Ronn Carroll is an American actor known primarily for his work on
Broadway, with over twenty credits to his name.
Career highlights include ''
Oklahoma!
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'', directed by
Trevor Nunn
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, ''
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'' with
Matthew Broderick,
and two productions of ''
Annie Get Your Gun'' with both
Ethel Merman
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and
Bernadette Peters
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.
He appeared with
Tyne Daly
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Daly began her career on stage in summer stock in New York ...
in the 1990 revival of ''
Gypsy
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''.
Other Broadway credits include the original casts of ''
On Golden Pond'', ''
Crazy for You'' and ''
Steel Pier
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''.
His appearances at
Lincoln Center
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include ''
A Man of No Importance'' with Roger Reece, ''
Room Service'' with
John Lithgow
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and
Richard Thomas Richard Thomas or Dick Thomas may refer to:
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* Dick Thomas (singer) (1915–2003), American singing cowboy and actor
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* Richard Thomas (author) (born 1967), Americ ...
,
Woody Allen
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's ''
The Floating Light Bulb'', and ''
Carousel
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'' with
John Raitt.
Theatre credits
Filmography
* 1980 ''
Friday the 13th'' as Sergeant Tierney
* 1981 ''
Friday the 13th Part 2'' as Sergeant Tierney (uncredited)
* 1983 ''
Spring Break'' as Arresting Officer
* 1986 ''
House
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'' as Police Officer
* 1987 ''
84 Charing Cross Road
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'' as Businessman On Plane
* 1987 ''
House II: The Second Story'' as Deputy
* 1989 ''
DeepStar Six'' as Osborne
* 1995 ''
The Real Shlemiel
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'' as Uncle Shlemiel (voice)
* 1997 ''Fool's Paradise'' as Mr. Foxworth
* 2005 ''
The Producers'' as Stormtrooper Mel
References
External links
*
*
Ronn Carroll at BroadwayWorld.com
American male film actors
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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