Peter Bartlett (actor)
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Born | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | August 28, 1942
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1964–present |
Peter Bartlett (born August 28, 1942) is an American actor.
With appearances on shows such as Law & Order and films such as Meet the Parents, Bartlett portrayed Nigel Bartholomew-Smythe on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live. He had portrayed this role from 1991 until the soap's cancellation in 2012. In 2009, he began portraying Nigel's English cousin Neville. In 2004 he appeared on Broadway playing the role of Pluto in The Frogs, the Stephen Sondheim-Burt Shevelove-Nathan Lane adaptation which played at the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center. His lively performance was well received by critics and audiences, and Stephen Sondheim has stated that Mr. Bartlett's delivery of the line, "Get out of town!" (preserved on the original cast recording by PS Classics) was a highlight of the show. He also starred in the 2009 Disney film The Princess and the Frog as a valet named Lawrence. He starred on Broadway in The Drowsy Chaperone as Underling, the butler. He opened to highly favorable reviews in the Broadway revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella on March 3, 2013 playing the Prince's calculating Regent, Sebastian. He later played several roles in the hit Broadway musical Something Rotten!, and appeared as the flabbergasted "Head Waiter" in the Roundabout revival of She Loves Me in 2016.
Since 1993, the openly gay Bartlett has been frequently associated with the plays of gay playwright Paul Rudnick, beginning with the latter's Off-Broadway success Jeffrey in circa 1993-1994[1] and continuing through The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told (1998)[2] and The Naked Truth (1994).[3][4]
Credits[]
Broadway[]
Source: Internet Broadway database[5]
Year | Show | Role | Notes |
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1969 | A Patriot for Me | Shepherdess/Hofburg Guest/Officer/Boy (u/s)/Lady of Fashion (u/s)/Ferdy (u/s)/Marie Antoinette (u/s) | Oct. 6 - Nov. 15, 1969 |
1970 | Gloria and Esperanza | Ensemble | Feb. 4 - Feb. 14, 1970 |
1973 | Boom Boom Room | Guy | Nov. 8 - Dec. 9, 1973 |
Unknown, but somewhere in the late 1990s | Beauty and the Beast | Cogsworth | Replacement |
1999 | Voices in the Dark | Hack | Aug. 12 - Oct. 10, 1999 |
2003 | Never Gonna Dance | Mr. Pangborn | Dec. 4, 2003 - Feb. 15, 2004 |
2004 | The Frogs | Pluto | Jul. 22 - Oct. 10, 2004 |
2007 | The Drowsy Chaperone | Underling | Jan. 16 - Dec. 30, 2007 (Replacement) |
2010 | A Free Man of Color | Count Achille Creux/Mercure | Nov. 18, 2010 - Jan. 9, 2011 |
2013 | Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella | Sebastian | Mar. 3, 2013 - Jan. 3, 2015 |
2015 | Something Rotten! | Lord Clapham/Master of Justice | Apr. 22, 2015 - Mar. 2, 2016 |
2016 | She Loves Me | Head Waiter | Mar. 3 - May 22, 2016 |
2019 | Mrs. Doubtfire | Mr. Jolly | November 26, 2019 - Present |
Film[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1995 | Jeffrey | Casting Director | |
2000 | Meet the Parents | Animal Shelter Worker | |
2001 | Get Well Soon | Louis | |
2005 | The Producers | Kevin | |
2009 | The Princess and the Frog | Lawrence (voice) |
Television[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1987 | Leg Work | Clerk at Boutique | Episode: "All This and a Gold Card Too" |
1991-2013 | One Life to Live | Nigel Bartholomew-Smythe | 148 episodes |
1994 | The Cosby Mysteries | Cigar Store Manager | Episode: "The Fine Art of Murder" |
1999 | Law & Order | Judge Thomas Orlin | Episode: "Disciple" |
2001 | Ed | Mr. Dunford | Episode: "Losing Streak" |
Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Ferris | Episode: "The Extra Man" | |
2012 | Jack in a Box | Jimmy | Episode: "The Future" |
2013 | The Big C | Thrift Store Manager | Episode: "You Can't Take It with You" |
Video games[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2012 | Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom | Lawrence |
Awards and nominations[]
Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
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1999 | Drama Desk Award[6] | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told | Nominated |
References[]
- ^ Jeffrey Internet Off-Broadway Database, accessed January 25, 2020
- ^ The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told Internet Off-Broadway Database, accessed January 25, 2020
- ^ Marks, Peters (16 September 2001). "THEATER; New Targets For the Muse Of Gay Wit". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- ^ The Naked Truth Internet Off-Broadway Database, accessed January 25, 2020
- ^ "Peter Bartlett Broadway" ibdb.com, accessed January 25, 2020
- ^ "Peter Bartlett Awards" ibdb.com, accessed January 25, 2020
External links[]
- 1942 births
- Living people
- American male soap opera actors
- American male television actors
- American male voice actors
- Gay actors
- LGBT entertainers from the United States
- Male actors from Chicago
- American television actor, 1940s birth stubs
- American voice actor, 1940s birth stubs