Basil Ruysdael(1878-1960)
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Basil Ruysdael was born on 24 July 1878 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Pinky (1949), Broken Arrow (1950) and Colorado Territory (1949). He was married to Kathleen Dobbyn, Rose Swettenham and Eleanor Mason Manierre. He died on 10 October 1960 in Hollywood, California, USA.
Actor
Soundtrack
- Height
- 6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
- Born
- Died
- October 10, 1960
- Hollywood, California, USA(complications following surgery)
- SpousesKathleen DobbynJuly 15, 1945 - October 10, 1960 (his death)
- Other worksStage Play: Topsy and Eva. Musical comedy. Music by The Duncan Sisters. Book by Catherine Chisholm Cushing. Lyrics by The Duncan Sisters. Based on the novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Musical Director: Jerome Stewardson. Musical Staging by Jack Holland. Directed by Oscar Eagle. Sam H. Harris Theatre: 23 Dec 1924- 9 May 1925 (159 performances). Cast: Rosetta Duncan (as "Topsy"), Vivian Duncan (as "Eva St. Clare") [final Broadway role], Alice Averill (as "Old-Fashioned Girl"), Billie Bart (as "Pickaninny"), Shirley Beauford (as "Old-Fashioned Girl"), Antoinette Boots (as "Bessie/Old-Fashioned Girl"), Floyd Carder (as "Plantation Quartette"), Helen Case (as "Mrs. Shelby"), Roy Collins (as "Plantation Quartette"), Ashley Cooper (as "Erasmus Marks") [Broadway debut], Hazel Cushman (as "Old-Fashioned Girl"), Wilbur Cushman (as "Austustine St. Clare"), Nydia D'Arnell (as "Mariette"), Kitty Dolan (as "Pickaninny"), Myrtle Ferguson (as "Ophelia St. Clare"), Harry Furney (as "Plantation Quartette"), Ernee Goodleigh [credited as Ernay Goodleigh] (as "Old-Fashioned Girl"), Davis Goodman (as "Gee Gee"), Robert Halliday (as "George Shelby"), Dixie Harkins (as "Old-Fashioned Girl"), Ross Himes (as "Rastus"), Harriet Hoctor (as "Henrique/Danseuse Premiere"), Violet Little (as "Pickaninny"), Renee Lowrie (as "Helen/Old-Fashioned Girl"), Florence Martin (as "Eliza"), Edith Maybaun (as "Jane/Old-Fashioned Girl"), Toresa McSpirit (as "Pickaninny"), Glory Minehart (as "Harry"), Patricia Pattisson (as "Old-Fashioned Girl"), Jessie Pollard (as "Old-Fashioned Girl"), Lorraine Ray (as "Old-Fashioned Girl"), Basil Ruysdael (as "Uncle Tom"), Phillip Ryder (as "Plantation Quartette"), Minnie Shaw (as "Pickaninny"), Lea Swan (as "Ann/Old-Fashioned Girl"), Ethel Swettenham (as "Pickaninny"), Rosie Swettenham (as "Pickaninny"), Elsie Thompson (as "Pickaninny"), Rosa Thompson (as "Pickaninny"), Aimee Torriani (as "Chloe"), Natasha Verova (as "Old-Fashioned Girl"), Frank K. Wallace (as "Simon Legree"), Hettie Ward (as "Pickaninny"). Replacement actor: Rex Cherryman (as "George Shelby") [Broadway debut]. Produced by Thomas Wilkes. Note: Filmed as Topsy and Eva (1927).
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- TriviaBefore becoming a busy character actor on stage, films, and radio, he was a star bass-baritone with the Metropolitan Opera Company between 1910 and 1918. Although his most frequent role was as the King in Verdi's "Aida", the majority of his roles were in the German repertory, particularly the operas of Richard Wagner. As a voice teacher and coach, his students included Lawrence Tibbett.
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