Actor
Cyril Ritchard
Biography

Legendary for his preening, prancing, delightfully playful villain Captain Hook on the award-winning stage (as well as TV) opposite America's musical treasure Mary Martin, beloved musical star Cyril Ritchard had a vast career that would last six decades, but "Peter Pan" would become his prime legacy. Born in Australia just before the turn of the century, he was educated at St. Aloysius College and Sydney University wherein he slyly sidestepped a parental-guided career in medicine for entertainme ...

Known For
Acting
1977 -- The Hobbit | Elrond (voice)
1975 -- The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow | Father Thomas (voice)
1975 -- Tubby the Tuba | The Frog (voice)
1972 -- Hans Christian Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes | Emperor Klockenlocher (voice)
1969 -- Hans Brinker | Mijnheer Kleef
1967 -- Half a Sixpence | Harry Chitterlow
1966 -- The Daydreamer | The Sandman (voice)
1966 -- The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner | Host
1965 -- The Dangerous Christmas of Red Riding Hood | Big Bad Wolf
1964 -- Mr. Scrooge | Ebenezer Scrooge
1962 -- The Owl and the Pussycat |
1960 -- Peter Pan | Mr. Darling / Captain Hook
1958 -- The Christmas Tree | Promenade Member
1958 -- Aladdin | Sui-Generis, the Sorcerer
1956 -- Peter Pan | Mr. Darling / Captain Hook
1955 -- Dearest Enemy | Gen. Howe
1955 -- Peter Pan | Mr. Darling / Captain Hook
1952 -- Pontius Pilate | Pontius Pilate
1948 -- Woman Hater | Reveller (uncredited)
1948 -- The Winslow Boy |
1938 -- Dangerous Medicine | Dr. Noel Penwood
1938 -- I See Ice | Paul Martine
1937 -- The Show Goes On | Jimmy
1937 -- It's a Grand Old World |
1932 -- Service for Ladies | Sir William Carter
1930 -- Symphony in Two Flats | Leo Chavasse
1930 -- Just for a Song | Craddock
1929 -- Blackmail | The Artist
1929 -- Piccadilly | Victor Smiles
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