William Hinnant (born John F. Hinnant; August , â€" February , ) was
an American actor. His younger brother is actor and comedian Skip
Hinnant.Hinnant was born John F. Hinnant in Chincoteague Island,
Virginia. He attended the Yale School of Drama, but left after his
sophomore year in to originate the role of the navigator in the
Broadway play, No Time for Sergeants. He later returned to Yale
University and graduated in .After completing college, Hinnant
appeared in the Julius Monk revue Dressed to the Nines. In the late s
and early s, he appeared in few theatre roles and guest starred on
various television programs, including four episodes of the CBS
sitcom, Pete and Gladys. He was cast as Bruce Carter, a -year-old
college student (though he had already graduated from Yale in real
life) who lives temporarily in Westwood, Los Angeles, California, with
his aunt, Gladys (Cara Williams), and her husband, insurance salesman,
Pete Porter (Harry Morgan). Hinnant also appeared on the long-running
CBS game show, To Tell the Truth. He was cast in the revues, All Kinds
of Giants and Put it in Writing in and .Hinnant's most successful
role came in March , when he was cast as Snoopy in the off-Broadway
production of Clark Gesner's You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, after
voicing the character on Gesner's ten-song concept album. Hinnant was
praised as the "most strikingly talented of the cast" and won a Drama
Desk Award for his performance. Theatre critic Steven Suskin wrote,
"As in Snoopy's showstopper 'Suppertime' - you totally forgot the
teensy scale. When Bill Hinnant leapt from atop his doghouse and went
into a cakewalk, the spirit and the show soared."
an American actor. His younger brother is actor and comedian Skip
Hinnant.Hinnant was born John F. Hinnant in Chincoteague Island,
Virginia. He attended the Yale School of Drama, but left after his
sophomore year in to originate the role of the navigator in the
Broadway play, No Time for Sergeants. He later returned to Yale
University and graduated in .After completing college, Hinnant
appeared in the Julius Monk revue Dressed to the Nines. In the late s
and early s, he appeared in few theatre roles and guest starred on
various television programs, including four episodes of the CBS
sitcom, Pete and Gladys. He was cast as Bruce Carter, a -year-old
college student (though he had already graduated from Yale in real
life) who lives temporarily in Westwood, Los Angeles, California, with
his aunt, Gladys (Cara Williams), and her husband, insurance salesman,
Pete Porter (Harry Morgan). Hinnant also appeared on the long-running
CBS game show, To Tell the Truth. He was cast in the revues, All Kinds
of Giants and Put it in Writing in and .Hinnant's most successful
role came in March , when he was cast as Snoopy in the off-Broadway
production of Clark Gesner's You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, after
voicing the character on Gesner's ten-song concept album. Hinnant was
praised as the "most strikingly talented of the cast" and won a Drama
Desk Award for his performance. Theatre critic Steven Suskin wrote,
"As in Snoopy's showstopper 'Suppertime' - you totally forgot the
teensy scale. When Bill Hinnant leapt from atop his doghouse and went
into a cakewalk, the spirit and the show soared."
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