James g birney biography of christopher walken

Honor presented at the Tony Awards

The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play is an honor presented at the Tony Awards, a ceremony established in 1947 as the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, to actors for quality leading roles in a Broadway play. The awards are named after Antoinette Perry, an American actress who died in 1946.

Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the Tony Award Productions, a joint venture of The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, to "honor the best performances and stage productions of the previous year."^[1]

The award was originally called the Tony Award for Actors—Play. It was first presented to José Ferrer and Fredric March at the 1st Tony Awards for their portrayals of Cyrano De Bergerac and Clinton Jones in Cyrano de Bergerac and Years Ago, respectively. Before 1956, nominees' names were not made public;^[2] the change was made by the awards committee to "have a greater impact on theatregoers".^[3]

Nine actors hold the record for having the most wins in this category, with a total of two. Brian Bedford and Jason Robards are tied with the most nominations, with a total of seven. George in Wh

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Six Degrees of James A. Conrad

~ A how-to demonstration for those wishing to compile their own "degrees of" list ~

Based on both the methodology of Six Degrees of Separation (Wikipedia article) in which allegedly any two people can be connected by a chain of six people or less and the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, which technically involves only links between actors, but is often used by the media as a way to establish a connection between anyone in the entertainment industry.

The purpose of this research exercise is to provide a demonstration of how it is done. You will notice how absurdly large such a list can become, requiring a laborious amount of research. In fact, the research was stopped at 3,832 names because it seemed pointless to continue. To see the over 250 mostly recognizable names still awaiting research, click here.

This list also shows why people in show business, Hollywood, the film and television industries, music, etc., consider themselves as being part of a community: everyone is associated through a massive family tree of connections.

Research was done at the Internet Movie Database (IMDb). Some of the names may be unfamiliar, but you would recognize their faces as veteran character actors. The list includes actors, directors, producers, writers, c