Florence Easton

Biography

A singer of outstanding versatility, Florence Easton possessed a dramatic soprano huge enough to accomplish complete justice to Wagner’s Brünnhilde, while within the big Italian functions and the ones of Strauss with consummate ease and design. Gifted having a brain even more musical than within many another vocalist, she was scrupulous with her interpretations and usually superbly ready. That she produced the intimately lyrical part of Lauretta in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi is definitely astonishing, though simply another testament to the number of her capabilities. At age group five, Easton journeyed with her family members to Toronto. In the beginning, her interest is at the piano and she pursued her key pad research with diligence. When she came back to Britain and enrolled at London’s Royal Academy of Music, nevertheless, she started to research voice, primarily dealing with Agnes Larkcom. Afterwards, Easton visited Paris and coached with Elliot Haslam, who aided her in safely placing the tone of voice. Her 1903 debut occurred in modest environment when she sang the Shepherd in Tannhäconsumer for the Moody-Manners Firm in Newcastle. The next year, she wedded American tenor Francis Maclennan, with whom she afterwards sang in European countries. In 1905, she started 2 yrs of touring America using the Henry Savage British Opera Company within a creation of Rigoletto, and she and her spouse were engaged from the Berlin Hofoper. She continued to be with that organization until 1913 and throughout that period, also produced her debut in London, performing Beatrice in Edwin Naylor’s The Angelus and Cio-Cio-San to her husband’s Pinkerton. Within the second option role specifically, she was well-liked on her behalf crystalline purity of tone of voice and the simplicity with which she required the D smooth towards the end of her entry. From 1913 to 1916, Easton was an associate from the Hamburg Städtische Oper, where she sang tasks which range from Sophie to Elektra. She following appeared using the Chicago Opera, performing a solitary Siegfried Brünnhilde to her husband’s youthful Siegfried through the 1915 – 1916 time of year. Later on, though, Easton became a popular with Ravinia Recreation area audiences during many summer opera months. On Dec 7, 1917, Easton produced her debut in the Metropolitan Opera as Santuzza and continued to be an important person in that organization for 13 years. Performing a remarkable selection of assignments — 39 in every — she endeared herself to administration who sensed reassured with the option of a first-class soprano ready to sing almost any function from her huge repertory on brief notice. Her initial appearance was greeted with the vital W.J. Henderson simply because that of a vocalist possessing “a tone of voice of beauty no inconsiderable power.” A incomplete report on her assignments will confirm the ongoing tool she put into her artistic worthy of: Ah-Yoe (Leoni’s L’Oracolo), Fiordiligi, Lodoletta, Nedda, the Marschallin, Carmen, Aida, Gioconda, the Walküre, and Siegfried Brünnhildes. Furthermore to Lauretta, Easton made the assignments of Aelfrida in Deems Taylor’s The King’s Henchman and Mom Tyl in Albert Wolff’s Oiseau Bleu. The soprano retuned to Covent Backyard in 1927 to sing Turandot (“with comprehensive command word of its dramatic and cruel drive,” based on the Telegraph) and in 1932 to execute the Siegfried Brünnhilde and Isolde contrary Lauritz Melchior. Both in Wagner assignments, she was respected on her behalf subtlety and beauty of tone of voice. Easton retired in the Metropolitan in 1936, but continuing to execute in concert until 1943.

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#	Fact
1	He is survived by his daughter, Heather Woodruff Perry; and granddaughter.
2	His parents divorced when he was about 7 years old. He moved with his mother to San Antonio, Texas where he was first aware of regional dialect. He had a childhood stutter problem.
3	After his marriage to June Grimstead, an English woman, he lived several years in England and studied phonetics at University College in London, England.
4	Began his young career on radio as a teenager in 1945 when he was heard on "Quiz Kids".
5	Coached actor Forest Whitaker to an Oscar and Golden Globe with his Ugandan dialect as Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland (2006).
6	Cast as "Sparks " in the film of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961), only 3 years later he had a regular spot on a submarine as the voice of "Phones" in the UK Children's TV series Stingray (1964).
7	Is known as the "Henry Higgins of Hollywood". Is a master of dialects, and frequently coaches other actors.
8	He appeared in the original The Beverly Hillbillies (1962) TV series, as well as the movie version (The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)).
9	Was a "Quiz Kid", a renowned group of high-IQ children in the 1930s and 1940s.
10	While a student at the University of Texas in the Spring of 1949, he was inititated into Phi Eta Sigma, a national honorary scholastic fraternity for men.
11	Lived for a time in San Antonio, Texas.



Actor

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
Hollywood Opening Night	1953	TV Series
Meet Millie	1952	TV Series	Red
Feudin' Fools	1952		Caleb Smith
Fearless Fagan	1952		Corpora - Fagan's Guard (uncredited)
O. Henry's Full House	1952		Yokel (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)
Dreamboat	1952		Man in TV Hair Commercial (uncredited)
Belles on Their Toes	1952		Franklin Dykes (uncredited)
With a Song in My Heart	1952		Kansas GI (uncredited)
Dangerous Assignment	1952	TV Series	Tennessee
The Jack Benny Program	1951	TV Series	Lem
Havana Rose	1951		Hotel Clerk (as Bob Easton)
Drums in the Deep South	1951		Jerry
The Tall Target	1951		Young Southerner (uncredited)
Comin' Round the Mountain	1951		Luke McCoy (as Bob Easton)
Savage Drums	1951		Tex Channing (as Bob Easton)
Cause for Alarm!	1951		Tex (uncredited)
The Red Badge of Courage	1951		Thompson (as Robert Easton Burke)
Call Me Mister	1951		Tennessee (uncredited)
Union Station	1950		Con Victim (uncredited)
Undertow	1949		Fisher - Parking Lot Valet (uncredited)
The Ones		post-production	Don's Guru
Horrorween	2011		Neighbor
Resistance: Retribution	2009	Video Game	British Commandos (voice)
The Grift	2008		Henry Addams
Spiritual Warriors	2007		Roger
Azusa Street: The Movie	2006	Video	Narrator
Daniel: The Movie	2006	Video	Gabriel
Lost	2004/I		Minister
Red Roses and Petrol	2003		Old Geezer
Gods and Generals	2003		John Janney
Just One Night	2000		Drunk Cab Driver
Titanic Explorer	1998	Video Game	Archibald Gracie Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon Charles Joughin ... (voice)
Primary Colors	1998		Dr. Beauregard
Merchants of Venus	1998		Oleg
Storybook	1996		Hoot (voice)
The Beverly Hillbillies	1993		Mayor Amos Jasper
Needful Things	1993		Lester Pratt
Little Sister	1992		M.C.
Pet Sematary II	1992		Priest
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country	1991		Klingon Judge
Georg Elser - Einer aus Deutschland	1989		Hecht
Working Girl	1988		Armbrister
Long Gone	1987	TV Movie	Cletis Ramey
Harry's Hong Kong	1987	TV Movie	American Tourist
Tai-Pan	1986
Invitation to the Wedding	1983		American Husband
The American Adventure	1982		Thomas Jefferson (voice)
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy	1981	TV Movie	David Finley
The Oklahoma City Dolls	1981	TV Movie	Sheriff Mike Sorenson
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?	1979		Customs Man
Charleston	1979	TV Movie	Reverend Allen
Centennial	1978	TV Mini-Series	Major Sibley
The Bionic Woman	1978	TV Series	Colonel
Incredible Rocky Mountain Race	1977	TV Movie
Last of the Mohicans	1977	TV Movie	David Gamut
Pete's Dragon	1977		Store Proprietor
Fernwood Tonight	1977	TV Series	Nelson Phipps
Almos' a Man	1976	TV Short	Shopkeeper
Timber Tramps	1975
Mr. Sycamore	1975		Fred Staines
The Ghost Busters	1975	TV Series	Sparks
The Giant Spider Invasion	1975		Kester
Kolchak: The Night Stalker	1975	TV Series	Bernard Carmichael
Alias Big Cherry	1975
Heavy Traffic	1973
Jarrett	1973	TV Movie	Toby
Lassie	1973	TV Series	Harley
A Very Missing Person	1972	TV Movie	Onofre
Squares	1972		Frank Warren
Alias Smith and Jones	1971	TV Series	Hank
The Touch of Satan	1971		Mr. Keitel
Johnny Got His Gun	1971		Third Doctor
Mod Squad	1969-1971	TV Series	Gus Weldon / Wrangler
The Andersonville Trial	1970	TV Movie	Court Reporter
Paint Your Wagon	1969		Atwell
The Red Skelton Hour	1952-1969	TV Series	Cowboy Minstrel / Hippie / Irwin
The Doris Day Show	1968	TV Series	Albert Simpson
Get Smart	1968	TV Series	Maestro
Judd for the Defense	1968	TV Series	Fred Sherwood
The Lucy Show	1967	TV Series	Iffie
Combat!	1967	TV Series	Woody Jones
Pistols 'n' Petticoats	1966	TV Series	Will Dill
Please Don't Eat the Daisies	1966	TV Series	Harold Hewley / Jud
One of Our Spies Is Missing	1966		Mr. Bentley - the Texan
My Mother the Car	1966	TV Series	Fink
Run for Your Life	1966	TV Series	Desk Clerk
Lost in Space	1965	TV Series	Newsman Lacy
Perry Mason	1965	TV Series	Ed Allison
O.K. Crackerby!	1965	TV Series	Airport Desk Clerk
The Loved One	1965		Dusty Acres
Petticoat Junction	1964-1965	TV Series	Hector / Henry Barton
The Beverly Hillbillies	1965	TV Series	Beauregard Short
The Rogues	1965	TV Series	Barman
The Munsters	1965	TV Series	Moose Mallory
Death Valley Days	1964	TV Series	Moore
Burke's Law	1964	TV Series	Hapless Magician
The Cara Williams Show	1964	TV Series	Carl
Come Fly with Me	1963		Navigator
The War Lover	1962		Handown: Crew of 'The Body'
The Saint	1962	TV Series	Benson
The Nun and the Sergeant	1962		Orville Nupert
The Real McCoys	1961	TV Series	Cab Driver
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea	1961		Sparks
Wanted: Dead or Alive	1961	TV Series	Jeff
Harrigan and Son	1960	TV Series	Clem
The Andy Griffith Show	1960	TV Series	Pete Johnson
Rawhide	1960	TV Series	Bugler
Johnny Ringo	1960	TV Series	Billy Counts
The Millionaire	1960	TV Series	Florida Cates
Riverboat	1959	TV Series	Cpl. John Chase
How to Marry a Millionaire	1959	TV Series	Robert E Harper
Playhouse 90	1959	TV Series
Wagon Train	1959	TV Series	Slim
When Hell Broke Loose	1958		Jonesie
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin	1957-1958	TV Series	Swapper Sam Scott / Scott
December Bride	1958	TV Series
The Adventures of Jim Bowie	1958	TV Series	Otie Jimson
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show	1957-1958	TV Series	Brian McAfee
Circus Boy	1957	TV Series	Lem Clemens
Navy Log	1955-1957	TV Series	Ensign Lee / Hi-Boats
Telephone Time	1956	TV Series	Pvt. Grover Mackey
The Ford Television Theatre	1956	TV Series	Cowboy
Annie Oakley	1956	TV Series	Abner Harkey / 'Smiley' Douglas
Hold Back the Night	1956		Ackerman (as Bob Easton)
Somebody Up There Likes Me	1956		Cpl. Quinbury (uncredited)
The Bold and the Brave	1956		Tall Blonde G.I. (uncredited)
The Kettles in the Ozarks	1956		Lafe (uncredited)
TV Reader's Digest	1956	TV Series	Horton
Screen Directors Playhouse	1956	TV Series	Stanley Moran
The Bob Cummings Show	1955	TV Series	Warren the Bird Watcher
Father Knows Best	1955	TV Series	Carter Mawson
Gunsmoke	1955	TV Series	Magnus Goode
Schlitz Playhouse	1955	TV Series
My Little Margie	1953-1955	TV Series	Luke Tolliver
Buffalo Bill, Jr.	1955	TV Series	Telegrapher Danny Crockett
Deep in My Heart	1954		Cumberly (uncredited)
The Raid	1954		Rebel Soldier (uncredited)
The High and the Mighty	1954		Cargo Clerk (uncredited)
Cavalcade of America	1953-1954	TV Series	George Merchant
Fireside Theatre	1954	TV Series
McCoy of Abilene	1953	TV Movie
Combat Squad	1953		Lewis
Racket Squad	1951-1953	TV Series	Tex / Joe - Desk Clerk
Take Me to Town	1953		Train Vendor (uncredited)
The Neanderthal Man	1953		Danny - Townsman
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms	1953		Deckhand (uncredited)
Adventures of Superman	1953	TV Series	Marvin

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Au Pairs	2010	Short technical advisor
Days of Our Lives	2008	TV Series dialect coach - 1 episode
The Last King of Scotland	2006	dialogue coach: Mr. Whitaker - as Bob Easton
Transit	2005	TV Movie accent coach
A Little Trip to Heaven	2005	additional voice coaching
Volare	2004/II	Short dialect coach
Face of Terror	2004	dialogue coach
Shade	2003	dialect coach
The Night We Called It a Day	2003	dialect coach: Mr. Hopper
The Lizzie McGuire Movie	2003	dialect coach
Snapshots	2002/I	dialogue coach: Julie Christie
Drowning Mona	2000	dialect coach
Homegrown	1998	dialect coach: Mr. Azaria
Good Will Hunting	1997	dialect coach
The Maker	1997	dialect/dialogue coach
The Empty Mirror	1996	dialogue coach
Night Falls on Manhattan	1996	dialect coach
Wild Bill	1995	dialect coach
The Neverending Story III	1994	dialogue coach
The Beverly Hillbillies	1993	dialect coach
The Amy Fisher Story	1993	TV Movie dialogue coach
Pet Sematary II	1992	dialogue coach
Cruel Doubt	1992	TV Mini-Series dialect coach - 2 episodes
Noises Off...	1992	dialect coach
Mobsters	1991	dialect coach
The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter	1990	dialogue coach
Catchfire	1990	dialogue coach - as Bob Easton
Stella	1990	dialect coach
Next of Kin	1989	dialect coach
Georg Elser - Einer aus Deutschland	1989	additional dialogue / dialogue coach
Loverboy	1989	dialogue coach
Red Heat	1988	dialogue coach
Sledge Hammer!	1987	TV Series dialect coach - 1 episode
Revolution	1985	dialect coach
Kane & Abel	1985	TV Mini-Series dialogue coach - 1 episode
North and South	1985	TV Mini-Series dialect coach - 6 episodes
Volunteers	1985	dialogue coach
Flesh+Blood	1985	dialect coach
Florence Nightingale	1985	TV Movie dialect coach
The NeverEnding Story	1984	dialogue coach
Scarface	1983	dialogue coach
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy	1981	TV Movie dialect coach
Inchon	1981	dialect coach: Laurence Olivier
Falling in Love Again	1980	dialogue director: 1940's sequence
Love and Bullets	1979	dialogue coach
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel	1979	TV Movie dialogue coach
Magic	1978	accent consultant
Crazy Mama	1975	dialect coach
The Molly Maguires	1970	dialogue coach - uncredited
Khartoum	1966	accent coach - uncredited
Feudin' Fools	1952	dialect coach
Havana Rose	1951	dialect coach

Writer

Writer

Title	Year	Status	Character
The NeverEnding Story	1984	additional dialogue
The Giant Spider Invasion	1975	screenplay

Soundtrack

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status	Character
Circus Boy	1957	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Belles on Their Toes	1952	performer: "Doin' the Raccoon", "Sweet Georgia Brown"

Thanks

Thanks

Title	Year	Status	Character
The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards	2012	TV Special in memory of
Edición Especial Coleccionista	2011	TV Series in memory of - 1 episode
Then She Found Me	2007	thanks

Self

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Char·ac·ter: The Interviews	2010	Documentary	Himself
Stand by for Action	2007	TV Mini-Series documentary
Biography	2002	TV Series documentary	Himself
Arnold, the Man Behind the Muscle	1994	Video documentary	Himself
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind	1988	TV Movie documentary	Voice Recreation (voice)
60 Millionen für Phantásien - Wie die 'unendliche Geschichte' ins Kino kam	1984	TV Movie documentary	Himself (uncredited)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	1979	TV Series	Himself
The Danny Kaye Show	1965	TV Series	Himself

Archive Footage

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
Filmed in Supermarionation	2014	Documentary	Himself - Interviewee
Invaders from the Deep	1981		Lieutenant George Lee 'Phones' Sheridan / Corda / WSP Commander
The Incredible Voyage of Stingray	1980	Video	Lieutenant George Lee 'Phones' Sheridan / Surface Agent X-2-Zero / 3rd WSP Commander / ...
Decision	1958	TV Series
Mobs, Inc.	1956		Joe the Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

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#	Quote
1	[on not helping Meryl Streep with her accents] No it wasn't me. But I wished it was.
2	[on being typecast as a Texan] dopey deputy and half-wit hayseed.
3	[on his childhood stuttering] When you have a big problem like that you overcompensate. I found it easier to do voices other than my own.



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