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Robert Whitehead Biography (1916-2002)

Born March 3, 1916, in Montreal, Canada; son of William Thomas and Selena (Labatt) Whitehead; married Virginia Bolen (died); married Zoe Caldwell (an actress and director). Addresses: OFFICE--Whitehead-Stevens Associates, 1501 Broadway, New York, NY 10036.

For a time, Whitehead was a commercial photographer.

Whitehead died on June 15, 2002, in Pound Ridge, New York, of cancer. He was86.

Nationality

Canadian

Gender

Male

Birth Details

March 3, 1916

Montreal, Canada

Death Details

June 15, 2002

Pound Ridge, New York

Famous Works

• Credits
• STAGE DEBUT--At the Barter, Abingdon, VA.
• NEW YORK DEBUT--Night Must Fall, Barrymore, 1936.
• FIRST LONDON WORK--Producer, Bequest to the Nation, 1970.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE WORK; PRODUCER
• Medea, National, NY, 1947.
• Crime and Punishment, National, NY, 1947.
• The Member of the Wedding, 1950.
• Night Music, 1951.
• Desire Under the Elms, Mrs. McThing, Golden Boy, Four Saints in Three Acts, Sunday Breakfast all for ANTA, 1952.
• The Time of the Cuckoo, Broadway, 1952.
• The Emperor's Clothes, Broadway, 1953.
• The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker, Broadway, 1953.
• The Confidential Clerk, Broadway, 1954.
• The Flowering Peach, Broadway, 1954.
• Bus Stop, Broadway, 1955.
• Tamburlaine the Great, Broadway, 1956.
• Major Barbara, Broadway, 1956.
• Separate Tables, Broadway, 1956.
• The Sleeping Prince, Broadway, 1956.
• The Waltz of the Toreadors, Broadway, 1957.
• A Hole in the Head, Broadway, 1957.
• Orpheus Descending, Broadway, 1957.
• The Day the Money Stopped, Broadway, 1958.
• The Visit, Broadway, 1958.
• A Touch of the Poet, Broadway, 1958.
• Goldilocks, Broadway, 1958.
• The Cold Wind and the Warm, Broadway, 1958.
• Much Ado About Nothing, Broadway, 1959.
• The Conquering Hero, Broadway, 1961.
• Midgie Purvis, Broadway, 1961.
• A Man for All Seasons, Broadway, 1961.
• Banderol, Broadway, 1962.
• The Physicists, Broadway, 1964.
• After the Fall, Marco Millions, But for Whom, Charlie, The Changeling, Incident at Vichy, all for Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts at ANTA, Washington Square, 1964.
• The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Broadway, 1968.
• The Price, Broadway, 1968.
• Sheep on the Runway, Broadway, 1970.
• The Creation of the World and Other Business, Broadway, 1972.
• Old Times, Broadway, 1972.
• Finishing Touches, Broadway, 1973.
• A Matter of Gravity, Broadway, 1975.
• No Man's Land, Broadway, 1976.
• 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Broadway, 1976.
• A Texas Trilogy, Broadway, 1976.
• The Prince of Grand Street, Broadway, 1978.
• Bedroom Farce, Broadway, 1979.
• Betrayal, Broadway, 1979.
• Lunch Hour, Broadway, 1980.
• The West Side Waltz, Broadway, 1981.
• Death of a Salesman, Broadway, 1984.
• Lillian, Broadway, 1985.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE WORK; DIRECTOR
• Medea, NY, 1982.
• Lillian, NY, 1985.
• The Prodigal Daughter, Kennedy Center, Washington, DC, 1973.
• Semmelweis, Kennedy Center, 1978.
• Credits; MAJOR TOURS; PRODUCER
• Saint Joan, 1954.
• The Skin of Our Teeth (Salute to France Program), 1955.
• Foxy, 1962.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION WORK; PRODUCER
• The Skin of Our Teeth, 1956.