''Never Too Late'' is a 1962

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play by

Sumner Arthur Long Sumner Arthur Long (31 March 1921 – 6 January 1993) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and author. He wrote the comedy play '' Never Too Late''. A film adaptation was released in 1965. Long began writing for television in 1951, and w ...

. ''Never Too Late'' starred Paul Ford and

Maureen O'Sullivan Maureen O'Sullivan (17 May 1911 – 23 June 1998) was an Irish-American actress, who played Jane in the ''Tarzan'' series of films during the era of Johnny Weissmuller. She performed with such actors as Laurence Olivier, Greta Garbo, William ...

as Harry and Edith Lambert, a middle-aged couple about to become parents once again. Starring as the couple's adult daughter Kate and her husband Charlie Clinton, were Fran Sharon and

Orson Bean Orson Bean (born Dallas Frederick Burrows; July 22, 1928 – February 7, 2020) was an American film, television, and stage actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He was a game show and talk show host and a "mainstay of Los Angeles’ small ...

, as well as Leona Maricle and House Jameson as Grace and James Kimbrough.

Production

''Never Too Late'' originally opened at the Playhouse Theatre in

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on November 27, 1962. The play, directed by

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and produced by Elliot Martin and Daniel Hollywood, ran for a total of 1,007 performances until its end on April 24, 1965.

Film

A film version based on the play was released in November 1965 with Ford and O’Sullivan reprising their Broadway roles.''Never Too Late''
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Awards and nominations

Original Broadway production

References

External links

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