James Kirkwood Jr. (August 22, 1924 â€" April 21, 1989) was an
American playwright, author and actor. In 1976 he received the Tony
Award, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical, and the
Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the Broadway hit A Chorus Line.Kirkwood
was born in Los Angeles. His father James Kirkwood Sr. was an actor
and director in silent films, and his mother was actress Lila Lee.
After their divorce, he spent much of his time with his mother's
family in Elyria, Ohio, where he graduated from high school.From 1953
to 1957, he played Mickey Emerson on the soap opera Valiant Lady.
Kirkwood wrote the semi-autobiographical novel There Must Be a Pony,
made into a television film starring Elizabeth Taylor and Robert
Wagner. Other novels include P.S. Your Cat Is Dead (adapted into a
play of the same name, which was, in turn, adapted into a film by
Steve Guttenberg), Good Times/Bad Times, Some Kind of Hero, and Hit Me
with a Rainbow.In 1959, Kirkwood appeared on Perry Mason as Johnny
Baylor, son of Sen. Harriman Baylor, in "The Case of the Foot-Loose
Doll."
American playwright, author and actor. In 1976 he received the Tony
Award, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical, and the
Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the Broadway hit A Chorus Line.Kirkwood
was born in Los Angeles. His father James Kirkwood Sr. was an actor
and director in silent films, and his mother was actress Lila Lee.
After their divorce, he spent much of his time with his mother's
family in Elyria, Ohio, where he graduated from high school.From 1953
to 1957, he played Mickey Emerson on the soap opera Valiant Lady.
Kirkwood wrote the semi-autobiographical novel There Must Be a Pony,
made into a television film starring Elizabeth Taylor and Robert
Wagner. Other novels include P.S. Your Cat Is Dead (adapted into a
play of the same name, which was, in turn, adapted into a film by
Steve Guttenberg), Good Times/Bad Times, Some Kind of Hero, and Hit Me
with a Rainbow.In 1959, Kirkwood appeared on Perry Mason as Johnny
Baylor, son of Sen. Harriman Baylor, in "The Case of the Foot-Loose
Doll."
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