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John Cunningham Biography (1932-)

Full name, John Waldo Cunningham; born June 22, 1932, in Auburn, NY; son of Raymond George and Harriet Abigail (maiden name, Belcher) Cunningham; marriedCarolyn Cotton, August 24, 1956; children: Christopher Duke, Catherine Stevens, Laura Jane.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor

Birth Details

June 22, 1932

Auburn, New York

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• Judge, The Purification, Lucille Lortel Theatre, New York City, 1959
• My Fair Lady, Broadway production, 1960
• Hot Spot, Broadway production, 1963
• Tullus Aufidius, The Tragedy of Coriolanus, American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, CT, 1965
• Mercutio, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, American Shakespeare Festival, 1965
• Petruchio, The Taming of the Shrew, American Shakespeare Festival,1965
• Edmund, The Tragedy of King Lear, American Shakespeare Festival, 1965
• Julius Caesar, American Shakespeare Festival, c. 1965
• Prince Henry/Henry V, Falstaff (Henry IV, Part II), American Shakespeare Festival Theatre, 1966
• Sir Richard Brito, Murder in the Cathedral, American Shakespeare Festival Theatre, 1966
• Orsino, Twelfth Night, American Shakespeare Festival Theatre, 1966
• Clifford Bradshaw, Cabaret, Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, c.1966-1967, then Imperial Theatre, New York City, c. 1967-1968
• Malcolm, Macbeth, American Shakespeare Festival Theatre, 1967
• Bassanio, The Merchant of Venice, American Shakespeare Festival Theatre, 1967
• Demetrius, A Midsummer Night's Dream, American Shakespeare Festival Theatre, 1967
• Count Orsino, Love and Let Love, Sheridan Square Playhouse, New York City, 1968
• Nikos, Zorba, Imperial Theatre, 1968-1969
• Peter then replacement Robert, Company, Alvin Theatre, New York City, 1970-1972
• John Adams, 1776, 46th Street Theatre, New York City, 1971
• The Good Doctor, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, New York City, c. 1973-1974
• Male lecturer, The Bone Room, Portfolio Studio, 1975
• Two for the Seesaw, Playwrights Horizons Theatre, New York City, 1976
• Standby for Sidney Nichols, Stu Franklyn, and William Warren, California Suite, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, 1976-1977
• Dancing in the Dark, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City, 1979
• Tom, Father's Day, American Place Theatre, New York City, 1979
• Russell, Snapshot, Hudson Guild Theatre, New York City, 1980
• Geoffrey, Rose, Cort Theatre, New York City, 1981
• Punchinello, Head over Heels, Harold Clurman Theatre, 1981-1982
• Quartermaine's Terms, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, c. 1982-1983
• Henry Windscape, Quartermaine's Terms, Playhouse 91, New York City, 1983
• Arthur, Wednesday, Hudson Guild Theatre, 1983
• Richard, On Approval, Roundabout Theatre, New York City, 1984
• Ted Fine, Miami, Playwrights Horizons Theatre, 1986
• Tony, The Perfect Party, Playwrights Horizons Theatre, 1986, thenAstor Place Theatre, New York City, 1986
• Narrator, wolf, and steward, Into the Woods, Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, CA, c. 1986-1987
• Lawrence Wood, Birds of Paradise, Promenade Theatre, New York City, 1987
• Sunday in the Park with George, Broadway production, 1987
• Anthony Anderson, The Devil's Disciple, Circle in the Square, NewYork City, 1988-1989
• Andrew Makepeace Ladd III, Love Letters, Long Wharf Theatre, c. 1988-1989, then Promenade Theatre, 1989
• Stage Two: A Dance Lesson, Long Wharf Theatre, c. 1989-1990
• Flan, Six Degrees of Separation, Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre, New York City, 1990, then Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City, 1990
• Nicolai Karenin, Anna Karenina, Circle in the Square Uptown, 1992
• Flan, Six Degrees of Separation, Center Theatre Group, James A. Doolittle Theatre, University of California, Los Angeles, 1992
• Peter, Company, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 1993
• Nicholas Pym, The Sisters Rosensweig, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, NewYork City, 1993
• Dr. Joseph Taylor, Allegro, City Center Theatre, New York City, 1994
• Pete Bemiss, The Naked Truth, Workshop of the Players Art (WPA) Theatre, New York City, 1994
• A Cheever Evening, Playwrights Horizons Theatre, 1994-1995
• Henry Ford, Camping with Henry and Tom, Lucille Lortel Theatre, 1995
• Greg, Sylvia, Stage I, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1995
• Captain E. J. Smith, Titanic, New York City, 1997-1999
• Ernest Friedman, Design for Living, American Airlines Theatre, NewYork City, 2001
• Elisha J. Whitney, Anything Goes, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 2002
• Policeman, doctor, and president of the tribunal, Amour, Music BoxTheatre, New York City, 2002
• Also appeared in Cyrano; Love Me a Little; Pimpernel; Play of Daniel; Snapshot; as El Gallo, The Fantasticks, Sullivan Street Playhouse, New York City.
• Major Tours
• Zoltan Karpathy, My Fair Lady, U.S. cities, 1957-c. 1962
• Narrator, The Fantasticks, North American cities, c. 1968
• Film Appearances
• Himself and Peter, Original Cast-Album Company, 1970
• Hawthorne, The Big Fix, Universal, 1978
• Dave Holter, Matilda, American International Pictures, 1978
• Lenny, Lost and Found, Columbia, 1979
• Sloane, Key Exchange, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1985
• Jim Kempler, Twisted, 1986
• Bruce Holt, Hello Again, Buena Vista, 1987
• National guard, The Survivalist (also known as Jack Tillman: The Survivalist), 1987
• John Grau, The Money Juggler, 1988
• Mr. Charles Gordon Windsor, Sr., Mystic Pizza, Samuel Goldwyn, 1988
• (As John F. Cunningham) Substitute, Johnny Be Good, Orion, 1988
• Mr. Anderson, Dead Poets Society, Buena Vista, 1989
• Grayson Dillon, School Ties, 1992
• John, Six Degrees of Separation, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1993
• Mr. Brinkerhoff, For Love or Money (also known as The Concierge), Universal, 1993
• Burt Shook, Roommates, Buena Vista, 1995
• Bob, Nixon, Buena Vista, 1995
• McGuire, Last Dance, Buena Vista, 1996
• Paul, the director, States of Control, Impulse Films, 1997
• Voice on "Be a Man" tape, In & Out, Paramount, 1997
• Fed Net announcer, Starship Troopers, TriStar, 1997
• Donald Brown, The Jackal (also known as The Day of the Jackal, Le chacal, and Der Schakal), Universal, 1997
• Nelson Hastings, Isn't She Great (also known as Ist sie nicht grossartig?), MCA/Universal, 2000
• Judge, Shaft (also known as Shaft--Noch Fragen?), Paramount, 2000
• Justice of the Peace, Two Weeks Notice, Warner Bros., 2002
• Also appeared in the film FM.
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Chuck Bannister, The Secret Storm, 1965
• First Dr. Dan Shearer, Another World, NBC, 1970-1971
• Dr. Wade Collins, Search for Tomorrow, CBS, 1971-1977
• Garth Slater, Loving, ABC, 1983-1984
• Welles Carrera, The Guiding Light (also known as Guiding Light), 1988
• Emerson Gallagher, As the World Turns, CBS, 1991-1993
• Second Grant Booth, Swans Crossing, 1992
• Mark, One Life to Live, ABC, 2002
• Movies
• Member of women's army of revolt and citizens of Oz, L. Frank Baum's The Marvelous Land of Oz (also known as The Marvelous Land of Oz),1981
• Paul Rodgers, Private Sessions, NBC, 1985
• The Cosby Mysteries (also known as Guy Hanks I), NBC, 1994
• Donald Rumsfeld, DC 9/11: Time of Crisis, Showtime, 2003
• Specials
• Fitzjames O'Brien, Song of Myself, CBS, 1976
• Mr. Levine, "The Rosenthal Affair," Tracey Ullman Takes On New York, HBO, 1993
• The 51st Annual Tony Awards, 1997
• Also appeared in "The Courtmartial of George Custer," Hallmark Hall ofFame; Flashback: The Hindenburg Disaster; Two Minute Warning.
• Pilots
• Dr. MacIntyre, Happy Endings, ABC, 1975
• Roger Vincent, Nick and the Dobermans, NBC, 1980
• Mr. Watkins, Gabe and Walker, ABC, 1981
• George Markell, Adam's Apple, CBS, 1986
• Father Glancy, Trinity, 1998
• Also appeared in Fame.
• Episodic
• Guest, "Broadway's Best," Kraft Music Hall, 1969
• Kincaid, "Six Characters Flunk a Sex Quiz and Go Somewhere to Do Something about It," Husbands, Wives, and Lovers, 1978
• "The U.N. Connection," Eischeid, 1979
• "A Question of Dignity," Nurse, 1981
• "Vote of Confidence," Miami Vice, 1988
• Jon Cobb, "His Hour upon the Stage," Law & Order, NBC, 1991
• "The Secret Life of Mary Margaret: Portrait of a Bulimic," Lifestories: Families in Crisis, HBO, 1992
• Donald Walsh, "Animal Instinct," Law & Order, NBC, 1993
• Attorney Max Weston, "Coma," Law & Order, NBC, 1994
• Frank Elliot, "Fun City," New York News, CBS, 1995
• Frank Elliot, "A Question of Truth," New York News, CBS, 1995
• Narrator, "Hotel Animal," Reading Rainbow, 1996
• Daniel Metzler, "Working Mom," Law & Order, NBC, 1997
• Daniel Metzler, "Venom," Law & Order, NBC, 1998
• Bob Cornell, "Protecting the Source," LateLine, NBC, 1999
• Mr. Crowley, "Admissions," Law & Order, NBC, 1999
• Mr. Sherman, "Turf Wars," The $treet, Fox, 2001
• Dan Metzler, "Undercovered," Law & Order, NBC, 2002
• Also appeared in The Doctors; Crime and Punishment, NBC.
• RECORDINGS
• Albums
• Amour (original cast recording), Sh-K-Boom, 2003