Cyril Ritchard
Cyril Joseph Trimnell-Ritchard, known professionally as Cyril Ritchard, was an Australian stage, screen and television actor, and director. He is best remembered today for his performance as Captain Hook in the Mary Martin musical production of Peter Pan. In 1945, he played Gabriele Eisenstein in Gay Rosalinda at the Palace theatre in London, a version of Strauss's Die Fledermaus by Erich Wolfgang Korngold in which he appeared with Peter Graves. The show was conducted by Richard Tauber and ran for almost a year.
1 December 1898
Born on the same birth date (1 December 1898): Stuart Garson
Born on the same birth day (1 December): Christian Pescatori • Henry Cadbury • Karl Schmidt-Rottluff • Lee McKenzie • Neil Warnock • Sarfraz Nawaz • Stanton Barrett • Steve Gibb • Tasso Wild • Étienne Maurice Falconet
Born in the same month (December 1898): Alfred Eisenstaedt • Baby Dodds • Emmett Kelly • Grace Moore • Gunnar Myrdal • Inejirō Asanuma • Irene Dunne • Irene Greenwood • John McDonald (Victorian politician) • Konstantinos Dovas • Loren Murchison • Shigematsu Sakaibara • Stuart Garson • Winifred Lenihan