David Kernan (born 23 June 1938) is an English actor and singer, best
known as an interpreter of the songs of Stephen Sondheim. He has
appeared in stage musicals and was a soloist in British TV variety
shows of the 1960s and 1970s including That Was the Week That Was
(1962â€"3).Kernan was born in London. He played the role of Count
Malcolm in the original London production of Sondheim's A Little Night
Music. In 1977 he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance
by a Featured Actor in a Musical for his appearance in the original
Broadway cast of Side by Side by Sondheim. He also made two
appearances on BBC TV's long running Edwardian Old Time Music Hall
variety show, The Good Old Days, in the 1970s and 80s.In 1986 he
conceived and directed the Broadway production of Jerome Kern Goes to
Hollywood, a musical revue. He also collaborated with Dick Vosburgh
and Robin Ray on a production of Noel/Cole Let's do it, celebrating
the work of Noël Coward and Cole Porter. Originally a one-off
production at the Barbican in aid of the Terence Higgins Trust, it
later opened the 1994 season of the Performing Arts Foundation of
Memphis Tennessee and ran for a season at Chichester Festival Theatre
before touring.In the 1970s television period drama Upstairs,
Downstairs, he played the role of Captain Charles Hammond, the young
lover of Lady Marjorie Bellamy, in the episode "Magic Casements".
known as an interpreter of the songs of Stephen Sondheim. He has
appeared in stage musicals and was a soloist in British TV variety
shows of the 1960s and 1970s including That Was the Week That Was
(1962â€"3).Kernan was born in London. He played the role of Count
Malcolm in the original London production of Sondheim's A Little Night
Music. In 1977 he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance
by a Featured Actor in a Musical for his appearance in the original
Broadway cast of Side by Side by Sondheim. He also made two
appearances on BBC TV's long running Edwardian Old Time Music Hall
variety show, The Good Old Days, in the 1970s and 80s.In 1986 he
conceived and directed the Broadway production of Jerome Kern Goes to
Hollywood, a musical revue. He also collaborated with Dick Vosburgh
and Robin Ray on a production of Noel/Cole Let's do it, celebrating
the work of Noël Coward and Cole Porter. Originally a one-off
production at the Barbican in aid of the Terence Higgins Trust, it
later opened the 1994 season of the Performing Arts Foundation of
Memphis Tennessee and ran for a season at Chichester Festival Theatre
before touring.In the 1970s television period drama Upstairs,
Downstairs, he played the role of Captain Charles Hammond, the young
lover of Lady Marjorie Bellamy, in the episode "Magic Casements".
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