Gordon MacRae Biography (1921-1986)

Born March 12, 1921, in East Orange, NJ; died of cancer, January 24, 1986, inLincoln, NE; married Sheila Stevens, 1941 (divorced); married Elizabeth Lambert Schrafft, 1967; children: (first marriage) Meredith, Heather, W. Gordon,Bruce; (second marriage) Amanda.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Birth Details

March 12, 1921

East Orange, New Jersey, United States

Death Details

January 24, 1986

Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Famous Works

• Credits
• STAGE DEBUT--Performed at the Millpond Playhouse, in Roslyn, NY, 1941.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
• Three to Make Ready, musical revue, Broadway, 1946.
• I Do, I Do (replaced Robert Preston), Broadway, 1967.
• performed as a singer with the Harry James Band, 1939-40 and with the Horace Heidt Band, 1940-42.
• appeared in Las Vegas clubs and hotels as well as major performing arenaswith first wife, Sheila.
• FILM DEBUT--The Big Punch, Warner Brothers, 1948.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
• Look for the Silver Lining, Warner Brothers, 1949.
• Backfire, Warner Brothers, 1950.
• The Daughter of Rose O'Grady, 1950.
• The Return of the Frontiersman, 1950.
• Tea for Two, 1950.
• The West Point Story, 1950.
• On Moonlight Bay, 1951.
• Starlift, 1951.
• About Face, 1952.
• By the Light of the Silvery Moon, 1953.
• Desert Song, 1953.
• Three Sailors and a Girl, 1953.
• Oklahoma!, Magna, 1955, then Twentieth Century-Fox, 1956.
• Carousel, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1956.
• The Best Things in Life Are Free, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1956.
• The Pilot, 1979.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES; SERIES
• Host, The Railroad Hour, 1950.
• host, The Colgate Comedy Hour, NBC, 1954-55.
• The Gordon MacRae Show, NBC, 1956.
• Credits; EPISODIC
• Lux Video Theatre, NBC, 1956-57.
• The Revlon Revue, CBS, 1960.
• The Voice of Firestone, NBC, 1960.
• Recorded for Capitol Records 1948-59.
• "Hair of Gold, Eyes of Blue," "It's Magic," "Rambling Rose," "So in Love," "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face," "The Secret."