Who Did Logan Macrae Have a Baby With
| Gordon MacRae | |
|---|---|
 MacRae in 1953 | |
| Born | Albert Gordon MacRae (1921-03-12)March 12, 1921 E Orange, New Jersey, U.Due south. |
| Died | January 24, 1986 (aged 64) Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.[1] |
| Resting place | Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Nebraska |
| Occupation | Thespian, vocalist, Tv and radio show host |
| Years active | 1939–1980 |
| Spouse(southward) | Sheila MacRae (thousand. 1941; div. 1967) Elizabeth Lambert Schrafft (m. 1967) |
| Children | v, including Heather and Meredith |
Albert Gordon MacRae (March 12, 1921 – Jan 24, 1986) was an American actor, singer and radio/television host who appeared in the moving picture versions of ii Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals Oklahoma! (1955) and Carousel (1956) and who played the leading man opposite Doris Day in On Moonlight Bay (1951) and sequel By The Light of the Silvery Moon (1953).[2]
Early life [edit]
Built-in in East Orangish in Essex County in northeastern New Bailiwick of jersey, United States,[2] to Scottish parents, MacRae graduated in 1940 from Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Massachusetts, and he thereafter served as a navigator in Nine Troop Carrier Control in the U.s. Army Air Forces during World War Two. Before this, he attended Nottingham High School in Syracuse, New York. Gordon was descended from the Clan MacRae.
Career [edit]
Singer [edit]
Winning a contest enabled MacRae to sing at the 1939 New York Globe's Fair with the Harry James and Les Dark-brown orchestras.[3]
Broadway [edit]
He made his Broadway debut in 1942, acquiring his first recording contract before long afterwards. Many of his hit recordings were fabricated with Jo Stafford.[2]
He was a replacement performer on Junior Miss.
Radio [edit]
On radio in 1945, his talents were showcased on the Gordon MacRae Show on the CBS network in collaboration with the conductor Archie Bleyer.[4] The testify featured emerging musical talent, including the accordionist John Serry Sr. MacRae was also the host and lead player on The Railroad Hour, a half-60 minutes anthology serial made up of condensed versions of hit Broadway musicals.[5] The programs were afterwards released as popular studio cast albums, virtually of which have been reissued on CD.[half dozen]
In 1946, he was in the revue Iii to Make Set,[2] which ran for 326 performances.
Film [edit]
MacRae signed a contract with Warner Bros. in 1947. In 1948, he appeared in his first moving-picture show, The Big Punch, a drama most battle.[2] He followed this with a film noir with Virginia Mayo, Backlash (made in 1948, released 1950).
MacRae's commencement on-screen musical was Await for the Silver Lining (1949),[2] a biopic of Marilyn Miller (June Haver), where MacRae played Frank Carter. David Butler directed. MacRae was reunited with Haver and Butler in The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady (1950).[ii] Warners put him in a Western, Return of the Frontiersman (1950). So he starred with Doris Day in Tea for Two (1950), a reworking of No, No, Nanette, likewise for Butler. Public response was enthusiastic. MacRae and 24-hour interval were teamed over again in The Westward Betoken Story (1951) starring James Cagney and Mayo, On Moonlight Bay (1951), and the all-star Korean State of war tribute, Starlift (1951).[2]
MacRae was in a military machine school musical, About Face (1952) with Eddie Bracken, then he and Solar day did a sequel to On Moonlight Bay, By the Light of the Argent Moon (1953).[2] That same twelvemonth, he starred opposite Kathryn Grayson in the third flick version of The Desert Vocal and teamed with Jane Powell in Three Sailors and a Girl (1953).[2] MacRae's all-time known film role was Curly in the big screen adaptation of Oklahoma! (1955) alongside Shirley Jones.[two] He and Jones were used on another Rodgers and Hammerstein accommodation, Carousel (1956), at 20th Century Fox (now 20th Century Studios).[2] MacRae played Buddy De Sylva in The All-time Things in Life Are Free (1956) for 20th Century-Pull a fast one on.[two]
Television [edit]
MacRae appeared frequently on television, on such variety programs as The Ford Bear witness, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford.
He besides appeared on drama shows such equally Lux Video Theatre.
During Christmas 1958, MacRae and Ford performed the Christmas hymn "O Holy Night".[7] Earlier in 1958, MacRae invitee-starred on the short-lived NBC multifariousness series The Polly Bergen Show.
He starred in the Television set musical The Gift of the Magi (1958). Thereafter, MacRae appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, The Dinah Shore Chevy Evidence, The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom, and The Bell Telephone Hour.
Stage [edit]
He continued his musical phase career, oftentimes performing with his wife, as in a 1964 production of Bells Are Ringing, also performing as Sky Masterson in the popular musical Guys and Dolls, with his wife playing the role of Miss Adeleide, reprising her Broadway role at the Gammage Memorial Auditorium in Tempe, Arizona.
In the late 1960s, he co-hosted for a week on The Mike Douglas Show. He also toured in summertime stock and appeared in nightclubs.
In 1967, he replaced Robert Preston in the original Broadway run of the musical I Do! I Do!, starring opposite Carol Lawrence, who had taken over the role from Mary Martin.[ citation needed ]
Afterward career [edit]
MacRae guest starred on McCloud. He had supporting roles in the films Zippo to Sixty (1978) and The Airplane pilot (1980).[two]
Personal life [edit]
He was married to Sheila MacRae from 1941 until 1967.[eight] They met when he was nineteen and she was 16 on the set of a play and it was "love at first sight."[9] The couple were the parents of 4 children: actresses Heather and Meredith MacRae, and sons William Gordon MacRae and Robert Bruce MacRae. Sheila later on married television producer Ronald Wayne.[9]
MacRae's second marriage was to Elizabeth Lambert Schrafft on September 25, 1967, and together they had one daughter, Amanda Mercedes MacRae born in 1968. They remained married until his expiry. He battled alcohol problems for many years, simply overcame them past the tardily 1970s.[two]
Expiry [edit]
MacRae suffered from cancer of the rima oris and jaw.[2] He died in 1986 of pneumonia, at his home in Lincoln, Nebraska, aged 64.[10] He was cached at the Wyuka Cemetery in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Filmography [edit]
| Yr | Title | Function | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | The Large Punch | Johnny Grant | |
| 1949 | Wait for the Silverish Lining | Frank Carter | |
| 1950 | Backlash | Bob Corey | |
| 1950 | The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady | Tony Pastor | |
| 1950 | Return of the Frontiersman | Logan Barrett | |
| 1950 | Tea for Two | Jimmy Smith | |
| 1950 | The West Betoken Story | Tom Fletcher | |
| 1951 | On Moonlight Bay | William Sherman | |
| 1951 | Starlift | Himself | |
| 1952 | About Face | Tony Williams | |
| 1953 | By the Light of the Argent Moon | William Sherman | |
| 1953 | The Desert Song | El Khobar / Paul Bonnard | |
| 1953 | Three Sailors and a Daughter | "Choirboy" Jones | |
| 1955 | Oklahoma! | Curly McLain | |
| 1956 | Carousel | Baton Bigelow | |
| 1956 | The Best Things in Life Are Free | Buddy DeSylva | |
| 1978 | Zero to Sixty | Officer Joe | |
| 1980 | The Pilot | Joe Barnes |
| Year | Title | Office | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | The Screen Manager | Himself | |
| 1952 | Screen Snapshots: Fun in the Dominicus | Himself | |
| 1953 | And so You Want a Goggle box Fix | Himself |
Phase work [edit]
- Junior Miss (1942, Broadway, replacement for Walter Collins)
- Three to Brand Ready (1946, Broadway)
- Carousel (1955, Music Hall at Fair Park)
- Annie Get Your Gun (1960, Starlight Theatre)
- Bells Are Ringing (1961, Columbus, Ohio)
- Guys and Dolls (1963, summer stock tour)
- Bells Are Ringing (1964, summertime stock tour)
- Jerome Kern'south Theatre (1966, Avery Fisher Hall)
- Kismet (1966, Columbus, Ohio)
- Oklahoma! (1967, summertime stock bout)
- I Do! I Practise! (1967, Broadway, replacement for Robert Preston)
- Gilt Rainbow (1969, summertime stock tour)
- Milk and Honey (1972, Columbus, Ohio)
- Paint Your Wagon (1978, Columbus, Ohio)
Radio [edit]
MacRae replaced Frank Sinatra on a radio program in 1943, only he shortly had to leave for armed forces service. In 1946, he was the "singing emcee" of The Teentimers Guild, a Saturday morning program.[3] From 1945 to 1948 he as well hosted and performed on The Gordon MacRae Show for the CBS radio network.[4]
He too appeared in programs as shown in the table below.
| Program | Episode | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars in the Air | Christmas in Connecticut | March 20, 1952 | [11] |
| Lux Radio Theatre | On Moonlight Bay | May v, 1952 | [12] |
Discography [edit]
Singles [edit]
| Year | Unmarried | Nautical chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| Hot 100 | ||
| 1945 | "Y'all Go to My Head" b/w "'A' You're Ambrosial" | - |
| "Information technology's Everyone's Spring" b/w "Dearest Is the Sweetest Thing" | - | |
| 1947 | "I Still Get Jealous" b/w "I Sympathise" | 25 |
| "At the Candlelight Cafe" b/w "I Surrender Dear" | 20 | |
| 1948 | "Thoughtless" | 28 |
| "You Were Meant for Me" | 22 | |
| "That Feathery Feeling" b/w "Matinee" | 27 | |
| "It's Magic" b/w "Spring in December" | 9 | |
| "Steppin' Out with My Baby" b/west "Evelyn" | - | |
| "Hankerin'" b/w "I Went Downward to Virginia" | 23 | |
| "Win or Lose" b/w "At Your Command" | - | |
| "Hair of Golden Eyes of Blue" | 7 | |
| "Rambling Rose" | 27 | |
| "Say Something Sweet to Your Sweetheart" (with Jo Stafford) | ten | |
| "Bluebird of Happiness" (with Jo Stafford) | 16 | |
| "My Darling, My Darling" b/w "Girls Were Fabricated to Have Care of Boys" Both sides with Jo Stafford and The Starlighters | 1 | |
| 1949 | "Down the Lane" b/w "You Are My Love" Both sides with Jo Stafford and The Jud Conlon Singers | - |
| "The Pussy True cat Song" b/w "I'll String Forth with You" Both sides with Jo Stafford | 26 | |
| "So in Beloved" b/west "A Rosewood Spinet" | 20 | |
| "Y'all're However the Belle of the Ball" b/w "The Melancholy Minstrel" | - | |
| "'A' You're Adorable" (with Jo Stafford) | 4 | |
| "Need You lot" (with Jo Stafford) | 7 | |
| "Some Enchanted Evening" b/w (B-side by Margaret Whiting: "A Wonderful Guy") | - | |
| "Younger Than Springtime" b/w(B-side by Margaret Whiting: "A Cock-Eyed Optimist) | 30 | |
| "Whispering Hope" b/westward "A Thought in My Eye" Both sides with Jo Stafford | four | |
| "Cheers" b/w "My Ane and Simply Highland Fling" Both sides with The Starlighters | - | |
| "The Wedding of Lilli Marlene" b/w "Twenty-Four Hours of Sunshine" Both sides with The Starlighters | - | |
| "I Desire You to Want Me (to Want You)" b/w "Wonderful I" | - | |
| "Wunderbar" b/due west "I'll String Forth with You" Both sides with Jo Stafford | - | |
| "Mule Railroad train" | 14 | |
| "Dear Hearts and Gentle People" | nineteen | |
| "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" (with Jo Stafford) | xiii | |
| "Echoes" (with Jo Stafford) | eighteen | |
| "The Sunshine of Your Smile" b/w "Torso and Soul" | - | |
| 1950 | "Adeste Fidelis" b/w "Merry Christmas Waltz" Both sides with Jo Stafford | - |
| "Songs of Christmas" (Role i) b/west "Songs of Christmas" (Office 2) Both sides with Jo Stafford | - | |
| "Dearest'south Old Sweetness Song" b/w "Juanita" Both sides with Jo Stafford | - | |
| "Dearie" b/w "Monday, Tuesday, Midweek (I Love You)" Both sides with Jo Stafford | ten | |
| "Across the Sunset" b/w "Near Me" Both sides with Jo Stafford | - | |
| "Where Are Yous Gonna Be When the Moon Shines" b/w "Driftin' Down the Dreamy Ol' Ohio" Both sides with Jo Stafford | - | |
| "A Perfect Day" b/due west "The Rosary" Both sides with Jo Stafford | - | |
| "I'm in the Middle of a Riddle" b/due west "Tea for Two" Both sides with Jo Stafford | - | |
| 1951 | "Beloved Means Beloved" (with The Ewing Sisters) b/due west "Wait For Me" | - |
| "Whispering Promise" (Reissue) b/w "I'll String Along with You" | - | |
| "Wunderbar" b/westward "Beyond the Sunset" Both sides with Jo Stafford | - | |
| "Ol' Man River" b/westward "On a Sunday at Coney Isle" | - | |
| "Down the One-time Ox Road" b/w "Caress Upwards a Little Closer" | - | |
| "Cuban Love Song" b/due west "Concluding Dark When We Were Young" (with Jo Stafford) | - | |
| "On Rosary Hill" b/w "Lover'southward Waltz" Both sides with Gisele MacKenzie | - | |
| "Be My Girl" b/w "Laughing at Love" | - | |
| 1952 | "When It's Springtime in the Rockies" b/w "Nights of Splendor" Both sides with Jo Stafford | - |
| "My Dearest" b/w "How Shut" | - | |
| "Green Acres and Purple Montains" b/w "Baby Doll" | - | |
| "These Things Shall Laissez passer" b/w "Gentle Easily" | - | |
| "Brotherly Dearest" b/due west "Straight and Narrow" | - | |
| 1953 | "How Do Y'all Speak to an Angel" | 30 |
| "Congratulations to Someone" | 28 | |
| "C'est Magnifique" b/w "Homin' Time" | 29 | |
| "Stranger in Paradise" b/westward "Never in a Million Years" | 29 | |
| "I Don't Want to Walk Without You" b/westward "I Nevertheless Dream of You" | - | |
| 1954 | "Ramona" b/w "And so in Love" | - |
| "Face to Face" b/w "Backward, Plow Astern" | 30 | |
| "Cara Mia" b/w "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep" | - | |
| "Hither'southward What I'm Here For" b/w "Dear Can Change the Stars" | - | |
| 1955 | "You Forgot (to Tell Me That You Love Me)" b/w "Tik-A-Tee Tik-A-Tay" | - |
| "Follow Your Centre" b/due west "Belle Notte" | - | |
| "Why Break the Heart That Loves Yous" b/westward "Jim Bowie" | - | |
| "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" b/westward "People Will Say We're in Dear" Both sides with Ray Anthony | - | |
| "Woman in Love" b/westward "Wonderful Christmas" | - | |
| "Never Before and Never Once more" b/west "Fate" | - | |
| 1956 | "I've Grown Accustomed to Your Face" b/w "Who Are Nosotros" | 96 |
| "I Asked the Lord" b/w "One Misty Morning" | - | |
| "Obey" b/w "Without Love" | - | |
| "Endless Love" b/due west "When You lot Kiss Me" | - | |
| 1957 | "Till Nosotros Meet Over again" b/west "Lone" | - |
| "Sayonara" b/w "Never Till At present" | - | |
| 1958 | "If I Forget You" b/west "Now" | - |
| "The Secret" b/west "A Man Once Said" | 18 | |
| "Fly Footling Bluebird" b/west "Piddling Do You Know" | - | |
| 1959 | "The Stranger" b/westward "Palace of Honey" | - |
| "Audio of Music" b/w "When Did I Fall in Love" | - | |
| 1960 | "You lot Were There" b/westward "Our Dearest Story" (with Sheila MacRae) | - |
| "If Ever I Would Leave You" b/w "Dolce Far Niente" | - | |
| 1961 | "Face to Face" b/w "Sail Away" | - |
| "Ordinary People" b/west "Incommunicable" | - | |
| 1962 | "The Sweetest Sounds" b/westward "Nobody Told Me" | - |
| "Lovely" b/w "Warmer Than a Whisper" | - | |
| 1966 | "If She Walked into My Life" b/w "I Want to Be with Y'all" | - |
| "All" b/westward "I Don't Retrieve I'm in Love" | - | |
| 1968 | "Only Love" b/w "Knowing When to Leave" | - |
In popular civilisation [edit]
- MacRae is mentioned in the song "Oklahoma U.s.a.A." past The Kinks, every bit the song's subject daydreams of "riding in the surrey with the fringe on summit" with "Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae".
- In a 1980 episode of Alice called "Dog Solar day Evening", Vera uses Gordon MacRae's name in a rhyming game.
References [edit]
- ^ Folkart, Burt A. (January 24, 1986). "Gordon MacRae, Star of 'Oklahoma,' Dies at 64". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, CA. Retrieved Nov 25, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j 1000 l m northward o p Colin Larkin, ed. (2002). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music (Third ed.). Virgin Books. p. 268/9. ISBNone-85227-937-0.
- ^ a b "From Page Boy To Emcee" (PDF). Radio-Vision. November 30, 1946. p. 6. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March nine, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Railroad Hour .. episodic log". Otrsite.com . Retrieved October 25, 2019.
- ^ "Gordon MacRae Discography". Castalbums.org . Retrieved Oct 25, 2019.
- ^ ""O Holy Night," Tennessee Ernie Ford and Gordon MacRae". Clevelandclassicmedia.blogspot.com. December 22, 2007. Retrieved November 25, 2010.
- ^ Milestones: August 4, 1967 from Fourth dimension magazine
- ^ a b "Sheila projects aura of force". The Salina Journal. July 14, 1974. p. fifteen. Retrieved April 29, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Flint, Peter B. (Jan 25, 1986). "Gordon Macrae Dies: Star of Movie Musicals". The New York Times . Retrieved January four, 2020.
- ^ Kirby, Walter (March 16, 1952). "Better Radio Programs for the Calendar week". The Decatur Daily Review. p. 44. Retrieved May 23, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Kirby, Walter (May 4, 1952). "Improve Radio Programs for the Week". The Decatur Daily Review. p. 50. Retrieved May viii, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
Farther reading [edit]
- Hollywood Female parent of the Yr – Sheila MacRae'southward Own Story, by Sheila MacRae & H. Paul Jeffreys. (Birch Lane Press, 1992) ISBN 978-1559721127
- Gordon MacRae: A Bio-Bibliography by Bruce B. Leiby. (Greenwood Press, 1991) ISBN 978-0313266331
External links [edit]
- Appearance On What'south My Line ix/30/62
- Gordon MacRae on NBCs "The Railroad Hour"
- Gordon MacRae Discography on CastAlbums.og
- Gordon MacRae Discography on PatFullerton.com
- Gordon MacRae Discography on Discog.com
- Gordon MacRae at IMDb
- Gordon MacRae at the Net Broadway Database
- Gordon MacRae on MusicBrainz.org
- Biography from Starpulse
- Gordon MacRae, "That Erstwhile MacRae Magic" by Frances Ingram
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_MacRae
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