Teddy Green is an
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actor, choreographer, and dancer probably best known for playing supporting roles in two
Cliff Richard
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films, ''
The Young Ones'' and ''
Summer Holiday''.
Career
His film roles include Chris in The Young Ones with Cliff Richard (1961), Steve in Summer Holiday, again with Cliff Richard (1963), and Muleteer in ''
Man Of La Mancha
''Man of La Mancha'' is a 1965 musical with a book by Dale Wasserman, music by Mitch Leigh, and lyrics by Joe Darion. It is adapted from Wasserman's non-musical 1959 teleplay ''I, Don Quixote'', which was in turn inspired by Miguel de Cervantes ...
'' (1972). He also became a choreographer and performed in the
West End stage musical ''
Pickwick'' with
Harry Secombe
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in 1963, and in the 1960s appeared in the
Broadway
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** Broadway (Manhattan), the street
**Broadway Theatre (53rd Stree ...
musicals ''Baker Street'' and ''Darling Of The Day'' (alongside
Vincent Price
Vincent Leonard Price Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993) was an American actor, art historian, art collector and gourmet cook. He appeared on stage, television, and radio, and in more than 100 films. Price has two stars on the Hollywood Wal ...
). Green later returned to acting in television, with roles in ''
The Professionals'', ''The Bretts'', and ''
Holby City
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''. He also appeared on BBC TV 's long running variety show The Good Old Days.
Selected Stage Work
*''
The Pajama Game
''The Pajama Game'' is a musical based on the 1953 novel '' 7½ Cents'' by Richard Bissell.
The book is by George Abbott and Richard Bissell; the music and lyrics are by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. and dances were staged by Bob Fosse in his c ...
'', 1955, London
*''
When in Rome'' 1959-60,
Adelphi Theatre
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, London
*''
Pickwick'' 1963,
Saville Theatre
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, West End
*''
Baker Street
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'' (Wiggins) 1965,
The Broadway Theatre
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,
Martin Beck Theatre
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, Broadway
*''Green Room Rags'', 1966-7, Adelphi Theatre, London
*''
Darling Of The Day
''Darling of the Day'' is a musical with a book by Nunnally Johnson, lyrics by E. Y. Harburg, and music by Jule Styne. It is based on Arnold Bennett's novel ''Buried Alive'' and his play '' The Great Adventure''. The show closed after only 31 per ...
'' (Alf) 1968,
George Abbott Theatre
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, Broadway
*''For Better For Worse'', (Tony) (1968) Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch
*''And All That Jazz'' (choreographer and performer) 1968, Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch
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Kiss Me Kate
''Kiss Me, Kate'' is a musical written by Bella and Samuel Spewack with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The story involves the production of a musical version of William Shakespeare's ''The Taming of the Shrew'' and the conflict on and off-sta ...
'' (Bill Calhoun/Lucentio), 1970,
London Coliseum
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, London
*''
The Taming of the Shrew
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'', 1970-1,
Theatre Royal, Bath
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*''Trelawny'' 1972,
Sadler's Wells Theatre
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, London
*''
The Taming of the Shrew
''The Taming of the Shrew'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken ...
'', 1972-3,
Little Theatre, Bristol
*''
No, No, Nanette
''No, No, Nanette'' is a musical comedy with lyrics by Irving Caesar and Otto Harbach, music by Vincent Youmans, and a book by Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel, based on Mandel's 1919 Broadway play ''My Lady Friends''. The farcical story involves th ...
'', (Billy Early), 1973,
Drury Lane Theatre
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, London
*''Rock Nativity'', (Gabriel and choreographer) 1974,
University Theatre,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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Very Good Eddie
''Very Good Eddie'' is a musical with a book by Guy Bolton and Philip Bartholomae, music by Jerome Kern, and lyrics by Schuyler Greene, with additional lyrics by Elsie Janis, Herbert Reynolds, Harry B. Smith, John E. Hazzard, Ring Lardner and Jer ...
'', (De Rougemont) 1976,
Piccadilly Theatre
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Early years
Built by Bertie Crewe and Edward A. Stone ...
, West End.
*''
The Wizard Of Oz'', (Director and choreographer), 1983,
Congress Theatre (Eastbourne)
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*''
South Pacific'' (Luther Billis) 1990, Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch
*''
Sinbad – The Great Adventure'' (Caliph) 1990, Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch
*''
Mizpah'' (Herschel/Johan), 1991, Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch
*''The Fifteen Streets'' (James Llewellyn / Father Bailey) 1994, Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch
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Dick Whittington
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'' (choreographer) 1994, Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch
*''
Hot Shoe Shuffle
''Hot Shoe Shuffle'' is a 1992 Australian musical produced by David Atkins. A jukebox musical, the score mostly includes American big band and popular songs of the 1920s to 1940s.
The musical concerns seven Tap Brothers, Spring, Slap, Buck, Wing ...
'' (performer and director) (1996)
Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton
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18 ...
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Promenade
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, 1998,
Off Broadway
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*
West Side Story
''West Side Story'' is a musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents.
Inspired by William Shakespeare's play ''Romeo and Juliet'', the story is set in the mid-1 ...
(Doc), 1998, Alan Johnson tour
*''
Noël Coward
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's Still Life With Red Peppers'', (choreographer) 2011,
Pentameters Theatre
Selected filmography
* ''Five Guineas A Week'' (1956)
* ''
The Young Ones'' (1961)
* ''
Dixon Of Dock Green
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'' (1962)
* ''
Summer Holiday'' (1962)
* ''
Quick Before They Catch Us
''Quick Before They Catch Us'' was a 1966 British action/adventure children's television series. It starred then child actors Pamela Franklin, Teddy Green and David Griffin as three teenagers who become amateur detectives in Swinging London ...
'' (1966)
* ''
Never Say Die'' (1970)
* ''
Man Of La Mancha
''Man of La Mancha'' is a 1965 musical with a book by Dale Wasserman, music by Mitch Leigh, and lyrics by Joe Darion. It is adapted from Wasserman's non-musical 1959 teleplay ''I, Don Quixote'', which was in turn inspired by Miguel de Cervantes ...
'' (1972)
* ''
The Professionals'' (1978)
* ''
Sorry!'' (1986-7)
* ''The Bretts'' (1987)
* ''
No Frills'' (1988)
* ''
Holby City
''Holby City'' (stylised on-screen as HOLBY CIY) is a British medical drama television series that aired weekly on BBC One. It was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama ''Casualty'', and pr ...
'' (2006)
References
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Living people
English choreographers
English male film actors
English male television actors
English male stage actors
1945 births