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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