William LeMassena

William LeMassena was an American actor whose career centered on Broadway and off-Broadway stages, with notable screen and television work as well. Born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, he graduated from New York University and began acting on Broadway in a 1940 staging of The Taming of the Shrew. He became part of an unofficial repertory company associated with Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, and worked with Montgomery Clift on There Shall Be No Night. Another stage credit was Mexican Mural. His film work included the 1956 version of Carousel, as the Heavenly Friend, and All That Jazz (1979). On television he played Ambrose Bingham on As the World Turns from 1985 to 1992 and appeared in Hallmark Hall of Fame productions of The Tempest and Saint Joan. He also had a long Broadway run in Deathtrap and spent several seasons at Meadowbrook Theatre in Rochester, Michigan. He died in 1993.