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'''George S. Irving''' (born '''Irving Shelasky'''; November 1, 1922 – December 26, 2016)<!-- born Irving Shelasky not George Irving Shelasky --> was an American actor known primarily for his character roles on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] and as the voice of [[Heat Miser]] in the American Christmas television specials
==Early life==
He was born Irving Shelasky <!-- born Irving Shelasky not George Irving Shelasky --><ref>{{cite web|url=http://interactive.ancestrylibrary.com/3928/41263_2421406273_0311-00171?pid=4846275&backurl=//search.ancestrylibrary.com//cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DtCu18%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26gss%3Dangs-g%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26gsfn%3DIrving%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3DShelasky%26gsln_x%3D0%26msypn__ftp%3DSpringfield,%2520Hampden,%2520Massachusetts,%2520USA%26msypn%3D4460%26msypn_PInfo%3D8-%257C0%257C1652393%257C0%257C2%257C0%257C24%257C0%257C1270%257C4460%257C0%257C0%257C%26msbdy_x%3D1%26MSAV%3D1%26msbdy%3D1922%26msbpn__ftp%3DSpringfield,%2520Massachusetts,%2520USA%26catbucket%3Drstp%26uidh%3D57k%26pcat%3DROOT_CATEGORY%26h%3D4846275%26recoff%3D5%25206%26dbid%3D3928%26indiv%3D1%26ml_rpos%3D1&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=tCu18&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true|title=Ancestry Library Edition |website=Interactive.ancestrylibrary.com|access-date=2016-12-30}}</ref> in [[Springfield, Massachusetts]], to Abraham and Rebecca Shelasky, as one of four siblings.<ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/7/George-S-Irving.html Profile], filmreference.com; accessed December 29, 2016.</ref> His parents were [[Russian Jewish]] immigrants.<ref>[http://forward.com/culture/358508/remembering-broadway-legend-george-s-irving-from-the-original-oklahoma Profile], forward.com; accessed December 29, 2016.</ref>
When Irving was 13 or 14, he sang in synagogues and churches as a boy soprano. By his final high school year in 1940, he heard about a dramatic school in Boston for those who were not quite draft age and who were tall and had deep voices, so he immediately received a scholarship. In 1942, he worked in the chorus of the [[St. Louis]] Muny Opera.<ref name="George S. Irving - Still Carrying On celebrates 60 years in Musical Theatre"/>
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==Career==
===On stage===
Irving made his debut in the original 1943 production of ''[[Oklahoma!]]'', only to be drafted days later to serve in the [[United States Army]] in [[World War II]]. He received this role when one of the original actors lost his voice, and Irving went on as his replacement. He explains the following: "I wrote to The Theatre Guild when they were casting ''Oklahoma!'' and asked them to remind Oscar Hammerstein that he knew me a little, and I got an audition and was cast in the chorus".<ref name="George S. Irving - Still Carrying On celebrates 60 years in Musical Theatre">Dale, Michael. [http://broadwayworld.com/article/George-S-Irving-Still-Carrying-On-celebrates-60-years-in-Musical-Theatre-20040616#ixzz2EQLY0eAz 'George S. Irving - Still Carrying On' celebrates 60 years in Musical Theatre]. June 16, 2004; accessed from December 7, 2012.</ref>
Irving is best known to Broadway audiences for his performance with [[Debbie Reynolds]] and [[Jane Powell]] (successively) in ''[[Irene (musical)|Irene]]'' (1974), and his [[Tony Award|Tony]] nominated performance as Sir John in ''[[Me and My Girl]]'' (1987).{{citation needed|date=December 2016}} At the 27th Tony Awards, he won the Tony for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical for "Irene".
In 2008, Irving recreated the three roles he originally played in the ill-fated 1976 [[Joseph Stein]] musical ''So Long, 174th Street'', now reworked, revised, and with its original title ''Enter Laughing'' at Off-Broadway's York Theatre Company, and received rave reviews for his rendition of "The Butler's Song".<ref name='NYTimes'>{{cite news|first=Neil|last=Genzlinger|title=An Innocent in Love and Show Business|date=2008-09-16|url=http://theater2.nytimes.com/2008/09/16/theater/reviews/16laug.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=2008-11-29}}</ref> Irving performed his one-man cabaret show to great acclaim at Feinstein's in New York City in November 2008.<ref name='BroadwayWorld'>{{cite news|first=Michael|last=Dale|title=Kindness & George S. Irving at Feinstein's|date=2008-11-06|publisher=Widsom Digital Media|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/blogs/viewblog.cfm?blogid=2258|work=BroadwayWorld.com|access-date=2008-11-29}}</ref> On December 8, 2008, aged 86, Irving received the 17th Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theatre.<ref name='PlaybillOscarHammersteinAward'>{{cite news |first=Andrew |last=Gans |title=Irving to Receive Oscar Hammerstein Award; Dale, Plunkett and Ackerman Will Pay Tribute |date=2008-10-23 |publisher=Playbill Inc. |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/122664.html |work=Playbill |access-date=2008-11-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081026053741/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/122664.html |archive-date=2008-10-26 }}</ref>▼
▲In 2008, Irving recreated the three roles he originally played in the ill-fated 1976 [[Joseph Stein]] musical ''So Long, 174th Street'', now reworked, revised, and with its original title ''Enter Laughing'' at Off-Broadway's York Theatre Company, and received rave reviews for his rendition of "The Butler's Song".<ref name='NYTimes'>{{cite news|first=Neil|last=Genzlinger|title=An Innocent in Love and Show Business|date=2008-09-16|url=http://theater2.nytimes.com/2008/09/16/theater/reviews/16laug.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=2008-11-29}}</ref> Irving performed his one-man cabaret show to great acclaim at Feinstein's in New York City in November 2008.<ref name='BroadwayWorld'>{{cite news|first=Michael|last=Dale|title=Kindness & George S. Irving at Feinstein's|date=2008-11-06|publisher=
====Productions====
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===Voice acting career===
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One of his more prominent non-Broadway roles was a voice-over for ''[[The Year Without a Santa Claus]]'', in which he played the embittered [[Heat Miser]] opposite [[Dick Shawn]]'s [[Snow Miser]]. <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/29/obituaries/george-s-irving-tony-voice-of-heat-dies-94.html|title = George S. Irving, Tony Winner and Voice of Heat Miser, Dies at 94|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 30 December 2016|last1 = Sandomir|first1 = Richard}}</ref> He did another voice-over for Rankin-Bass as [[Mister Geppetto]] in ''[[Pinocchio's Christmas]]'' and was the narrator of the animated cartoon series ''[[Underdog (TV series)|Underdog]]'' as well as the voice of Running Board on ''[[Go Go Gophers]]''. He also voiced Captain Contagious in ''[[Raggedy Ann and Andy: A Musical Adventure]]''. Irving also narrated the popular ''[[Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark]]''
Irving returned to television in 2008 after an absence of more than a decade to reprise his role as Heat Miser in ''[[A Miser Brothers' Christmas]]'', a sequel to ''[[The Year Without a Santa Claus]]'', which premiered on December 13, 2008, on cable's [[Freeform (TV channel)|ABC Family]] (now Freeform). The show served as the network's first original animated special. The production was nominated for an [[Annie Award]] for Best Animated Television Production Produced for Children by the Los Angeles Chapter of the International Animated Film Society.
===Television===
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==Death==
Irving died in Manhattan of heart failure on December 26, 2016, at the age of 94. At this age, he had been the last surviving cast member of ''[[Underdog (TV series)|Underdog]]''.<ref>[http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Tony-Winner-George-S-Irving-Dies-at-94-20161226 Tony Winner George S. Irving Dies at 94], ; accessed December 29, 2016.</ref>
==Filmography==
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*''[[Underdog (TV series)|Underdog]]'' - 124 episodes - (1964-1967) - Narrator / Tap Tap the Chizzler / several Characters (voice)
*''[[Go Go Gophers]]'' - 48 episodes (1964-1966) - Running Board / Several Characters (voice)
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*''[[All in the Family]]'' - episode - Amelia's Divorce (1975) - Russell DeKuyper, - episode - Edith, The Judge - Mr. Girgis
*''[[Family (1976 TV series)|Family]]'' - episode - From Russia With Love (1979) - Alexei Tomaszevski
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070423055643/http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/interactive/video/index.html#i TonyAwards.com Interview with George S. Irving]
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[[Category:Male actors from Massachusetts]]
[[Category:United States Army personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:American people of Russian-Jewish descent]]
[[Category:21st-century American Jews]]
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