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Given the emotional investment required on stage and in the stalls, one feels somewhat shortchanged by a production that invites sympathy for a character with few redeeming features
He was on a beloved family TV series in the 1960s that made him a household name. The show - which ended in 1971 - ran for five seasons and had such guest stars as Joan Blondell.