Who Played Ghost in Hamlet

Ghost is a role in Hamlet, a play that opened Broadway in 1938.

William Shakespeare’s Hamlet tells the story of the young prince of Denmark, who discovers that his father has been murdered by his uncle. His uncle has married Hamlet’s mother, and claimed the throne...

29 actors have played Ghost in Hamlet.

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Performer	Production	Opened
Charles Kemble Mason	Broadway Hamlet	1864
Mervyn A. Rentaul	Broadway Hamlet	1912
Ernest Rowan	Broadway Hamlet	1913
William Harris	Broadway Hamlet	1913
Walter Gibbs	Broadway Hamlet	1915
Albert Barrett	Broadway Hamlet	1917
J. Sayre Crawley	Broadway Hamlet	1919
Reginald Pole	Broadway Hamlet	1922
Reginald Pole	Broadway Hamlet	1923
Herbert Ranson	Broadway Hamlet	1925
Max Montor	Broadway Hamlet	1925
Hart Jenks	Broadway Hamlet	1930
Burton McEvilly	Broadway Hamlet	1931
Edwin Cushman	Broadway Hamlet	1934
John Barclay	Broadway Hamlet	1936
Malcolm Keen	Broadway Hamlet	1936
Augustin Duncan	Broadway Hamlet	1938
John Barclay	Broadway Hamlet	1939
Victor Thorley	Broadway Hamlet	1945
Victor Thorley	Broadway Hamlet	1946
Eric Adeney	Broadway Hamlet	1947
Jean Juillard	Broadway Hamlet	1952
Richard Wordsworth	Broadway Hamlet	1958
John Gielgud	Broadway Hamlet	1964
Barry Bostwick	Broadway Hamlet	1969
Richard Sanders	Broadway Hamlet	1975
Robert Burr	Broadway Hamlet	1975
Robert Hogan	Broadway Hamlet	1992
Terence Rigby	Broadway Hamlet	1995
Terry McGinity	Broadway Hamlet	1995
Colin Haigh	Broadway Hamlet	2009
Peter Eyre	Broadway Hamlet	2009

Other Roles in Hamlet

Role	Production	Opened
Ambassador	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Bernardo	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Captain	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Claudius	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Cornelius	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Ensemble	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Fortinbras	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Francisco	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Gentleman	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Gertrude	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Ghost	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Gravedigger	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Guildenstern	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Hamlet	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Horatio	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Lady in Waiting	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Laertes	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Marcellus	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Ophelia	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Osric	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Page	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Player	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Player King	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Player Queen	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Polonius	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Priest	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Reynaldo	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Rosencrantz	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Sailor	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Second Gravedigger	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Voltemand	Broadway Hamlet	1938

“Ghost” Also Appears In

Production	Type	Year
Golden Child	Broadway	1998
Clothes for a Summer Hotel	Broadway	1980

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