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James Cornelius Kirkwood Sr. (February 22, 1876 [1] – August 24, 1963) was an American actor and director . Biography. Kirkwood debuted on screen in 1909 and was soon playing leads for D. W. Griffith. He started directing in 1912, and became a favorite of Mary Pickford, with whom he is rumored to have had an affair.
Apr 23, 1989 · Kirkwood, 64, died Friday shortly after being released from a hospital stay in New York City, said Nicholas Dante, Kirkwood’s partner on the famed musical.
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Mar 13, 2012 · Mr. Kirkwood was born in August 1924 to James Kirkwood Sr., an actor and director in silent films, and actress Lila Lee. Ms. Lee, a child vaudeville star, was best known as Rudolph...
Jan 20, 2012 · Writing Ponies & Rainbows, a full-length biography of Kirkwood, unearthed a life that remarkably lived up to that mythic status. Born in Los Angeles in 1924, Kirkwood was the son of silent movie stars who went from millionaire status to flat broke before he was in his teens.
Apr 22, 1989 · James Kirkwood, a novelist, actor and playwright who was a co-author of the book for the Broadway musical ''A Chorus Line,'' died yesterday in his apartment in Manhattan. Mr. Kirkwood, whose main...
James Kirkwood Jr. (August 22, 1924 – April 21, 1989) was an American playwright, author and actor. In 1976 he received the Tony Award, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the Broadway hit A Chorus Line .
Apr 17, 2024 · James Kirkwood was an American librettist, actor, author, and playwright who, together with Nicholas Dante, wrote the text for the Broadway musical A Chorus Line (1975), which in 1983 became the longest-running musical in the history of Broadway. It held the record until 1997, when it was surpassed.
