David Burns

Personal Info

Birth Date: June 22, 1902
Birth Location: Chinatown, NY
Death Date: March 12, 1971
Death Location: Philadelphia, PA
Cause of Death: heart attack [on stage]

Stage & Film

Performance

70, Girls, 70
Original Broadway Production; 1971
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  • Harry (replaced prior to opening)
Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen
Original Broadway Production; 1970
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  • Colonel Wainwright Purdy III
Hello, Dolly!
3rd National Tour; 1965
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  • Horace Vandergelder (replacement: Apr 25, 1967)
1964 Tony Awards
New York Production; 1964
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  • Presenter
Hello, Dolly!
Original Broadway Production; 1964
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  • Horace Vandergelder
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Original Broadway Production; 1962
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  • Senex, a citizen of Rome
Do Re Mi
National Tour; 1962
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  • Brains Berman
Do Re Mi
Original Broadway Production; 1960
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  • Brains Berman
The Music Man
Original Broadway Production; 1957
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  • Mayor Shinn
Ziegfeld Follies of 1956
Closed prior to Broadway; 1956
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  • Performer
Catch a Star!
Original Broadway Production; 1955
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  • Performer
Two's Company
Original Broadway Production; 1952
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  • Performer
Out of This World
Original Broadway Production; 1950
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  • Niki Skolianos
South Pacific
National Tour; 1950
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  • Luther Billis (replacement: ?)
Alive and Kicking
Original Broadway Production; 1950
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  • Cast
Heaven on Earth
Original Broadway Production; 1948
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  • H.H. Hutton
Make Mine Manhattan
Original Broadway Production; 1948
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  • Cast
Oklahoma!
Original Broadway Production; 1943
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  • Ali Hakim (replacement: ? - May 31, 1947)
Billion Dollar Baby
Original Broadway Production; 1945
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  • Dapper Welch
Oklahoma!
National Tour; 1943
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  • Ali Hakim
My Dear Public
Original Broadway Production; 1943
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  • Walters
Pal Joey
National Tour; 1941
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  • Ludlow Lowell
Pal Joey
Original Broadway Production; 1940
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  • Ludlow Lowell (replacement: Jul 31, 1941 - Nov 29, 1941)
Nymph Errant
Original London Production; 1933
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  • Constantine
Face the Music
Original Broadway Production; 1932
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  • Louis

Commercial Audio

Performance

Hello, Dolly!
Original Broadway Cast; 1964
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  • Horace Vandergelder
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Original Broadway Cast; 1962
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  • Senex, a citizen of Rome
Do Re Mi
Original Broadway Cast; 1960
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  • Brains Berman
The Music Man
Original Broadway Cast; 1957
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  • Mayor Shinn
Two's Company
Original Cast; 1952
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  • Cast
Out of This World
Original Broadway Cast; 1950
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  • Niki Skolianos

Private Audio

Performance

Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen
Original Broadway Cast (Closing Night); 1971
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  • Col. Wainwright Purdy III
Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen
Original Broadway Cast; 1970
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  • Col. Wainwright Purdy III
Hello, Dolly!
3rd National Tour Replacement Cast w. s/b Dolly; 1967
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  • Cornelius Hackl
Hello, Dolly!
Broadway Replacement Cast; 1967
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  • Horace Vandergelder
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Original Broadway Cast; 1962 (?)
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  • Senex, a citizen of Rome

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Photos & Headshots

Personal Info

Birth Date: June 22, 1902
Birth Location: Chinatown, NY
Death Date: March 12, 1971
Death Location: Philadelphia, PA
Cause of Death: heart attack [on stage]

Other Names

  • Dave Burns

Marriage & Family

Spouses/Partners

  • No spouses or partners listed.

Family

  • No spouses or partners listed.