Gary Holcombe
MO Rep Credits: Seth Lord (The Philadelphia Story)
Larry (Company)
Ebenezer Scrooge (A Christmas Carol)
Dorn (The Seagull)
Reverend Brown (Inherit the Wind)
Milt (Laughter On the 23rd Floor)
Pedro De Candia (The Royal Hunt of the Sun)
Gorgibus (The Shorts "The Flying Doctor")
Roy Hubley (The Shorts "Visitor from Forest Hills")
Balthazar, a parasite (The Comedy of Errors)
Other Credits: New Theatre: Jacob, Pharoah (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)
(The Sanders Family)
(Same Time, Next Year)
(Moon Over Buffalo)
(Lend Me a Tenor)
The American Heartland: (Deathtrap)
Broadway: (Big River)
(South Pacific)
(42nd Street)
(Golden Apple)
(An Evening With Romberg)
National tours: Oliver Warbucks (Annie)
(The Most Happy Fella)
(1776)
(On the Twentieth Century)
soaps, feature films, radio, TV commercials
Actor's Theatre of Louisville, Pennsylvania Stage Co.
Pictures
Gary as Ebenezer Scrooge holding up Tiny Tim (Spencer Wilson).
Scrooge with Samuel Cordes as Tiny Tim.
Gary in The Comedy of Errors. He is the second from the left, dressed in green and purple.
Gary and Judson Morgan embrace in The Seagull.
My Thoughts
My first impressions of Gary were not the best, but I later came to realize that his actions and my attitudes were largely affected by the trials of doing such a long-running show as A Christmas Carol. After seeing him in other shows and working with him, I have come to greatly appreciate him as a man and actor. Of course he doesn't need my approval, his distinguished career and reputation speak volumes about his talent. I especially enjoyed his portrayal of Milt in Laughter on the 23rd Floor: he worked well in the ensemble and his antagonization of Val was hysterically funny. And I just about fell off my chair when I saw him as the Elvis Pharoah in Joseph... at the New Theatre. Even if you can't stand the show (actually, I adore it), it was worth it to see him strut his stuff. I would drive over 100 miles to see him in a show and I look forward to the next production he is in.
