William Tabbert Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

William Tabbert Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

William "Bill" Tabbert (October 5, 1919 â€" October 18, 1974) was an

American actor and singer primarily remembered as Lieutenant Joseph

Cable in the original Broadway production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's

musical South Pacific, where he introduced the songs "Younger Than

Springtime" and "Carefully Taught".Tabbert was born on October 5,

1919, in Chicago, Illinois, the second son of William Frank and Edith

Victoria (née Johnson) Tabbert. His father was the son of German

immigrants and supported his family working as a railroad engineer.

His mother was the daughter of Swedish immigrants who had settled in

Minnesota during the 1880s. By 1930, though both their parents were

still alive, William and his older brother Spencer were residents of

Lawrence Hall, a Chicago institution that sheltered homeless and

orphaned boys. Spencer would go on to serve in the army during the

Second World War, while a bout of pneumonia ended William's brief

military service.Tabbert's road to Broadway began during his senior

year at Chicago's Hirsch high school when he won a three-year

scholarship sponsored by the Chicago Daily Tribune to study grand

opera with soprano Anna Fitziu. During his high school years Tabbert

was active as a baritone singer at school events and as a contestant

in several community talent contests. After his graduation in 1939

Tabbert supported himself as he studied music by performing small

parts with the Chicago Civic Opera Company and singing at local area

night spots.In 1941 Tabbert married dancer Evelyn Rainey and began to

think about expanding his career. The war intervened though, forcing

him to put his plans on hold until after being discharged from the

army and recovering his health. Broadway during the war, like most

other war era industries, was suffering a manpower shortage which,

starting in 1943, opened the door for Tabbert to appear in musicals

like, What's Up?, Follow the Girls, Seven Lively Arts, Billion Dollar

Baby and Three to Make Ready. After the success of the long running

South Pacific, Tabbert returned to singing at night clubs and appeared

regularly on radio and television shows such as The Ed Sullivan Show,

The Voice of Firestone and Armstrong Circle Theater. In 1954 he hosted

the Bill Tabbert Show for ABC television and that same year made his

final Broadway appearance in Fanny with Ezio Pinza, Walter Slezak and

Florence Henderson. Of his performance, critic Brooks Atkinson wrote:

"Mr. Tabbert pours his familiar vitality into a sort of sea spiritual

called "Restless Heart" and a song of despair entitled "Fanny".

Tabbert was a regular performer at summer evening concerts held at

City College of New York's Lewisohn Stadium and in musical theatrical

production performed across the country.
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