Jamie Ross (born 4 May 1939 in Markinch) is a

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actor, best known for his work on Broadway.

Career

Ross made his Broadway debut in 1971 as Major Caldwell in Leon Uris's short lived

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''Ari''. His first major success with American audiences was when he appeared

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in the original 1972 production of

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's ''

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'' at the New Theatre with

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and Barbara Cason. A tremendous success with both audiences and critics, the show ran for 294 performances. He returned to Broadway in 1981 to portray Larry Donovan and later Sam Craig in John Kander and Fred Ebb's ''

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''. As Sam he got to play the romantic interest of the character Tess which was portrayed in turns by

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, Raquel Welch, and

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during his lengthy stay with the show. In 1984 he replaced

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as Georges in the original production of Jerry Herman's '' La Cage aux Folles''. He returned to Broadway again the following year to portray Julian Marsh in

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's '' 42nd Street'', which had previously been portrayed by Jerry Orbach earlier in the show's run. In 1990 he replaced Jonathan Hadary as Herby in the revival of '' Gypsy'', portraying the role opposite Linda Lavin's Rose. In 1995 he portrayed Josephus Gage in the revival of

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's '' Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'' after which he spent the next several years portraying Maurice in

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's musical version of '' Beauty and the Beast''. In December 2014, Ross, along with nonagenarian actress Joan Copeland was invited by

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to lay flowers on the statue of Sir

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in Manhattan to celebrate the 115th birthday of "The Master".

Filmography

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' (1958) (British Soldier) *' How the West Was Won' (1962) (Bruce Harvey, uncredited) *'Little Moon of Alban' (1964) (British Soldier) *'

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' (1967) (We Interrupt This Season) *' Emergency!' (1973) (Jason Channing) (An English Visitor) *'The American Woman: Portraits of Courage' (1976) (Minister) *' The Next Man' (1976) (British Attaché) *'The Other Side of Victory' (1976) *' The Halloween That Almost Wasn't' (1979) (Father) *'42nd Street' (1986) (Julian Marsh)

References

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