Michael Wager

Michael Wager (born April 29, 1925) is an American film and television actor.

He appeared in the war film, Hill 24 Doesn't Answer , and he appeared in a recurring role, as Jonas Roving, on the soap opera "Ryan's Hope".

Personal Life

Born as Emanuel Weisgal and nicknamed "Mendy", Wager, April 29, 1925, in New York, NY; son of Meyer W. and Shirley (Hirshfeld) Weisgal; married Mary Jo Van Ingen, December 21, 1948 (divorced, 1955); married Susan Blanchard Fonda (see Susan Blanchard (socialite), June 9, 1962 after her divorce from Henry Fonda. (divorced); children: (first marriage) one daughter; (second marriage) one son.

Stage Credits

STAGE DEBUT--Boy, The Shoemaker's Prodigious Wife, Harvard Dramatic Club,Brattle Theatre, Cambridge, MA, 1941. BROADWAY DEBUT--Young collector, A Streetcar Named Desire, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 1949. PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES Castro, The Girl of the Golden West, Westport Country Playhouse, Westport, CT, 1947. Henry, The Skin of Our Teeth, Westport Country Playhouse, 1948. Adolphus Cusins, Major Barbara, O'Connor, Shadow and Substance, both Brattle Theatre, Cambridge, MA, 1948. Julian, Martine, Lenox Hill Playhouse, New York City, 1949. Peter Mitchell, The Small Hours, National Theatre, New York City, 1951. Vernon Kinswood, Bernardine, Playhouse Theatre, New York City, 1952. Lorenzo, The Merchant of Venice, City Center Theatre, New York City, 1953. Bentley Summerhays, Misalliance, City Center Theatre, then Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, both 1953. Wilbur Fifield, The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker, Coronet Theatre, New YorkCity, 1953. Roderigo, Othello, Prince Hal, Henry IV, Part I, both City Center Theatre, 1955. son, Six Characters in Search of an Author, Phoenix Theatre, New York City, 1955. Dauphin, Saint Joan, Phoenix Theatre, then Coronet Theatre, New York City, both 1956. Hermes, Prometheus Bound, Theatre of Herodus Atticus, Athens, Greece, 1957. Shendi, The Firstborn, Coronet Theatre, then Habimah Theatre, Tel Aviv, Israel, both 1958. Nick, The Deserters, Theatre Royal, Brighton, U.K., 1958. Sir Andrew Auguecheek, Twelfth Night, Malcolm, Macbeth, both Cambridge Drama Festival, Cambridge, MA, 1959. Sasha, The Cradle Will Rock, New York City Opera Company, City Center Theatre, 1960. Mesa, Noontide, Marquee Theatre, New York City, 1961. Andrei, The Three Sisters, Morosco Theatre, New York City, 1964. Benya Crick, Sunset, 81st Street Theatre, New York City, 1966. Charles Bodie, The Penny Friend, Stage 73, New York City, 1966. Carlos, The Cuban Thing, Henry Miller's Theatre, New York City, 1968. Ferdinand Gadd, Trelawny of The Wells, Public Theatre, New York City, 1970. Petruchio, The Taming of the Shrew, Roundabout Theatre, New York City, 1972. John Dickinson, 1776, Paper Mill Playhouse, Milburn, NJ, 1974. Thesee, Syllabaire pour Phedre, Metropolitan Opera House, New York City,1974. William Burroughs, Visions of Kerouac, Lions Theatre Club, New York City,1977. Buckingham, Richard III, Actors Studio, New York City, 1978. Trigorin, The Seagull, Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1979. Carl "Cubby" Steinbeck, Rhinestone, Richard Allen Center, New York City,1982. Also appeared in Brecht on Brecht, Theatre de Lys, New York City, 1962; Marc Blitzstein Memorial Concert, Philharmonic Hall, New York City, 1964; The Interview, Pittsburgh Playhouse, Pittsburgh, PA, 1976; Songs at Twilight, LaMama Experimental Theatre Club, New York City, 1977; and as speaker, OedipusRex (opera), Boston Symphony Orchestra; narrator, Historie du Soldat, ChamberMusic Society of Lincoln Center, New York City; and as narrator, Lelio.

Director and Producer

Director, Brecht on Brecht, Washington Theatre Club, Washington, DC, 1963. producer, Where's Daddy?, Billy Rose Theatre, New York City, 1966. director, Nag's Head, New Theatre, New York City, 1969. Also stage director, Westport Country Playhouse, Westport, CT, 1947- 48.

Major Tours

Young collector, A Streetcar Named Desire, U.S. cities, 1950. James Browne, The Dream, U.S. cities, 1977. Also toured with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Israeli and German cities, 1978.

Films

FILM DEBUT--Allen Goodman, Hill 24 Does Not Answer, 1954. PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES David Ben Ami, Exodus, United Artists, 1960. Thomas, King of Kings, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1961.

Principal Television Appearances (Episodic)

Blind lover, Mr. Om, NBC, 1948.

Playwright

(Co-adaptor with Sir Tyrone Guthrie) Six Characters in Search of an Author, Phoenix Theatre, New York City, 1955.

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