William Warfield

b. 22 January 1920, West Helena, Arkansas, USA, d. 25 August 2002, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Raised in Rochester, New York, as a child Warfield studied singing extensively, including earning a degree at Eastman College of Music. After serving in military intelligence in World War II (he was fluent in German) he secured a role in a touring company of Call Me Mister, which had premiered on Broadway in 1946. Also in the road company were showbusiness hopefuls Buddy Hackett, Carl Reiner and Bob Fosse. Warfield worked thereafter in musical shows, occasionally in films and on televisi...