Richard Jordan

Birth Name:

Robert Anson Jordan

Birth Place:

New York City, New York, United States

Profession

Actor, Producer, Script department

Won a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award in 1987 for directing "Largo Desolato․"
Graduated from Harvard University in 1958 and did post-graduate work at the Universite du Theatre des Nations in Paris
Played the lead role in "Mister Roberts" when he was 16 and attending the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Conn
Appeared in over 100 plays on and Off Broadway, and spent eight seasons performing with the New York Shakespeare Festival
Gained acclaim at a national level when he played Irish immigrant Joseph Armagh in the television series "Captains and the Kings․"
Owned dogs named Robert Redford and Alfred E․ Neuman
Was a master carpenter and assembled the sets for several of his stage productions

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