Lee Dixon (January 22, 1910 â€" January 8, 1953) was an actor in 1930s
and 1940s. He appeared in Hollywood musicals and other films as well
as on the Broadway stage.Dixon is best remembered for creating the
role of Will Parker in the original Broadway production of the Rodgers
& Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! In the summer of 1942, Dixon created
the role of the Scarecrow, at The Municipal Opera Association of St.
Louis, in the first stage production of The Wizard of Oz to use the
songs from the 1939 MGM film. Evelyn Wyckoff played Dorothy Gale,
Donald Burr played the Tin Man, Edmund Dorsey played the Cowardly
Lion, Helen Raymond played the Wicked Witch of the West, Patricia
Bowman played the Sorceress of the North, aka Glinda, and John Cherry
played the Wizard of Oz.Dixon died of an alcoholism on January 8, 1953
in New York City, fourteen days before his thirty-ninth birthday.
and 1940s. He appeared in Hollywood musicals and other films as well
as on the Broadway stage.Dixon is best remembered for creating the
role of Will Parker in the original Broadway production of the Rodgers
& Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! In the summer of 1942, Dixon created
the role of the Scarecrow, at The Municipal Opera Association of St.
Louis, in the first stage production of The Wizard of Oz to use the
songs from the 1939 MGM film. Evelyn Wyckoff played Dorothy Gale,
Donald Burr played the Tin Man, Edmund Dorsey played the Cowardly
Lion, Helen Raymond played the Wicked Witch of the West, Patricia
Bowman played the Sorceress of the North, aka Glinda, and John Cherry
played the Wizard of Oz.Dixon died of an alcoholism on January 8, 1953
in New York City, fourteen days before his thirty-ninth birthday.
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