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Harry Wagstaff Gribble

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Harry Wagstaff Gribble is a Broadway performer known for Artists and Models [1943], March Hares, Meet My Sister, Mister Romeo, Old Man Murphy, The Outrageous Mrs. Palmer, The Perfumed Lady, Revolt, The Royal Virgin, Trick for Trick, and Topics of 1923. Explore their Broadway credits, shows, and songs below.

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About

Harry Wagstaff Gribble (March 27, 1896 – January 28, 1981) was an English-American playwright, author, stage director, and screenwriter born in Seven Oaks, England. Over the course of a career that spanned theater and film on both sides of the Atlantic, Gribble contributed to Broadway as a performer, composer, book writer, and director, while also producing work for Hollywood.

His theatrical writing credits included several collaborative efforts. He co-wrote Old Man Murphy with Patrick Kearney, co-wrote His Family Tree, and co-wrote Trick for Trick. He also co-wrote an adaptation of Anna Lucasta with Abram Hill. Among his solo writing credits for the stage were March Hares and The Outrageous Mrs. Palmer. His Broadway work as a performer dates to 1918, and his credits as a writer and director extended across productions including Meet My Sister, Mister Romeo, and The Temperamentalists, as well as Almost Faithful.

Gribble also worked extensively as a stage director. He directed No More Ladies, Houseparty, Loud Speaker, and The Millionairess. He was additionally involved in a performance of The Taming of the Shrew organized as a fundraiser for the Finnish Relief Fund.

His film work included writing the screenplay adaptation of Our Betters, based on the 1917 play by Somerset Maugham, as a co-writer. He served as a writer on both Stella Dallas and an adaptation of A Bill of Divorcement, the latter based on the play by Clemence Dane. He co-directed Madame Racketeer alongside Alexander Hall, and the film Chicken a La King was based on a play he had co-written. Gribble died on January 28, 1981.

Personal Details

Born
March 27, 1896
Hometown
Seven Oaks, ENGLAND
Died
January 28, 1981

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Harry Wagstaff Gribble is a Broadway performer known for Artists and Models [1943], March Hares, Meet My Sister, Mister Romeo, Old Man Murphy, The Outrageous Mrs. Palmer, The Perfumed Lady, Revolt, The Royal Virgin, Trick for Trick, and Topics of 1923. Harry Wagstaff Gribble (March 27, 1896 – January 28, 1981) was an English-American playwright, author, stage director, and screenwriter born in Seven Oaks, England. Over the course of a career that spanned theater and film on both sides of the Atlantic, Gribble contributed to Broadway as a performer,...
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Harry Wagstaff Gribble has appeared in Artists and Models [1943], March Hares, Meet My Sister, Mister Romeo, Old Man Murphy, The Outrageous Mrs. Palmer, The Perfumed Lady, Revolt, The Royal Virgin, Trick for Trick, and Topics of 1923.
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