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Paul Sparer Biography ((?)-)

Born in Boston, MA; married Nancy Marchand (an actress). Addresses: AGENT--c/o Arcasa, Bauman & Hiller, 850 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10019.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Famous Works

• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
• Dumain, Love's Labour's Lost, City Center Theatre, New York City, 1953.
• Salanio, The Merchant of Venice, Cassio, Othello, Owen Glendower, Sir Walter Blunt, Henry IV, Part I, all City Center Theatre, 1955.
• Gilles de Rais, executioner, Saint Joan, Phoenix Theatre, New York City,1956.
• Earl of Gloucester, King Lear, Players Theatre, New York City, 1959.
• Heracles, Philoctetes, Theatre de Lys, New York City, 1959.
• Borachio, Much Ado about Nothing, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York City, 1959.
• John Brown, Cut of the Axe, Ambassador Theatre, New York City, 1960.
• Leone Gala, The Rules of the Game, Gramercy Arts Theatre, New York City,1960.
• Lennox, Macbeth, Ulysses, Troilus and Cressida, Corin, As You Like It, all American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, CT, 1961.
• prosecuting captain, A Cook for Mr. General, Playhouse Theatre, 1961.
• Auda Abu Tayi, Ross, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, New York City, 1961.
• Trigorin, The Seagull, Tom Allen, The Tavern, both Folksbiene Playhouse for APA, 1962, then Phoenix Theatre, 1964.
• Lamberto Laudisi, Right You Are If You Think You Are, Moliere, Impromptuat Versailles, Satin, The Lower Depths, all Phoenix Theatre, 1964.
• Mendoza, the Devil, Man and Superman, Dolokhov, War and Peace, Holofernes, Judith, all Phoenix Theatre, 1965.
• Mead, "The Pedestrian," David McLean, "The Veldt," stranger, "To the Chicago Abyss," all as The World of Ray Bradbury, Orpheum Theatre, New York City,1965.
• Robert Shallow, Falstaff, Sir Reginald Fitz Urse, Murder in the Cathedral, Cassius, Julius Caesar, all American Shakespeare Festival, 1966.
• lecturer, After the Rain, John Golden Theatre, New York City, 1967.
• Disley, Teaparty, Eastside Playhouse, New York City, 1968.
• title role, In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City, 1969.
• General Browser, Operation Sidewinder, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 1970.
• Richard Plantagenet, Henry VI, Parts I and II, New York Shakespeare Festival (NYSF), Delacorte Theatre, New York City, 1970.
• general, The Happiness Cage, Solness, The Master Builder, NYSF, Public Theatre, New York City, 1970.
• Albert Valpor, The Water Hen, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY, 1972.
• Leonato, Much Ado about Nothing, Winter Garden Theatre, New York City, 1973.
• Captain Melody, A Touch of the Poet, Hartford Stage Company, Hartford, CT, 1973.
• Giovanni, The Burnt Flowerbed, Roundabout Theatre, New York City, 1974.
• Emil Varec, Duck Variations, St. Clement's Church Theatre, New York City,1975.
• chairman of council, Zalmen, Lyceum Theatre, New York City, 1976.
• Heartbreak House, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, MA, 1976.
• various roles, Poor Murderer, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1976.
• Friedrich Reisen, Cold Storage, American Place Theatre, New York City, 1977.
• The Sponsor, St. Clement's Church Theatre, 1977.
• inquisitor, Saint Joan, Circle in the Square, New York City, 1977.
• Awake and Sing, Queen's Festival Playhouse, New York City, 1978.
• recorder, Biography: A Game, Chelsea Westside Theatre, New York City, 1979.
• Title role, Don Juan in Hell, Roundabout Stage One Theatre, New York City, 1980.
• The Millionairess, Hartman Theatre, Stamford, CT, 1981.
• Creon, Medea, Clarence Brown Theatre Company, Knoxville, TN, then Cort Theatre, New York City, 1982.
• Tobias, A Delicate Balance, McCarter Theatre Company, Princeton, NJ, 1982.
• Jacob, Awake and Sing, Circle in the Square, 1984.
• Peter Stockman, An Enemy of the People, Roundabout Theatre, 1985.
• Also appeared in Moby Dick, City Center Theatre, 1955.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES; MOVIES
• Sheriff, Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure, CBS, 1979.
• Fritz Jack, You Can't Go Home Again, CBS, 1979.