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STAGE CREDITS

La Cage aux Folles
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1983
Georges
Spotlight
[Broadway]
Closed on the road, 1978
Performer
The Perfect Setup
[Broadway]
1962
Performer
Destry Rides Again
[US Tour]
National Tour, 1960
Destry
Bless You All
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1950
Performer
Laszlo
The Publisher
A Good Humor Man
Announcer
Happy as Larry
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1950
The Doctor
The Would-Be Gentleman
[Broadway]
1946
Dorante, Comte De Chateau-Gaillard
Catherine Was Great
[Broadway]
1944
Lieutenant Bunin
The Merry Widow
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 1943
Other Roles
Nova Kovich
Rosalinda
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 1942
Falke
The New Moon
[Broadway]
Unknown, 1942
Captain Paul Duval

Movies

The Atomic City
[ 1952 ] Dr. Frank Addison
The Girls of Pleasure Island
[ 1953 ] Captain Beaton
The War of the Worlds
[ 1953 ] Dr. Clayton Forrester
Those Redheads from Seattle
[ 1953 ] Johnny Kisco
Naked Alibi
[ 1954 ] Al Willis
Red Garters
[ 1954 ] Rafael Moreno
Alaska Seas
[ 1954 ] Verne Williams
The Purple Mask
[ 1955 ] Captain Charles Laverne
Soldier of Fortune
[ 1955 ] Louis Hoyt
The Houston Story
[ 1956 ] Frank Duncan
Back from Eternity
[ 1956 ] Jud Ellis
The 27th Day
[ 1957 ] Jonathan Clark
China Gate
[ 1957 ] Sgt. Brock
Forty Guns
[ 1957 ] Wes Bonell
Thunder Road
[ 1958 ] Troy Barrett
Maroc 7
[ 1967 ] Simon Grant
Subterfuge
[ 1968 ] Michael A. Donovan
The Second Coming of Suzanne
[ 1974 ] Jackson Sinclair, The TV Commentator
Guyana: Cult of the Damned
[ 1979 ] Congressman Lee O Brien
War of the Worlds
[ 2005 ] Grandfather

TV Shows

Burke's Law
Chief Amos Burke
Charlie's Angels
Steve Moss, Frank Jason
Fantasy Island
Jim Brady, 'Dex' Dexter, Neville Quinn
The Adventurer
Gene Bradley
The Love Boat
Ted Anderson, Wade Hubbard, Alfred Newberry
The Name of the Game
Glenn Howard, Will Manning

Awards and Nominations

Drama Desk Awards - 1984 - Outstanding Actor in a Musical

Gene Barry, La Cage aux Folles

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CONFESSIONS OF A RETIRED WITCH to Debut at The Studio at Mizner Park Photo
CONFESSIONS OF A RETIRED WITCH to Debut at The Studio at Mizner Park
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 27, 2025

D’Jamin Bartlett, the award-winning actress who made her Broadway debut singing “The Miller’s Son” in Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music, will present Confessions of a Retired Witch at The Studio at Mizner Park. Learn how to attend.
Wake Up With BroadwayWorld July 10, 2024 Photo
Wake Up With BroadwayWorld July 10, 2024
by - Jul 10, 2024

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is July 10, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
Video: Celebrate 40 Years of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES Photo
Video: Celebrate 40 Years of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
by Sidney Paterra - Aug 21, 2023

40 years ago, on August 21, 1983, La Cage Aux Folles opened on Broadway at the Palace Theatre. Watch videos from the show's journey!
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS & WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE Set Blu-Ray Release Photo
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS & WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE Set Blu-Ray Release
by Michael Major - Sep 12, 2022

THE WAR OF THE WORLDS and WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE will be released as a double feature in the collectible Paramount Presents line! Enjoy two of the most iconic science fiction epics in one limited-edition package: THE WAR OF THE WORLDS makes its 4K Ultra HD debut and is accompanied by WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE for the first time on Blu-ray™.
Theater Stories: THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL, Vaudeville History, Theater Ghosts and More Photo
Theater Stories: THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL, Vaudeville History, Theater Ghosts and More About The Palace Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 29, 2020

This week's Theater Stories features the Palace Theatre! Learn about the theatre's rich history with vaudeville, the films to have made their premiere at the theatre, including Citizen Kane and others, the most recent show to be performed in the theatre, the SpongeBob musical, and much more!
VIDEO: On This Day, July 10- Celebrating Composer Jerry Herman Photo
VIDEO: On This Day, July 10- Celebrating Composer Jerry Herman
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 10, 2020

Herman is known for his work on Broadway classics such as Hello, Dolly!, Mame, La Cage Aux Folles, Dear World, Mack & Mabel, The Grand Tour, Milk & Honey and many more. He has been nominated for five Tony Awards, and won twice, for Hello, Dolly! and La Cage Aux Folles. He received a Lifetime Achievement Tony Award in 2009, and a Kennedy Center Honors in 2010.
Breaking: Legendary Composer and Lyricist Jerry Herman Has Passed Away at 88 Photo
Breaking: Legendary Composer and Lyricist Jerry Herman Has Passed Away at 88
by Stephi Wild - Dec 27, 2019

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that legendary Tony Award winning composer and lyricist Jerry Herman has passed away. He died in Miami on December 26, due to pulmonary complications. He was 88 years old.
BWW CLOSE UP: LA JAULA DE LAS LOCAS Photo
BWW CLOSE UP: LA JAULA DE LAS LOCAS
by Jose German Martinez Paneque - Jun 22, 2018

El proximo 14 septiembre llega al Teatre Tivoli de Barcelona la nueva produccion de LA JAULA DE LAS LOCAS, dirigida y protagonizada por Àngel Llacer, que comparte cartel con Ivan Labanda, y que mejor motivo para hacer un repaso por la historia de este clasico de Broadway que tantas barreras ha roto.
BWW Review: LA CAGE AUX FOLLES at MNM Productions Photo
BWW Review: LA CAGE AUX FOLLES at MNM Productions
by John Lariviere - Oct 8, 2017

MNM Productions presents La Cage aux Folles, featuring music and lyrics by Jerry Herman and a book by Harvey Fierstein through October 22, 2017.
MoMI to Highlight Sam Fuller's War Movies in 'FILM IS LIKE A BATTLEGROUND' Photo
MoMI to Highlight Sam Fuller's War Movies in 'FILM IS LIKE A BATTLEGROUND'
by BWW News Desk - Sep 15, 2017

American director Samuel Fuller famously said 'A film is like a battleground,' in his cameo in Jean-Luc Godard's Pierrot Le Fou. 'There's love, hate, action, violence, death. In one word, emotion.'
MoMI to Highlight Sam Fuller's War Movies in 'FILM IS LIKE A BATTLEGROUND' Photo
MoMI to Highlight Sam Fuller's War Movies in 'FILM IS LIKE A BATTLEGROUND'
by Movies News Desk - Sep 1, 2017

American director Samuel Fuller famously said 'A film is like a battleground,' in his cameo in Jean-Luc Godard's Pierrot Le Fou. 'There's love, hate, action, violence, death. In one word, emotion.'
KINKY BOOTS Cast is Auctioning Off Collectibles to Raise Money for Cast Member's Canc Photo
KINKY BOOTS Cast is Auctioning Off Collectibles to Raise Money for Cast Member's Cancer Treatment
by Julie Musbach - Aug 6, 2017

Alternative Press is reporting that the cast of Kinky Boots is currently running an online auction of collectibles and fan experiences to raise money for Eric L. Summers who is currently battling cancer. All proceeds will go towards his medical bills.
Everybody Say Yeah! Original KINKY BOOTS Stars Billy Porter and Stark Sands Will Retu Photo
Everybody Say Yeah! Original KINKY BOOTS Stars Billy Porter and Stark Sands Will Return this Fall
by BWW News Desk - Aug 2, 2017

Producers Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig announced today that Tony Award winner Billy Porter (whose recent studio album: Billy Porter Presents The Soul of Richard Rodgers debuted at #2 on the iTunes R&B charts) and Tony Award nominee Stark Sands (who appears alongside Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks in Spielberg's upcoming The Papers) will return to Kinky Boots this fall.
Wagner College Theatre's LA CAGE AUX FOLLES Opens Tonight
by BWW News Desk - Apr 20, 2017

Wagner College Theatre presents the groundbreaking musical La Cage aux Folles with performances from April 20 - April 30, 2017 in the Main Hall Theatre.
Panic! At The Disco's Brendon Urie to Make Broadway Debut in KINKY BOOTS
by BWW News Desk - Apr 11, 2017

Producers Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig announced today that Grammy Award-nominated Panic! At the Disco front man Brendon Urie will make his Broadway debut as 'Charlie Price' in Kinky Boots, beginning Friday, May 26 through August 6, 2017.
Photo Coverage: Say Yeah! Original KINKY BOOTS Cast Reunites at the TDF Honors
by Jennifer Broski - Mar 21, 2017

Just last night, Cyndi Lauper was on hand to welcome the audience to TDF's one-night-only concert fundraiser, TDF HONORS Kinky Boots. The show featured the entire current Broadway cast and former cast members of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical. Original stars, Billy Porter ('Lola'), Annaleigh Ashford ('Lauren') and Stark Sands ('Charlie').
Tour Star J. Harrison Ghee to Reprise Role as 'Lola' in KINKY BOOTS on Broadway
by BWW News Desk - Feb 13, 2017

Producers Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig announced today that J. Harrison Ghee, currently earning rave reviews across the country as Lola in the National Tour of Kinky Boots, will strut onto Broadway this Spring, joining the Broadway production beginning March 6, 2017.
KINKY BOOTS to Bring High-Heeled Entertainment to Hamburg This Winter
by BWW News Desk - Feb 1, 2017

Producers Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig announced today that Kinky Boots, the Tony and Grammy Award-winning hit musical, will receive a German production this December at The Stage Operettenhaus in Hamburg, produced by Stage Entertainment.
Broadway's KINKY BOOTS Will Welcome New 'Lauren' This Month
by BWW News Desk - Jan 9, 2017

Producers Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig announced today that Bring It On star Taylor Louderman will return to Broadway this winter, joining the Broadway company of Kinky Boots as 'Lauren' in the Tony Award-winning musical, beginning January 16, 2016.  
YouTube & Broadway Star Todrick Hall Struts Into KINKY BOOTS Tonight
by BWW News Desk - Nov 1, 2016

As previously announced, Todrick Hall joins the Broadway company of Kinky Boots as 'Lola' in the Tony Award-winning musical, beginning tonight, November 1, 2016, for a run through March 5, 2017.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Gene Barry been in?

Gene Barry has appeared on Broadway in 10 shows.

How many West End shows has Gene Barry been in?

Gene Barry has not appeared in the West End.

What awards has Gene Barry been nominated for?

and Outstanding Actor in a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for La Cage aux Folles.

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