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Rod Alexander(1920-1992)

  • Choreography
  • Actor
  • Additional Crew
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Rod Alexander was born on 23 January 1920 in Colorado, USA. He was an actor, known for Asphalt Girl (1964), Carousel (1956) and The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956). He was married to Bambi Linn. He died on 7 July 1992 in Palm Desert, California, USA.
BornJanuary 23, 1920
DiedJuly 7, 1992(72)
BornJanuary 23, 1920
DiedJuly 7, 1992(72)
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  • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
    • 2 nominations total

Known for

Asphalt Girl
  • Music Department
  • 1964
Carousel (1956)
Carousel
6.5
  • Choreography
  • 1956
Ernest Borgnine, Dan Dailey, Gordon MacRae, and Sheree North in The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956)
The Best Things in Life Are Free
6.0
  • Choreography
  • 1956
Shower of Stars (1954)
Shower of Stars
7.2
TV Series
  • Choreography

Credits

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Choreography

  • Fred Astaire and Barrie Chase in The Hollywood Palace (1964)
    The Hollywood Palace
    8.1
    TV Series
    • choreographer
    • choreography
    • 1966–1968
  • Connie Francis in The Connie Francis Show (1961)
    The Connie Francis Show
    TV Special
    • choreographer
    • 1961
  • No Place Like Home
    TV Movie
    • choreographer
    • 1960
  • The DuPont Show of the Month (1957)
    The DuPont Show of the Month
    6.7
    TV Series
    • choreographer
    • 1957–1958
  • Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Joe DeRita in The Steve Allen Show (1956)
    The Steve Allen Show
    8.4
    TV Series
    • choreography
    • 1956–1957
  • The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956)
    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
    8.0
    TV Series
    • choreographer
    • 1957
  • Shower of Stars (1954)
    Shower of Stars
    7.2
    TV Series
    • choreographer
    • 1957
  • NBC Television Opera Theatre (1949)
    NBC Television Opera Theatre
    4.9
    TV Series
    • choreography
    • 1957
  • Ernest Borgnine, Dan Dailey, Gordon MacRae, and Sheree North in The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956)
    The Best Things in Life Are Free
    6.0
    • choreographer
    • 1956
  • Max Liebman Spectaculars (1954)
    Max Liebman Spectaculars
    5.0
    TV Series
    • choreographer
    • choreography
    • 1954–1956
  • Carousel (1956)
    Carousel
    6.5
    • choreographer
    • 1956
  • The Desert Song (1955)
    The Desert Song
    8.0
    TV Movie
    • choreographer
    • 1955
  • Max Liebman Presents: The Merry Widow (1955)
    Max Liebman Presents: The Merry Widow
    TV Movie
    • choreographer
    • 1955
  • Max Liebman Presents: Naughty Marietta (1955)
    Max Liebman Presents: Naughty Marietta
    6.4
    TV Movie
    • choreographer
    • 1955
  • Max Liebman Presents: Spotlight
    TV Special
    • choreographer
    • 1954

Actor

  • The Arthur Murray Party (1950)
    The Arthur Murray Party
    4.9
    TV Series
    • Choreographer
    • 1957
  • Max Liebman Spectaculars (1954)
    Max Liebman Spectaculars
    5.0
    TV Series
    • Urchin
    • 1956
  • Babes in Toyland (1955)
    Babes in Toyland
    7.3
    TV Movie
    • Dancer
    • 1955
  • The Desert Song (1955)
    The Desert Song
    8.0
    TV Movie
    • Dancer
    • 1955
  • Max Liebman Presents: The Merry Widow (1955)
    Max Liebman Presents: The Merry Widow
    TV Movie
    • Dancer
    • 1955
  • A Connecticut Yankee (1955)
    A Connecticut Yankee
    5.6
    TV Movie
    • Dancers
    • 1955
  • Max Liebman Presents: Naughty Marietta (1955)
    Max Liebman Presents: Naughty Marietta
    6.4
    TV Movie
    • Dancer
    • 1955
  • Ann Sothern in Lady in the Dark (1954)
    Lady in the Dark
    7.7
    TV Movie
    • Dancer
    • 1954
  • Your Show of Shows (1950)
    Your Show of Shows
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Regular Performer (1952-1954)
    • 1950–1954
  • Colgate Theatre
    5.6
    TV Series
    • 1949
  • Judy Clark, Jimmy Lloyd, Jean Porter, June Preisser, Regina Wallace, and Douglas Wood in Two Blondes and a Redhead (1947)
    Two Blondes and a Redhead
    6.2
    • Dancer (uncredited)
    • 1947
  • Down to Earth (1947)
    Down to Earth
    6.1
    • Dancer (uncredited)
    • 1947
  • Evelyn Keyes and Larry Parks in The Jolson Story (1946)
    The Jolson Story
    7.2
    • Dancer (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • Frederick Brady, Jinx Falkenburg, Allen Jenkins, Marjorie Reynolds, and Nita Berber in Meet Me on Broadway (1946)
    Meet Me on Broadway
    5.4
    • Dancer (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • Lucille Ball in Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
    Ziegfeld Follies
    6.4
    • Chorus Boy (uncredited)
    • 1945

Additional Crew

  • A Connecticut Yankee (1955)
    A Connecticut Yankee
    5.6
    TV Movie
    • staged by: Dances and musical numbers
    • 1955
  • Babes in Toyland (1954)
    Babes in Toyland
    7.1
    TV Special
    • dancer
    • 1954

Personal details

  • Born
    • January 23, 1920
    • Colorado, USA
  • Died
    • July 7, 1992
    • Palm Desert, California, USA(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Bambi LinnApril 2, 1950 - October 9, 1959 (divorced, 1 child)
  • Other works
    Richard Abbott; Laurence Anthony; Nancy Bartlett; Angus Bowmer; Susan Brewer; Les Carlson; David Clegg; June Cook; Betsy Cope; Robertson Cope; Suzanne Cope; John Davies; Ellen Dawkins; Shirley Douglass Patton; Hugh C. Evans; Leticia Ferrer; Diana Fletcher; Michael Milton Fuchs; John Hales; Mary Jane Hales; Mary Elizabeth Harris; Elizabeth Huddle; Elise Hunt; Nagle Jackson; Judith Offord Kennedy; William Kinsolving; Gerard Larson; Michael Leibert; Caroline Lewis; Dorothy MacLean; Peter D. MacLean; Monte Markham; Linda Marshall; Charles Miller; Ric Murphy; Christopher Newton; Robert Palmer; Eugene Peyroux; Molly Riley Risso; Richard Risso; Carl Ritchie; John Sandoe; Hutchison Shandro; Sally Shively; Jane Stevens; Robert E. West; Rebecca Winklestein; Edward Winter; Graham Woodruff; John Woodworth; Martha Wynd; Douglas Zug and he were performers at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon.

Did you know

  • Trivia
    He was the dancing partner of Bambi Linn, who acted and danced the role of Louise in the original 1945 Broadway stage production of "Carousel". Mr. Alexander would later choreograph the film version of the show, but Agnes de Mille, who choreographed the stage version, would receive credit in the film for "Louise's Ballet".

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