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John Raitt
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Actor Born: January 10, 1917 in Santa Ana, CA Death: February 20, 2005 in Pacific Palisades, CA Biography:Trained as an opera singer, "John Raitt" signed an MGM stock player contract in 1940, appearing in a series of unmemorable bit roles. He rose to stardom in the mid-'40s as Curley in the touring company of "Rodgers & Hammerstein"'s Broadway smash Oklahoma. This led to his being cast in his most famous stage role, reckless carnival barker Billy Bigelow in the "Rodgers & Hammerstein" classic Carousel (1945). The highlight of this production was Billy's eight-minute "Soliloquy," which Raitt would later claim was not as difficult as pretending to be dead for five minutes in the second act. In 1954 he starred with "Janis Paige" in the "Ross"-Adler Broadway musical The Pajama Game, introducing the Top 40 favorite "Hey There." He went on to co-star opposite "Doris Day" in the film version of "Pajama Game" in 1957, but didn't care for the experience and returned to his first love, the stage. For the rest of his... Full Biography
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