart (m. 1962) |
Children | 1 |
Rex Everhart (June 13, 1920 – March 13, 2000) was an American film and theatre actor.
Everhart appeared in such films as
Everhart performed in numerous roles on
Early life and education
Everhart was born on June 13, 1920, in Watseka, Illinois, to Dr. Arthur McKinley Everhart and Jeanette M. (née Dodson) Everhart. His mother died when Everhart was 15.[1] Everhart attended Western Military Academy[2] in 1935 and graduated in 1938. Everhart studied at the University of Missouri. He received a degree in theater at the Pasadena Playhouse and a bachelor's and master's degrees at New York University. He studied acting in Manhattan with Paul Mann, Martin Ritt and Curt Conway.
Career
Everhart started his theatre career in 1939, worked in regional and repertory theaters including the Phoenix Theater,
The actor's television career, which started back in days of live broadcasting, included series, plays, films, soap operas and commercials. Appearing in 16 feature films, Everhart gave his last film performance as the voice of
Personal life
Everhart first married Jill Reardon on February 11, 1944. The two divorced in 1957 and had no children. In 1960, he met Claire Violet (née Richard), who was an actress, when they were in the Broadway musical Tenderloin. They were married on December 21, 1962 and had a daughter named Degan (born 1966). He lived for 37 years in Westport, Connecticut.
Death
Everhart died of lung cancer on March 13, 2000, at age 79, three months short of his 80th birthday.
Filmography and performances
Stage
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1955–1957 | No Time for Sergeants | A Colonel, Lt. Abel, Sergeant King | Also was Assistant Stage Manager. |
1959 | Tall Story | Clark | |
1959 | The Moonbirds | Mr. Perisson | |
1959 | Lysistrata | Drunk | |
1959–1960 | Pictures in the Hallway | Principal | |
1960 | Peer Gynt | Aslak, Herr Von Eberkopf | |
1960 | Henry IV, Part 1 | Bardolph | |
1960 | Henry IV, Part 2 | Bardolph | |
1960–1961 | Tenderloin | Joe | |
1963 | A Rainy Day in Newark | Lionel Davis, John T. Kodiak | |
1965–1966 | Skyscraper | Stanley | |
1967–1968 | How Now, Dow Jones | Bradbury | |
1969–1972 | 1776 | Benjamin Franklin | Rex Everhart, who was Da Silva's understudy, replaced him on the original Broadway cast album after Da Silva suffered a mild heart attack, which required him to leave the show temporarily. Everhart would also play in the 1997 revival. |
1973–1974 | The Iceman Cometh | Pat McGloin | |
1975–1977 | Chicago | Amos Hart | |
1978 | Working | Herb Rosen, Booker Page | Nominated – Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical |
1981–1983 | Woman of the Year | Maury | |
1985 | The Playboy of the Western World | Michael James Flaherty | |
1986 | Rags | "Big Tim" Sullivan | |
1987–1989 | Anything Goes | Elisha Whitney |
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1965 | Who Killed Teddy Bear?
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Rude Customer | |
1973 | The Seven-Ups | Inspector Gilson | |
1978 | Matilda | ASPCA attendant #1 | |
1978 | Superman | Desk Sergeant (Superman's 1st Night) | |
1980 | Friday the 13th | Enos, The Truck Driver | |
1987 | The Rosary Murders | Father Skiarski | |
1989 | Family Business | Ray Garvey | |
1991 | Beauty and the Beast | Maurice | Voice |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1960 | Sunday Showcase | Officer LeBaron | 2 episodes |
1961 | 'Way Out
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Fred Tench | Episode: "The Croaker" |
1961 | Armstrong Circle Theatre | Martin De Vries | Episode: "Spin a Crooked Record" |
1962–1965 | The Defenders | Vince Fargo and Al Randall | 2 episodes |
1962 | Naked City | Police Officer | Episode: "Today the Man Who Kills Ants Is Coming" |
1962 | Car 54, Where Are You? | Door Guard Police Officer | Episode: "No More Pickpockets" |
1963 | The DuPont Show of the Week | Charlie | Episode: "Windfall" |
1965 | For the People | Pete Farina | Episode: "To Prosecute All Crimes" |
1966 | The Trials of O'Brien | Coffee Man | Episode: "The 10-Foot, 6-Inch Pole" |
1966 | ABC Stage 67 | Klein | Episode: "The Love Song of Barney Kempinski" |
1968 | Man in a Suitcase | Packard | Episode: "The Boston Square" |
1974–1975 | Feelin' Good | Mac | TV series |
1976 | Strandad | John Rados | Television film |
1977 | The Blue Hotel | Scully | Television film |
1979 | The Baby with Four Fathers | Paddy O'Brien | Television film |
1980 | Gnomes | Voice, Animated television film | |
1982 | The Elephant Man | Snork | Television film |
1983 | Running Out | Frank | Television film |
1984 | ABC Afterschool Special | Captain Splasher Wilking | Episode: "Summer Switch" |
1991 | Law and Order | Fire Inspector | Episode: "The Torrents of Greed: Part 2" |
1992 | Square One Television | Blinky Isenglass | Episode: 5.35 |
1992 | Lincoln | Additional Voices | Television film |
1993 | Ghostwriter | Ralph Dugan | Episode: Over a Barrel: Part 2 |
1997 | Backyard Safari | Crinkleroot | Voice, TV series, (final role) |
References
- ^ "Journal and Courier". Newspapers.com. 7 November 1935.
- ^ "Journal and Courier". Newspapers.com. 3 October 1935.
External links
- Rex Everhart at the Internet Broadway Database
- Rex Everhart at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Rex Everhart at IMDb
- Rex Everhart at the TCM Movie Database
- Rex Everhart at Rotten Tomatoes
- Rex Everhart at AllMovie
- Rex Everhart discography at Discogs
- Rex Everhart at AllMusic