Richard Waring

Richard Waring (born Richard Waring Stephens; 27 May 1911 – 18 January 1993) was an English-American actor. He is perhaps best remembered for his role in the film Mr. Skeffington (1944).

For the scriptwriter, see Richard Waring (writer).

Richard Waring
Born
Richard Waring Stephens

(1911-05-27)27 May 1911
Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire, England
Died18 January 1993(1993-01-18) (aged 81)
City Island, Bronx, New York, U.S.
Resting placeCrownhill Crematorium & Cemetery
OccupationActor
Years active1930–1968
Spouse(s)
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(
m. 1934; div. 1952)
Children1

Biography
Richard Waring and Ethel Barrymore in the Broadway production of The Corn Is Green (1940)

Richard Waring was born Richard Stephens in Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire in 1911, the son of Thomas E. Stephens, a painter, whose portrait of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower hangs in the Smithsonian Gallery of Presidents. He later adopted Waring, his mother's (Evelyn M. Stephens) maiden name, as his stage name. Waring was the brother of Peter John Stephens, a playwright and author.

Waring began his career in 1931 with Eva Le Gallienne's Civic Repertory Theater in New York City in minor roles in Romeo and Juliet, Camille, and Cradle Song. In 1940, he played opposite Ethel Barrymore in The Corn is Green and later with Eva Le Gallienne and was signed to play the role in Hollywood opposite Bette Davis, but entered the army during World War II. Before that he was filmed in his best-known screen role in Mr. Skeffington (1944) as Fanny Trellis' brother Trippy.

After his war service he appeared on Broadway as the Duke of Buckingham in Henry VIII, John Shand in J.M. Barrie's What Every Woman Knows and as the Captain in George Bernard Shaw's Androcles and the Lion. He also appeared in many performances of the American Shakespeare Festival directed by John Houseman and at the Phoenix Theatre in New York City, playing both bit roles and major parts in many of Shakespeare's plays. He acted with Katharine Hepburn in The Merchant of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing, and one performance in A Midsummer Night's Dream as Oberon before she had to leave the production.

Personal life

Waring married American actress Florida Friebus in 1934. They had one child that died in infancy. The couple divorced in 1952. Waring and his second wife Kathy had no children. He became a naturalized United States citizen in 1937, adopting the legal name, Richard Waring.[1][2]

Death

Waring died of a heart attack on 18 January 1993 in City Island, Bronx, New York.

Broadway theatre credits

Radio credits
  • Elizabeth the Queen (1952)
  • Second Husband (in the role of Grant Cummings)
  • Brothers in Law in the role of Henry Blagrove (1970)

Television credits

Hollywood credits
Year Title Role Notes
1935The Perfect GentlemanJohn Chatteris
1944Mr. SkeffingtonTrippy Trellis

Records
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References
  1. "Ancestry Library Edition". www.ancestrylibrary.com.
  2. "Ancestry Library Edition". www.ancestrylibrary.com.
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