Chandler Ruel Cowles
(September 29, 1917 – February 1, 1997) was an American actor, producer, and co-producer in at least eleven New York theatrical productions from 1946 through 1960.
Early life
Cowles was born in 1917 in New Haven, Connecticut.
Career
Cowles collaborated closely with
Gian-Carlo Menotti
Gian Carlo Menotti (, ; July 7, 1911 – February 1, 2007) was an Italian-American composer, librettist, director, and playwright who is primarily known for his output of 25 operas. Although he often referred to himself as an American composer, ...
and
Efrem Zimbalist Jr. on many of these and also was a lifelong friend of ballet legend
George Balanchine
George Balanchine (;
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, with whom he worked on the 1947 Broadway production of ''The Telephone/The Medium''. He also wrote the 1983 television program ''I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind''.
Personal life and death
He was the father of actor
Matthew Cowles
Matthew Cowles (September 28, 1944 – May 22, 2014) was an American actor and playwright.
Early life
The son of actor and theatre producer Chandler Cowles, he was born in New York City.
Career
In 1966 Cowles played the title role in Edward Al ...
.
Chandler Cowles died in 1997 in
Manhattan
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,
New York City
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, at the age of 79.
He was buried in Lakeview Cemetery in
Westmore, Vermont
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.
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1917 births
1997 deaths
20th-century American male actors
20th-century American screenwriters
American television writers
American theatre managers and producers
Male actors from New Haven, Connecticut
Place of death missing
Writers from New Haven, Connecticut