Richard Eastham (born Dickinson Swift Eastham; June 22, 1916 â€" July
10, 2005) was an American actor of stage, film, and television, a
concert singer known for his deep baritone voice, and an
inventor.Eastham's birth name was chosen in honor of Miss Helen
Dickinson Swift, one of his mother's college classmates. He was the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest K. Eastham, and he attended Soldan High
School.On Broadway, Eastham was understudy for Ezio Pinza in South
Pacific, eventually replacing Pinza on stage. His performance was so
well received that he was made the male lead for a two-year national
tour of the musical. His other Broadway plays included Medea and Call
Me Madam. Eastham and co-star Janet Blair, in their original roles,
headed another tour of South Pacific in 1965.Prompted by his playing
of a guitar in The Sound of Music, Eastham invented a device for
stringing a guitar, with 31,000 of them sold in the first three weeks
that they were available.
10, 2005) was an American actor of stage, film, and television, a
concert singer known for his deep baritone voice, and an
inventor.Eastham's birth name was chosen in honor of Miss Helen
Dickinson Swift, one of his mother's college classmates. He was the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest K. Eastham, and he attended Soldan High
School.On Broadway, Eastham was understudy for Ezio Pinza in South
Pacific, eventually replacing Pinza on stage. His performance was so
well received that he was made the male lead for a two-year national
tour of the musical. His other Broadway plays included Medea and Call
Me Madam. Eastham and co-star Janet Blair, in their original roles,
headed another tour of South Pacific in 1965.Prompted by his playing
of a guitar in The Sound of Music, Eastham invented a device for
stringing a guitar, with 31,000 of them sold in the first three weeks
that they were available.
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