Ted Thurston (January 9, 1917 – July 23, 1994) was an American actor and singer. Born in

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, Thurston made his

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debut in the short-lived 1951 musical ''

Flahooley ''Flahooley'' is a musical with a book by E. Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy, lyrics by Harburg, and music by Sammy Fain. Synopsis and background The allegorical tale is set in fictional Capsulanti, USA, site of the headquarters for B.G. Bigelow, In ...

''. He had better luck with his next show, the

Lerner and Loewe Lerner and Loewe is the partnership between lyricist and librettist Alan Jay Lerner and composer Frederick Loewe. Spanning three decades and nine musicals from 1942 to 1960 and again from 1970 to 1972, the pair are known for being behind the cr ...

musical '' Paint Your Wagon''. Additional Broadway credits include '' Kismet'', ''

The Happiest Girl in the World ''The Happiest Girl in the World'' is a musical with a book by Fred Saidy and Henry Mayers, lyrics by E.Y. Harburg, and music taken from the works of Jacques Offenbach. Based on the comedy ''Lysistrata'' by Aristophanes and tales of Greek myth ...

'', ''The Girl in Pink Tights'', '' The Most Happy Fella'', ''

Li'l Abner ''Li'l Abner'' was a satirical American comic strip that appeared in multiple newspapers in the United States, Canada, and Europe. It featured a fictional clan of hillbillies living in the impoverished fictional mountain village of Dogpatch, ...

'', '' I Had a Ball'', '' Luther'', ''

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'', '' Onward Victoria'', and perhaps his best-known role, Edgar Allan Rich in '' Celebration''. Thurston reprised his ''Li'l Abner'' role in the film version. Thurston was married to dancer/choreographer

Dania Krupska Dania Krupska (August 13, 1921 – August 27, 2011) was an American dancer and choreographer. Krupska was born in Fall River, Massachusetts in 1921 to Polish immigrants, Bronisław and Anna Krupska. Anna, a concert pianist who had studied ballet ...

. He died of

stomach cancer Stomach cancer, also known as gastric cancer, is a malignant tumor of the stomach. It is a cancer that develops in the Gastric mucosa, lining of the stomach. Most cases of stomach cancers are gastric carcinomas, which can be divided into a numb ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thurston, Ted 1917 births 1994 deaths American male stage actors American male film actors Male actors from Saint Paul, Minnesota People from East Hampton (town), New York Deaths from stomach cancer in New York (state) 20th-century American male actors