Ted Van Griethuysen Biography (1934-)

Full name, Theodore Andre Van Griethuysen; born November 7, 1934, in Ponca City, OK; son of Theodore Andre (an oil company employee) and Treva Jan (Ogan)Van Griethuysen; married Rebecca Thompson (an actress), May 26, 1962. Addresses: OFFICE--259 W. 12th Street, New York, NY 10014.

Nationality
American
Gender
Male
Birth Details
November 7, 1934
Ponca City, Oklahoma, United States

Famous Works

  • Credits
  • STAGE DEBUT--Lion, Androcles and the Lion, Four Arts Theatre, Houston, TX, 1951.
  • OFF-BROADWAY DEBUT--Rake, The Failures, Fourth Street Theatre, 1959.
  • Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
  • Sebastian, Twelfth Night, Four Arts Theatre, Houston, TX, 1952.
  • Michael Brown, O, Mistress Mine, Little Theatre, Houston, TX, 1952.
  • Ruddy Gibbons, My Dear Delinquents, Alley Theatre, Houston, TX, 1953.
  • Orestes, The Flies, Alley Theatre, 1955.
  • Claudio, Measure for Measure, Gremio, The Taming of the Shrew, Laertes, Hamlet, all Old Globe Theatre, San Diego Shakespeare Festival, San Diego, CA,1955.
  • Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, Clarence, Richard III, Guiderius, Cymbeline, King of Navarre, Love's Labour's Lost, all Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland,OR, 1956.
  • Pierre, The Madwoman of Chaillot, Prince, Time Remembered, both Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, MA, 1958.
  • Li-Wang, The Lute Song, City Center Theatre, New York City, 1959.
  • Octavius, Man and Superman, Judd Steiner, Compulsion, John Worthing, TheImportance of Being Earnest, Thomas Mendip, The Lady's Not for Burning, LordBrockhurst, The Boy Friend, all Stockbridge Theatre, Stockbridge, MA, 1959.
  • Tom Lee, Tea and Sympathy, Equity Library Theatre, New York City, 1959.
  • son, The Purification, Theatre de Lys, New York City, 1959.
  • Florizel, The Winter's Tale, Adrian, The Tempest, Egyptian messenger, Antony and Cleopatra, all American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, CT, 1960.
  • Mr. Hastings, She Stoops to Conquer, Sergeant Tinley, The Plough and theStars, both Phoenix Theatre, New York City, 1960.
  • Jules Thibodeaux, The Octoroon, Laertes, Hamlet, both Phoenix Theatre, 1961.
  • Monsieur le Beau, As You Like It, Donalbain, Macbeth, Troilus, Troilus and Cressida, all American Shakespeare Festival, 1961.
  • Young Marlow, O, Marry Me!, Gate Theatre, New York City, 1961.
  • Ayamonn, Red Roses for Me!, Greenwich Mews Theatre, New York City, 1961.
  • Aemilian, Romulus, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1962.
  • Oliver Brown, The Moon Besieged, Lyceum Theatre, New York City, 1962.
  • title role, Hamlet: Revisited, Terrain Gallery Theatre, New York City, 1963.
  • Richard III, The White Rose and the Red, Stage 73, New York City, 1963.
  • Oberon, A Midsummer Night's Dream, New York Shakespeare Festival, New York City, 1964.
  • Jones, Inadmissible Evidence, Belasco Theatre, New York City, 1965.
  • Cardinal Bellarmine, Galileo, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City, 1967.
  • Tim Law, The Basement, Eastside Playhouse, New York City, 1968.
  • Joseph Surface, School for Scandal, Mr. Horner, The Country Wife, Orestes, Andromache, all Terrain Gallery Theatre, New York City, 1969.
  • Eilert Lovborg, Hedda Gabler, Terrain Gallery Theatre, then Actors Playhouse, New York City, 1970.
  • title role, Othello, Rip Van Winkle/Richard III, Goodbye Profit System, both Terrain Gallery Theatre, 1972.
  • P.T. Barnum, First Time Anywhere, Theatre-Off-Park, New York City, 1983.
  • Big Daddy, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1985.
  • Friar Laurence, Romeo and Juliet, Syracuse Stage, Syracuse, NY, 1986.
  • Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE WORK
  • Production assistant, The Tempest, Drury Lane Theatre, London, 1958.
  • costume designer, The Crystal Heart, East 74th Street Theatre, New York City, 1960.
  • director, Hamlet: Revisited, Terrain Gallery Theatre, New York City, 1963.
  • costume designer, Javelin, Actors Playhouse, New York City, 1966.
  • director, Hedda Gabler, Terrain Gallery Theatre, 1969, then Actors Playhouse, 1970.
  • director, Othello, Terrain Gallery Theatre, 1972.
  • Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES; EPISODIC
  • Mortimer, "Henry IV, Part I," Play of the Week, WNTA, 1960.
  • son, "The Avenger," The Defenders, CBS, 1962.
  • young sailor, "The Thunder of Ernie Bass," The Nurses, CBS, 1962.
  • little fox, "The Pit," Lamp unto My Feet, CBS, 1965.
  • Hansen, "Everybody Loved Him," NYPD, ABC, 1969.
  • Also appeared in title role, "Frankenstein," The Human Stage, WOR, New York.
  • Credits; SPECIALS
  • Mr. Fenno, "The Patriot," Hallmark Hall of Fame, NBC, 1963.
  • Milton, "Lamp at Midnight," Hallmark Hall of Fame, NBC, 1966.
  • Gilles de Rais, "Saint Joan," Hallmark Hall of Fame, NBC, 1967.