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Jerome Kilty Biography (1922-)

Born June 24, 1922, in Pala Indian Reservation, CA (some sources say in Baltimore, MD); son of Harold Joseph and Irene (Zellinger) Kilty; married Cavada Humphrey (an actress), May 11, 1956.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Birth Details

June 24, 1922

Pala Indian Reservation, California, United States

Famous Works

• Credits; Stage Appearances
• (Stage debut) Walk-on part, Faust, California production, 1937.
• (New York debut) Coupler, The Relapse, Morosco Theatre, 1950.
• King of Navarre, Love's Labour's Lost, New York City Drama Company, CityCenter Theatre, New York City, 1953.
• Gunner, Misalliance, New York City Drama Company, City Center Theatre, 1953.
• Mr. Ringwood, A Pin to See the Peep Show, Playhouse Theatre, New York City, 1953.
• Asa McK. Gelwicks, The Frogs of Spring, Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, 1953.
• Reverend Edward Spevin, Quadrille, Coronet Theatre, New York City, 1954.
• Iago, Othello, Group 20 Players, City Center Theatre, 1955.
• Falstaff, Henry IV, Part I, City Center Theatre, 1955.
• Benedick, Much Ado about Nothing, Studebaker Theatre, Chicago, IL, 1957.
• The actor, The Guardsman, Studebaker Theatre, 1957.
• (London debut) Bernard Shaw, Dear Liar, Criterion Theatre, London, England, 1960, later Marquee Theatre, New York City, 1962.
• George, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Piccadilly Theatre, London, 1964.
• Title role, Falstaff, American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, CT, 1966.
• Title role, Tartuffe, Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL, 1966.
• Bernard Shaw, Dear Liar, Geary Theatre, San Francisco, CA, 1967, later Roundabout Theatre, New York City, 1977.
• Robert Browning, Dear Love, produced in Boston, MA, 1969, then Alley Theatre, Houston, TX, 1970, later London, England, 1973.
• The Laffing Man, 1975.
• Walt Whitman, Two-Part Inventions, Goodman Theatre, 1978.
• Trissotin, Les Femmes Savantes, California Actors Theatre, Costa Mesa, CA, 1979.
• Title role, Julius Caesar, Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, CA, 1979.
• Arkady Islayev, A Month in the Country, Roundabout Theatre, 1979.
• Bernard Shaw, Dear Liar, Roundabout Theatre, 1982.
• Title role, The Magistrate, Hartman Stage Company, Stamford, CT, 1982.
• Sir Oliver Surface, School for Scandal, American Repertory Theatre, Cambridge, MA, 1983.
• The king, Big River, American Repertory Theatre, 1984.
• Phil Hogan, A Moon for the Misbegotten, Cort Theatre, New York City, 1984.
• George Riley, Enter a Free Man, Perry Street Theatre, New York City, 1984.
• Don Armado, Love's Labour's Lost, American Repertory Theatre, 1985.
• Gonzalo, The Tempest, Hartford Stage Company, Hartford, CT, 1985.
• Toby Belch, Twelfth Night, Hartford Stage Company, 1985.
• Caesar and Bernard Shaw, Androcles and the Lion, Hartford Stage Company,1985.
• Hector Nations, Foxfire, Missouri Repertory Company, Kansas City, 1985.
• Dr. Chebutykin, Three Sisters, Hartman Theatre Company, 1986.
• Ernest, Bedroom Farce, Hartman Theatre Company, 1986-87.
• Boss Mangan, Heartbreak House, Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1986-87.
• Don Antonio, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Huntington Theatre Company, Boston, MA, 1987-88.
• Abel Bishop, Right You Are (If You Think So), 1988.
• Chairman Bowman, Mastergate, Criterion Theatre, 1989.
• The Doctor's Dilemma, New York City production, 1990.
• The Balcony, Opera Company, Boston, 1990, then Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, U.S.S.R. (now Russia), 1991.
• Harry Hope, The Iceman Cometh, Goodman Theatre, 1990-91.
• Gigh Concert, Court Theatre, Chicago, IL, 1992.
• The Substance of Fire, Asolo Theatre, Sarasota, FL, 1992, later Stages Repertory Theatre, Houston, TX, 1994.
• Love Letters, Asolo Theatre, 1993.
• King Lear, Asolo Theatre, 1993.
• Governor Danforth, The Crucible, Alley Theatre, 1994.
• Horace Vandergelder, The Matchmaker, McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ, 1994-95.
• King Lear, Nebraska Shakespeare Festival, 1995.
• Tobias, A Delicate Balance, Stages Repertory Theatre, 1996.
• James Tyrone, Long Day's Journey into Night, American Repertory Theatre,Loeb Drama Center, 1996.
• Old Ekdal, Wild Duck, American Repertory Theatre, 1996-97.
• The author, Valley Song, Arizona Theatre Company, Herberger Theatre, Phoenix, AZ, 1997.
• Credits; Major Tours
• Harry Kaye, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter, U.S. cities, 1955-56.
• George, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, South African cities, 1963.
• Robert Browning, Dear Love, U.S. cities, 1971.
• Appeared as Sheridan Whitehead, The Man Who Came to Dinner.
• Credits; Stage Work; Director
• The Guardsman, Studebaker Theatre, 1957.
• The Girl of the Golden West, Phyllis Anderson Theatre, New York City, 1957.
• Dear Liar, Renaissance Theatre, Berlin, Germany, 1957, then Billy Rose Theatre, New York City, 1959, later Athenee Theatre, Paris, 1961, and other cities in the United States and Europe.
• Les Violons Parfois, Piccadilly Theatre, 1962, then Gymnase Theatre, Paris, 1963.
• Die Iden des Maerz (also known as The Ides of March), Renaissance Theatre, 1962, then (as co-director) Haymarket Theatre, London, 1963, later Boston Arts Festival, Boston, MA, 1964.
• Saint Joan, Boston Arts Festival, 1964.
• Man and Superman, Boston Arts Festival, 1964.
• Oh, What a Lovely War! (performed in Italian), Quirino Theatre, Rome, 1964.
• Antigone, American Shakespeare Festival, 1967.
• Long Live Life, American Conservatory Theatre, 1968.
• Possibilities, Players Theatre, New York City, 1968.
• Lascio Alle Mie Donne, Teatro Nuovo, Milan, Italy, 1969.
• Mrs. Warren's Profession, Rome production, 1976.
• Julius Caesar, Old Globe Theatre, 1979.
• Love's Labour's Lost, Old Globe Theatre, 1980.
• Misalliance, Denver Center Theatre, Denver, CO, 1981.
• Whistler, Provincetown Playhouse, New York City, 1981.
• The Millionairess, Hartman Theatre Company, 1982.
• Love's Labour's Lost, American Repertory Theatre, Loeb Drama Center, 1985.
• Foxfire, Missouri Repertory Company, 1985.
• I, James McNeill Whistler, Hartford Stage Company, Peter Pan Theatre, Kansas City, 1985.
• Androcles and the Lion, Hartford Stage Company, 1986.
• The Seagull, American Conservatory Theatre, 1987.
• The Man Who Was Peter Pan, American Repertory Theatre, 1990.
• The Lost Boys, American Repertory Theatre, New Stage, 1990.
• Arms and the Man, Alley Theatre, 1995.
• Credits; Television Appearances; Specials
• "Dear Liar," Hallmark Hall of Fame, 1981.
• Credits; Television Work; Director
• The Ides of March, British television, 1963.
• Long Live Life, 1967.
• Writings;Plays
• Dear Liar (based on the correspondence of George Bernard Shaw and Mrs. Patrick Campbell), Criterion Theatre, 1960, Marquee Theatre, 1962, then other major cities in the United States and Europe, published by Dodd, Mead (New York City), 1960.
• Die Iden des Maerz (also known as The Ides of March; adaptation of novelby Thornton Wilder into both German and English), Renaissance Theatre, 1962,then Haymarket Theatre, 1963, published by S. French (New York City), 1970.
• (Coauthor) Nymphs and Satires (revue), Apollo Theatre, London, 1965.
• Don't Shoot Mabel! It's Your Husband, San Francisco production, 1967, NewYork City production, 1968.
• Long Live Life, American Conservatory Theatre, 1968.
• Dear Love (adaption of works by Robert and Elizabeth Browning), Alley Theatre, 1970, then Comedy Theatre, London, 1973, published as Dear Love: Basedon Certain Poems and Letters of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning, by S.French, 1970.
• (Translator) The Little Black Book, Helen Hayes Theatre, New York City, 1972.
• Look Away, Playhouse Theatre, 1973, published by S. French, 1972.
• The Laffing Man, 1974.
• Writings;Other
• Author of book for musical, What the Devil, 1977.
• Author of book for musical, Barnum, 1980.