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Leo Leyden Biography (1929-)

Born January 28, 1929, in Dublin, Ireland; son of Leo (a chemist) and Adalaide (Cox) Leyden; divorced; children: Vanessa.

Nationality

Irish

Gender

Male

Birth Details

January 28, 1929

Dublin, Ireland

Famous Works

• Credits
• STAGE DEBUT--Channon, The Dybbuk, Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, 1947.
• BROADWAY DEBUT--Bevill Higgins, Love and Libel, Martin Beck Theatre, 1959.
• LONDON DEBUT--Clergyman, Tom Jones, Leatherhead Theatre, 1965.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
• Darling of the Day, The Mundy Scheme, The Rothchilds, Captain Brassbound's Conversion, Habeus Corpus, Sir Jasper, Me and My Girl, Marquis Theatre, NewYork City, 1986-87.
• The Plough and the Stars, Edward II, A Moon for the Misbegotton, Sleuth,Comedians, Bent, Charley's Aunt, A Child's Christmas in Wales, The Seagull, Striptease, The Doctor's Dilemma, The Comedy of Errors, Wild Oats, Arsenic andOld Lace, The Prisoner of Zenda, Timon of Athens, Polonius, Hamlet (rock music adaptation), all in productions throughout the U.S. and Canada.
• has appeared at the Shaw Festival in Canada and the American ShakespeareFestival, Stratford, CT.
• Credits; MAJOR TOURS
• Touchstone, As You Like It, Canadian Players, 1957-58.
• Aslaksen, Enemy of the People, Canadian Players, 1962-63.
• Major General, Pirates of Penzance, U.S. cities, 1981-82.
• FILM DEBUT--The Gentle Gunman, 1949.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
• The Luck of Ginger Coffey, Reade-Sterling, 1964.
• Naked Runner, Warner Brothers/Seven Arts, 1967.
• 1776, Columbia, 1972.
• Circle of Two, 1980.
• Also, Quiet Day in Belfast.
• TELEVISION DEBUT--Policeman, The Telltale Heart, CBC, 1957.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES
• The Importance of Being Earnest.
• The Lady's Not for Burning.
• The Apple Cart.
• Sarah.
• Evangeline Deusse.
• She Stoops to Conquer (musical version).
• The Misanthrope (musical version).
• Credits; PLAYS
• Juno and the Paycock.
• The Quare Fellow.
• King Lear.
• Julius Caesar.