Percy Waram
Biography
Percy Waram was a stage and film actor from Britain whose career was built largely on the American theater. After early work with Ben Greet's repertory company, including a United States tour that began in 1902, he became a star through the touring production of The Shanghai Gesture. On Broadway he appeared in Elizabeth the Queen, Mary of Scotland, and Pride and Prejudice, and created the role of Horace Vandergelder when The Merchant of Yonkers opened. He spent three years playing the father in a Chicago production of Life With Father, then toured with the show, and later starred in The Late George Apley on Broadway and in its national tour of 80 weeks. His film roles were few; they included Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), Ministry of Fear (1944), and A Face in the Crowd (1957), where he played General Haynesworth.
80years old at death
- Born Kent
- Died Suffolk County
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Also credited as Percy Thomas Carne Waram
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 22 years1935 to 1957
Every film, newest first
- 1957A Face in the CrowdIMDb rating 8.1
- 1944Ministry of FearIMDb rating 7.1
- 1935Mutiny on the BountyIMDb rating 7.6
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A first
Percy Waram became the first person to succeed Howard Lindsay as Father in the Chicago production of Life With Father, which opened at the Blackstone Theatre on February 19, 1940.
A first
In December 1938, Waram was the first to play Horace Vandergelder in Thornton Wilder's new play, The Merchant of Yonkers. After a Boston tryout it reached the Guild Theatre on Broadway, but it ran for only 28 performances.
Big break
Waram took over the role of Sir William Charteris in The Shanghai Gesture from McKay Morris, and the part turned him into a major stage star.
First role
Waram's first film role came in March 1935, a small part in Mutiny on the Bounty that barely made the final cut.
A first
In Chicago, Percy Waram's play set a record with a 66 week run. It drew over 590,000 patrons and took in a box office gross of $850,000.
A first
Waram was the only member of the stage cast of The Late George Apley to appear in the film version, as Roger Newcombe.
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Worked with
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Films together
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