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John Cullum
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| Born | March 2, 1930 Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
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| Occupation | Actor, singer |
| Years active | 1956–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Emily Frankel
(m. 1959; died 2024) |
| Children | JD Cullum |
John Cullum, born on March 2, 1930, is an American actor and singer. He is famous for his many roles in Broadway musicals and plays. He has won two Tony Awards, which are like the Oscars for theater. He also became well-known for his roles on TV shows.
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John Cullum's Early Life and Family
John Cullum was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. He went to Knoxville High School and then the University of Tennessee. He was even part of the university's tennis team!
In 1959, John Cullum married Emily Frankel. They were together until she passed away in 2024. They have one son, JD Cullum, who is also an actor, just like his dad!
John Cullum's Amazing Career
John Cullum has had a very long and successful career in acting and singing. He has performed in many famous shows on Broadway, which is the biggest stage for plays and musicals in New York City.
Broadway Musicals and Plays
John Cullum first appeared on Broadway in 1960 in the musical Camelot. He played Sir Dinadan and even filled in for the main actors, including Richard Burton.
In 1965, he got his first starring role in On a Clear Day You Can See Forever. This role earned him his first Tony Award nomination. He also won a Theatre World Award for his performance.
He played Edward Rutledge in the musical 1776. This show was about the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Cullum later played the same role in the movie version of the musical.
One of his most famous roles was Charlie Anderson in Shenandoah. He won a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award, and an Outer Critics Circle Award for this part in 1975.
He won his second Tony Award for playing Oscar Jaffee in the musical On the Twentieth Century in 1978. Later, he received more Tony nominations for his roles in Urinetown The Musical (2002) and 110 in the Shade (2007).
In 2007, John Cullum was honored by being added to the American Theatre Hall of Fame. This is a very special award for people who have made a big impact on theater.
Television Roles
Many people know John Cullum from his roles on television.
- He played Holling Vincoeur, a friendly tavern owner, in the TV show Northern Exposure. He was even nominated for an Emmy Award for this role!
- He appeared in 15 episodes of the medical drama ER as Dr. Mark Greene's father.
- He also played a farmer named Jim Dahlberg in the TV movie The Day After.
- You might have seen him as a lawyer or judge named Barry Moredock on Law & Order and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
- He was Big Mike in several episodes of the comedy show The Middle.
- More recently, he played Senator Beau Carpenter on the CBS series Madam Secretary.
- He even appeared as "Leap Day William" in an episode of the comedy show 30 Rock.
In 2017, when he was in his 80s, John Cullum joined the cast of the Broadway musical Waitress as the character Joe.
John Cullum's Work
Stage productions
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1956-1957 | Saint Joan | Ensemble | Broadway |
| 1960-1962 | Camelot | Sir Dinadan
u/s King Arthur |
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u/s King Arthur |
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| 1962 | Infidel Caesar | Cassios | Broadway |
| 1963 | The Rehearsal | u/s for The Count, Hero | Broadway |
| 1964 | Hamlet | Laertes | Broadway |
| 1965-1966 | On a Clear Day You Can See Forever | Dr. Mark Bruckner | Broadway |
| 1967 | Man of La Mancha | Miguel Cervantes/Don Quixote | Broadway Replacement |
| 1970-1972 | 1776 | Edward Rutledge | Broadway Replacement |
| 1972 | Vivat! Vivat Regina! | Lord Bothwell | Broadway Replacement |
| 1973 | Carousel | Billy Bigelow | |
| 1974-1977 | Shenandoah | Charlie Anderson | Broadway |
| 1977 | The Trip Back Down | Bobby Horvath | Broadway |
| 1978-1979 | On the Twentieth Century | Oscar Jaffee | Broadway |
| 1979-1982 | Deathtrap | Sidney Bruhl | Broadway Replacement |
| 1982 | Whistler | James McNeill Whistler | One-man show at Provincetown Playhouse |
| 1983 | Private Lives | Victor Prynne
s/b Elyot Chase |
Broadway |
| 1985-1986 | Doubles | Guy | Broadway |
| 1986 | The Boys in Autumn | Huck | Broadway |
| 1986-1987 | You Never Can Tell | Waiter | Broadway Replacement |
| 1989 | Shenandoah | Charlie Anderson | Broadway Revival |
| 1990-1991 | Aspects of Love | George Dillingham | Broadway Replacement |
| 1993 | Camelot | King Arthur | |
| 1995 | Man of La Mancha | Miguel Cervantes/Don Quixote | US Tour |
| 1995 | All My Sons | Joe Keller | Off-Broadway |
| 1996 | Show Boat | Cap'n Andy Hawkes | Broadway Replacement |
| 1999 | South Pacific | Emile de Becque | |
| 2001-2003 | Urinetown | Caldwell B. Cladwell | Broadway |
| 2004 | Sin: a Cardinal Deposed | Cardinal Law | |
| 2005 | Purlie | Ol' Cap'n Cotchipee | Off-Broadway |
| 2006-2007 | Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! | Old Max | Broadway |
| 2007 | 110 in the Shade | H.C. Curry | Broadway |
| 2007-2008 | Cymbeline | King Cymbeline | Broadway |
| 2008-2009 | August: Osage County | Beverly Weston | Broadway Replacement |
| 2010 | The Scottsboro Boys | The Interlocutor / Judge / Governor of Alabama | Broadway |
| 2011 | Measure for Measure | Vincentio | Shakespeare in the Park |
| 2011 | All's Well That Ends Well | The Duke | Shakespeare in the Park |
| 2013 | Carousel | Starkeeper / Dr. Seldon | Concert |
| She Loves Me | Mr. Maraczek | ||
| 2014 | Casa Valentina | Terry | Broadway |
| 2017-2018 | Waitress | Old Joe | Broadway Replacement |
| 2019 | Into the Wild | Performer | Playwrights Horizons |
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1963 | All the Way Home | Andrew | |
| 1964 | Richard Burton's Hamlet | Laertes | |
| 1966 | Hawaii | Rev. Immanuel Quigley | |
| 1972 | 1776 | Edward Rutledge | |
| 1983 | The Act | The President | |
| 1983 | The Prodigal | Elton Stuart | |
| 1983 | Marie | Deputy Attorney General | |
| 1987 | Sweet Country | Ben | |
| 1998 | The Secret Life of Algernon | Algernon Pendleton | |
| 1998 | Ricochet River | Link Curren | |
| 1999 | Held Up | Jack | |
| 1999 | Inherit the Wind | Judge Merle Coffey | |
| 2003 | Blackwater Elegy | J.T. | |
| 2006 | The Notorious Bettie Page | Preacher in Nashville | |
| 2006 | The Night Listener | Pap Noone | |
| 2010 | All Good Things | Richard Panatierre | |
| 2011 | The Conspirator | Justice Wylie | |
| 2013 | Kill Your Darlings | Professor Steeves | |
| 2013 | Kilimanjaro | Milton Sr | |
| 2013 | Adult World | Stan | |
| 2014 | Before We Go | Harry | |
| 2014 | Love Is Strange | Father Raymond | |
| 2014 | The Historian | Brigston Hadley | |
| 2016 | Christine | Bob Anderson | |
| 2019 | Jungleland | Yates | |
| 2021 | The Acolyte | Arch Pontifex | Short film |
| 2022 | Simchas and Sorrows | Nate |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1963–65 | The Defenders | Jeremiah/Michael Yager/Angel Mauru | 3 episodes |
| 1964 | The Doctors | Pa Thatcher | 5 episodes |
| 1964 | The DuPont Show of the Week | Hugh | Episode: "The Gambling Heart" |
| 1966–67 | The Edge of Night | David "Giddy" Gideon | Recurring |
| 1967 | Androcles and the Lion | The Captain | TV movie |
| 1969 | One Life to Live | Artie Duncan | Recurring |
| 1969 | The Outcasts | Pale Hands Montaine | Episode: "And Then There Was One" |
| 1971 | You Are There | William Clark | Episode: "Lewis and Clark Expedition" |
| 1973 | The Man Without a Country | Aaron Burr | TV movie |
| 1978 | Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry | Mr. Jamison | TV movie |
| 1981 | Great Performances | Walter/Lawyer Royall | 2 episodes: "Edith Wharton: Looking Back" & "Summer" |
| 1981 | American Playhouse | Himself/Carl Sandburg | Episode: "Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences |
| 1983 | The Day After | Jim Dahlberg | TV movie |
| 1986–87 | The Equalizer | Stuart Cane/Judge Howard Tainey | 2 episodes: "Unpunished Crimes" & "Carnal Persuasion" |
| 1986 | Spenser: For Hire | Anthony Bennett | Episode: "Rockabye Baby" |
| 1987–88 | Buck James | Henry Carliner | Main role |
| 1988 | Shootdown | Robert Allardyce | TV movie |
| 1989 | Quantum Leap | John O'Malley | Episode: "To Catch A Falling Star" |
| 1989 | Money, Power, Murder. | Rev. Endicott | TV movie |
| 1990–95 | Northern Exposure | Holling Vincoeur | Main role, 110 episodes |
| 1992 | With a Vengeance | Fred Mitchell | TV movie |
| 1992 | Mattie's Waltz | Clyde | TV movie |
| 1996 | Aaahh!!! Real Monsters | Millard (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 1997 | All My Children | Judge Carl Breen | 1 episode |
| 1997 | Nothing Sacred | Joe Keneally | Episode: "Mixed Blessings" |
| 1997 | Touched by an Angel | Mark Twain | Episode: "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear" |
| 1997, 2001 | Law & Order | Harold Dorning/Bernard Powell, Sr. | 2 episodes: "Menace" and "Soldier of Fortune" |
| 1997–2000 | ER | David Greene | 15 episodes |
| 1998 | The Magnificent Seven | Reverend Owen Mosley | Episode: "Manhunt" |
| 1998 | To Have and To Hold | Robert McGrail | Main role, 8 episodes |
| 2000 | Roswell | James Valenti, Sr. | 2 episodes: "Into The Woods" and "The Convention" |
| 2003–11 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Barry Moredock | 11 episodes |
| 2007 | Mad Men | Lee Garner, Sr. | 2 episodes: "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" & "Indian Summer" |
| 2009–18 | The Middle | Big Mike | 9 episodes |
| 2011 | Damages | Ed O'Malley | Episode: "Add That Litle Hopper to Your Stew" |
| 2012 | 30 Rock | Leap Day William | Episode: "Leap Day" |
| 2012 | Royal Pains | Andres Bochinski | Episode: "Dawn of the Med" |
| 2013 | The Good Wife | Cardinal James | Episode: "Death of a Client" |
| 2013 | Live from Lincoln Center | Starkeeper/Dr. Seldon | Episode: "The New York Philharmonic's Performance of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel" |
| 2013 | Nurse Jackie | Wally | Episode: "Soul" |
| 2015 | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Daddy's Daddy | Episode: "Kimmy's in a Love Triangle!" |
| 2016 | Thanksgiving | Walter Morgan | Main role; 6 episodes |
| 2017 | Madam Secretary | Senator Beau Carpenter | 4 episodes |
| 2019 | The Blacklist | Ted King | Episode: "The Third Estate (No. 136)" |
| 2021 | Prodigal Son | Logan Zeiger | Episode: "Sun and Fun" |
Awards and Nominations
John Cullum has won many awards and been nominated for others during his long career.
Awards John Cullum Has Won
- 1966 Theatre World Award – for On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
- 1975 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical – for Shenandoah
- 1975 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Performances – for Shenandoah
- 1975 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical – for Shenandoah
- 1978 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical – for On the Twentieth Century
- 1982 Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience – for his one-man show Whistler
- 1998 Founders Day Medal, University of Tennessee
- 2004 Clarence Brown Theatre Company (University of Tennessee), Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2007 Inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame
Awards John Cullum Was Nominated For
- 1966 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical – for On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
- 1993 Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama – for Northern Exposure
- 2002 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical – for Urinetown
- 2002 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical – for Urinetown
- 2005 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play – for Sin (A Cardinal Deposed)
- 2007 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical – for 110 in the Shade
- 2008 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play – for The Conscientious Objector
See also
In Spanish: John Cullum para niños
