Who Played Colonel Pickering in Pygmalion

Colonel Pickering is a role in Pygmalion, a play that opened Broadway in 1938.

Professor Henry Higgins makes a bet with his friend, Col. Pickering, that he can train a bedraggled Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, to pass for a duchess at an elegant upper-crust event by train...

11 actors have played Colonel Pickering in Pygmalion.

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Performer	Production	Opened
J. W. Austin	Broadway Pygmalion	1926
Jay Velie	Broadway Pygmalion	1938
Cecil Humphreys	Broadway Pygmalion	1945
Lionel Jeffries	Broadway Pygmalion	1987
Richard Neilson	Broadway Pygmalion	1987
Earle Hyman	Off-Broadway Pygmalion	1991
Boyd Gaines	Broadway Pygmalion	2007
Tony Carlin	Broadway Pygmalion	2007
Nigel Gore	Off-Broadway Pygmalion	2018
Peter Francis James	Off-Broadway Pygmalion	2018
Michael Gould	West End Pygmalion	2023

Other Roles in Pygmalion

Role	Production	Opened
Alfred Doolittle	Broadway Pygmalion	1938
Another Bystander	Broadway Pygmalion	1938
Bystander	Broadway Pygmalion	1938
Clara Eynsford Hill	Broadway Pygmalion	1938
Colonel Pickering	Broadway Pygmalion	1938
Eliza Doolittle	Broadway Pygmalion	1938
Ensemble	Broadway Pygmalion	1938
Freddy Eynsford Hill	Broadway Pygmalion	1938
Henry Higgins	Broadway Pygmalion	1938
Mrs. Eynsford Hill	Broadway Pygmalion	1938
Mrs. Higgins	Broadway Pygmalion	1938
Mrs. Pearce	Broadway Pygmalion	1938
Parlourmaid	Broadway Pygmalion	1938
Sarcastic Bystander	Broadway Pygmalion	1938
Taxicab Driver	Broadway Pygmalion	1938

“Colonel Pickering” Also Appears In

Production	Type	Year
My Fair Lady	Broadway	1993

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