Jack Sydow Biography (1921-)

Full name, John David Sydow; born October 7, 1921, in Rockford, IL; son of John David (a corporate executive and photo engraver) and Ida Beulah (maiden name, Hoover) Sydow.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Director, actor, playwright, teacher
Birth Details: October 7, 1921; Rockford, Illinois, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Appearances
Beverly Carlton, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Town Hall Theatre, Sturbridge, MA, 1948-1949
Wagner, Room Service, Town Hall Theatre, 1948-1949
Bohun, You Never Can Tell, Woodstock Playhouse, Woodstock, NY, 1951-1953
Cuthbertson, The Philanderer, Woodstock Playhouse, 1951-1953
Harry Holland, The Live Wire, Woodstock Playhouse, 1951-1953
Inspector, An Inspector Calls, Woodstock Playhouse, 1951-1953
Lieutenant Commander Challee, The Caine Mutiny Court Martial, Woodstock Playhouse, 1951-1953
Lord Summerhays, Misalliance, Woodstock Playhouse, 1951-1953
Walter Channing, Invitation to a Murder, Woodstock Playhouse, 1951-1953
Adolphus Cusins, Major Barbara, Greenwich Mews Theatre, New York City, 1954
Various roles, The Brothers Karamazov, Gate Theatre, New York City, 1957-1958
Once upon a Mattress, Alvin Theatre, New York City, 1959-1960
Pozzo, Waiting for Godot, Penthouse Theatre, Seattle, WA, 1979
Uncle Willie, Bent, Empty Space Theatre, 1981
Merwin Saltzman, There Must Be a Pony, John Drew Theatre, East Hampton, NY, 1982
Title role, Paphnutius, Showboat Theatre, Seattle, WA, 1982
Duncan and Porter, Macbeth, Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, CA, 1983
Waiter, You Never Can Tell, New American Theatre, Rockford, IL, 1991
Stage Work
Director
(With others) Hump Happy, Air Transport Command, Bamboo Music Hall, Chabua, India, 1943
Ladies in Retirement, Little Theatre, Rockford, IL, 1946
Arsenic and Old Lace, Town Hall Theatre, Sturbridge, MA, 1948-1949
Blithe Spirit, Town Hall Theatre, 1948-1949
East Lynne, Town Hall Theatre, 1948-1949
The Glass Menagerie, Town Hall Theatre, 1948-1949
John Loves Mary, Town Hall Theatre, 1948-1949
The Late Christopher Bean, Town Hall Theatre, 1948-1949
The Man Who Came to Dinner, Town Hall Theatre, 1948-1949
My Sister Eileen, Town Hall Theatre, 1948-1949
Outward Bound, Town Hall Theatre, 1948-1949
Peg o' My Heart, Town Hall Theatre, 1948-1949
The Philadelphia Story, Town Hall Theatre, 1948-1949
You Can't Take It with You, Town Hall Theatre, 1948-1949
Come What May, Weidman Studio, NY, 1950
The Enchanted, Woodstock Playhouse, Woodstock, NY, 1951
The Respectful Prostitute, Woodstock Playhouse, 1951
The Gondoliers, Hunter College Playhouse, 1952-1953
Ruddigore, Hunter College Playhouse, 1952-1953
Trial by Jury, Hunter College Playhouse, 1952-1953
Ariadne auf Naxos, Little Orchestra Society, 1953-1955
Hansel and Gretel, Little Orchestra Society, 1953-1955
L'enfant et les sortileges, Little Orchestra Society, 1953-1955
Two for Fun, Greenwich Mews Theatre, New York City, 1955
The Emperor's New Clothes, pre-Broadway production at Tamiment, PA, 1957
Once upon a Mattress, pre-Broadway production at Tamiment, PA, 1958
Elizabeth the Queen, American Festival, Boston Arts Center, 1961
The Sudden End of Anne Cinquefoil, East End Theatre, New York City, 1961
The Turn of the Screw, American Festival, Boston Arts Center, 1961
Brigadoon, Royal Poinciana Playhouse, 1962
Chrysanthemum, Royal Poinciana Playhouse, 1962
Here Today, Sombrero Playhouse, Phoenix, AZ, 1963

The Matchmaker, Royal Poinciana Playhouse, 1963
The Miracle Worker, Sombrero Playhouse, 1963
Ring 'Round the Moon, Sombrero Playhouse, 1963
Sophie, Winter Garden Theatre, New York City, 1963
The Amorous Flea, East 78th Street Theatre, New York City, 1964
The Crucible, 1964
The Giant's Dance, Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City, 1965
Annie Get Your Gun, State Theatre, New York City, 1966
The Imaginary Invalid, ANTA Theatre, 1967
Still Life, ANTA Theatre, 1967
A Touch of the Poet, ANTA Theatre, 1967
John Brown's Body, National Repertory Theatre, Ford's Theatre, Washington, DC, 1968
Sganarelle, National Theatre of the Deaf, ANTA Theatre, 1970
The Adding Machine, A Contemporary Theatre, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1971
A Thurber Carnival, A Contemporary Theatre, 1971
The Anniversary, A Contemporary Theatre, 1973
The Boor, A Contemporary Theatre, 1973
The Marriage Proposal, A Contemporary Theatre, 1973
A Comedy of Errors, A Contemporary Theatre, 1974
The Madwoman of Chaillot, A Contemporary Theatre, 1974
The Good Person of Szechuan, A Contemporary Theatre, 1975
Oh, Coward!, A Contemporary Theatre, 1975
A Resounding Tinkle, A Contemporary Theatre, 1975
Was He Anyone?, A Contemporary Theatre, 1975
Company, A Contemporary Theatre, 1976
The Guardsman, University of California, Berkeley, 1976
Dinner at Eight, A Contemporary Theatre, 1977
Hay Fever, A Contemporary Theatre, 1977
The Sunday Promenade, A Contemporary Theatre, 1977
The Matchmaker, A Contemporary Theatre, 1978
A Christmas Sampler, Intiman Theatre, Seattle, WA, 1979
A Midsummer Night's Dream, A Contemporary Theatre, 1979
The Warrior's Husband, A Contemporary Theatre, 1979
The Chalk Garden, A Contemporary Theatre, 1980
The Threepenny Opera, A Contemporary Theatre, 1981
And Miss Reardon Drinks A Little, A Contemporary Theatre, 1982
Arms and the Man, A Contemporary Theatre, 1983
Agnes of God, A Contemporary Theatre, 1984
Assistant Director
Babar the Elephant, Little Orchestra Society, NY, 1953-1955
(And stage manager and assistant to the director) Once upon a Mattress, Alvin Theatre, New York City, 1959-1960
Major Tour Work
Director
Hump Happy, Air Transport Command, U.S. Army Air Force tour of Africa, Arabia, and Egypt, 1943
Once upon a Mattress, bus and truck tour, 1960 U.S. cities, 1960-1961
Mary Stuart, Elizabeth the Queen, National Repertory Theatre tourof U.S. cities, 1961-1962
Call Me Madam, stock tour, 1963
Here Today, stock tour, 1963
Kismet, stock tour, 1963
Kiss Me Kate, stock tour, 1963
The Rivals, National Repertory Theatre tour, 1965
Major Barbara, stock tour and Westport Country Playhouse, 1966
Misalliance, stock tour and Westport Country Playhouse, 1966
The Music Man, stock tour and Westport Country Playhouse, 1966
Luv, stock tour, 1967
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, stock tour, 1967
Also directed two tours for the Little Theatre of the Deaf, 1968-69.
Film Appearances
Minister, What Planet Are You From?, Columbia/Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2000
Television Appearances
Miniseries
Lincoln Kirstein, Nutcracker: Money, Madness and Murder, NBC, 1987
Movies
George Haley, On the Line, ABC, 1998
Episodic
Omnibus, CBS, 1954
Alfred Larkin, "To Kill a Talking Bird," Frasier, NBC, 1997
Alfred Larkin, "Taps at Montana," Frasier, NBC, 1999
Old Rupert, "The Compass," Touched by an Angel, CBS, 1999
Houseman, "The Goodbye Guy," Movie Stars, The WB, 2000
Also appeared in Armstrong Circle Theater (also known as CircleTheater), NBC and CBS; Goodyear Playhouse, NBC; Kraft Television Theatre, NBC and ABC; Look Up and Live, CBS; and Philco Television Playhouse, NBC.
Television Work
Director; Specials
Annie Get Your Gun, NBC, 1967
WRITINGS
Play Adaptations
with Boris Tumarin
The Brothers Karamazov, produced at Gate Theatre, New York City, 1957-1958
The Idiot, produced at Gate Theatre, 1960

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