Eddy Grove(1917-1995)
- Actor
Noted professional actor and acting teacher who performed primarily on
Broadway and television from the early 1940's to the late 1950's. Mr.
Grove's roles included a part in Mae West's 'Catherine Was Great' and
he played opposite John Garfield in 'Golden Boy' in summer stock. His
network television shows included 'Dragnet' and 'Playhouse 90.' In the
late 1980's, he wrote, produced and performed in a one-man show,
'Yiddish Tales', which he introduced at the Harold Churman Theater in
New York. In the early 1950's, Mr. Grove became a disciple of the
Russina acting theorist Michael Chekhov, who was teaching a master
class in Los Angeles. From 1985-1995, he lectured and conducted acting
workshops at the Yale Drama School and the Julliard School of Drama and
operated an acting school in New York. He also was a former vice
president of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. Moved from
Greenwich, Connecticut to Silver Spring, Maryland in May 1995. Died of
Cancer.
