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Who Played Murray Burns in A Thousand Clowns

Murray Burns is a role in A Thousand Clowns, a play that opened Broadway in 1996.

Herb Gardner received a 1963 Tony Award nomination for A Thousand Clowns and won the Variety Critics Poll as Outstanding New Playwright. For his 1965 film adaptation of the play, which was a nominee for Best Picture, he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay and won the Best Screenplay Award from the Writers Guild. In this classic-and subversive-comedy, a whip-smart kid named Nick lives with his far-from-conventional uncle in 1960s New York. When child services knocks on his door, Uncle Murray is forced to make a decision: hold on to the kid, or hold on to his life of free-spirited fun.

7 actors have played Murray Burns in A Thousand Clowns.

View full cast of A Thousand Clowns

Performer Production Opened
Dane Clark Broadway A Thousand Clowns 1962
Jason Robards, Jr. Broadway A Thousand Clowns 1962
Richard Mulligan Broadway A Thousand Clowns 1962
John Procaccino Broadway A Thousand Clowns 1996
Judd Hirsch Broadway A Thousand Clowns 1996
Russ Anderson Broadway A Thousand Clowns 2001
Russ Anderson Broadway A Thousand Clowns 2001
Tom Selleck Broadway A Thousand Clowns 2001

Other Roles in A Thousand Clowns

Role Production Opened
Albert Amundson Broadway A Thousand Clowns 1996
Arnold Burns Broadway A Thousand Clowns 1996
Leo Herman Broadway A Thousand Clowns 1996
Murray Burns Broadway A Thousand Clowns 1996
Nick Burns Broadway A Thousand Clowns 1996
Sandra Markowitz Broadway A Thousand Clowns 1996

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