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Who Played Gaylord Ravenal in Show Boat

Gaylord Ravenal is a role in Show Boat, a musical that opened West End in 1990.

Based on the novel <i>Show Boat</i> by Edna Ferber.<p>An epic musical revealing life behind the scenes on a show boat. Magnolia falls in love with Gaylord, a river gambler, and leaves her father’s show boat to marry him in the 1880s. Years of heartbreak return her to the show boat in the 1920s.

21 actors have played Gaylord Ravenal in Show Boat.

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Performer Production Opened
Howard Marsh Broadway Show Boat 1927
Dennis King Broadway Show Boat 1932
Charles Fredericks Los Angeles Show Boat 1944
Charles Fredericks Broadway Show Boat 1946
Norwood Smith Broadway Show Boat 1948
Robert Rounseville Broadway Show Boat 1954
Richard Banke US Tour Show Boat 1960
Robert Rounseville Off-Broadway Show Boat 1961
Stephen Douglass Broadway Showboat 1966
Kenneth Nelson West End Show Boat 1971
Ron Raines Broadway Show Boat 1983
Wayne Turnage Broadway Show Boat 1983
Richard White Milburn, NJ (Regional) Show Boat 1989
Peter Savidge West End Show Boat 1990
Fred Love Broadway Show Boat 1994
Hugh Panaro Broadway Show Boat 1994
Jesse Langston Broadway Show Boat 1994
Joseph Cassidy Broadway Show Boat 1994
Mark Jacoby Broadway Show Boat 1994
Hugh Panaro West End Show Boat 1998
Peter Cousens Australia Show Boat 1998
John Owen-Jones West End Show Boat 2006
Chris Peluso West End Show Boat 2016
James Snyder Regional (US) Show Boat 2018

Other Roles in Show Boat

Role Production Opened
Cap'n Andy West End Show Boat 1990
Ellie West End Show Boat 1990
Ensemble West End Show Boat 1990
Frank West End Show Boat 1990
Gaylord Ravenal West End Show Boat 1990
Joe West End Show Boat 1990
Julie West End Show Boat 1990
Magnolia West End Show Boat 1990
Parthy Ann Hawks West End Show Boat 1990
Queenie West End Show Boat 1990
Steve West End Show Boat 1990

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