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A native of [[Chicago, Illinois]], DeKoven was one of seven children born to Dr. Bernard DeKoven and the former Clara Turner.<ref name="BDobit">[https://www.newspapers.com/image/371195017/?clipping_id=149122979 "Obituaries: Dr. Bernard DeKoven"]. ''Chicago Tribune''. August 12, 1940. p.&nbsp;24.</ref><ref name="CCBR"/> His father was a Russian-born Jew known for his active participation in Zionist affairs and Jewish charitable work.<ref name="BDobit"/>
A native of [[Chicago, Illinois]], DeKoven was one of seven children born to Dr. Bernard DeKoven and the former Clara Turner.<ref name="BDobit">[https://www.newspapers.com/image/371195017/?clipping_id=149122979 "Obituaries: Dr. Bernard DeKoven"]. ''Chicago Tribune''. August 12, 1940. p.&nbsp;24.</ref><ref name="CCBR"/> His father was a Russian-born Jew known for his active participation in Zionist affairs and Jewish charitable work.<ref name="BDobit"/>


Following his graduation from John Marshall High School in Chicago,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=7RowAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA180&dq=%22roger+dekoven%22 "Heard From the Schools: John Marshall High School"]. ''High School Life''. October 1922. p.&nbsp;180.</ref> DeKoven attended the [[University of Chicago]], [[Northwestern University|Northwestern]], and [[Columbia University|Columbia]]. He made his Broadway debut in 1926 in [[Franz Werfel]]'s ''[[Juarez and Maximilian]]''.<ref>Willis, John (1988). ''[https://archive.org/details/theatreworld43will/page/200/mode/2up?q=%22DeKoven%2C+Roger%22 Theatre World]''. New York: Crown Publishers. p.&nbsp;200. {{ISBN|0517568284}}.</ref><ref name="NYTobit">{{Cite news|title=Roger DeKoven Dies; Diverse Actor Was 81: [Obituary]|author=|date=January 29, 1988|work=The New York Times|page=B5|quote=Roger DeKoven, an actor who appeared in roles as diverse as Edmund, in Erwin Piscator's modern staging of ''King Lear,'' and Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., in the Broadway musical ''Funny Girl,'' died of cancer yesterday at his home in Manhattan. He was 81 years old. Roger DeKoven, an actor who appeared in roles as diverse as Edmund, in Erwin Piscator's modern staging of ''King Lear,'' and Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., in the Broadway musical ''Funny Girl,'' died of cancer yesterday at his home in Manhattan. He was 81 years old. Mr. DeKoven, who also had a long career in radio and television, last appeared on stage in the 1986 Jewish Repertory Theater revival of Arnold Wesker's 'Roots.' In 1926 he made his New York stage debut in a walk-on role in ''Juarez and Maximillian'' at the Guild Theater, now the Virginia. He was graduated from the University of Chicago in 1930. That same year, Mr. DeKoven appeared in 'Once in a Lifetime' at the Music Box Theater. In 1940 he played Edmund to Sam Jaffe's Lear in ''King Lear'' at the New School for Social Research in the first American production staged by Erwin Piscator, the German theater innovator. Other notable productions included 'Joan of Lorraine' in 1946, 'The Fighting Cock' in 1959, 'Arturo Ui' in 1963 and ''Funny Girl'' in 1964. In 1949, after reading a poem at a peace conference, Mr. DeKoven was blacklisted in the magazine Red Channels. His career came to a halt until he signed a statement drafted by Red Channels denying that he was a Communist and condemning the Communist Party. He later denounced his accusers in a newspaper interview, calling them peddlers of the 'most vicious un-American kind of slander.' Mr. DeKoven is survived by his wife, Mona, and a daughter, Lenore, both of Manhattan; a son, Roger, of Long Boat Key, Fla., and two grandsons.|id={{ProQuest|426710975}}}}</ref> That same year, De Koven performed with [[Moscow]]'s [[Habima Theatre]] troupe during their tour of the U.S.
Following his graduation from [[Marshall Metropolitan High School|John Marshall High School]],<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=7RowAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA180&dq=%22roger+dekoven%22 "Heard From the Schools: John Marshall High School"]. ''High School Life''. October 1922. p.&nbsp;180.</ref> DeKoven attended the [[University of Chicago]], [[Northwestern University|Northwestern]], and [[Columbia University|Columbia]]. He made his Broadway debut in 1926 in [[Franz Werfel]]'s ''[[Juarez and Maximilian]]''.<ref>Willis, John (1988). ''[https://archive.org/details/theatreworld43will/page/200/mode/2up?q=%22DeKoven%2C+Roger%22 Theatre World]''. New York: Crown Publishers. p.&nbsp;200. {{ISBN|0517568284}}.</ref><ref name="NYTobit">{{Cite news|title=Roger DeKoven Dies; Diverse Actor Was 81: [Obituary]|author=|date=January 29, 1988|work=The New York Times|page=B5|quote=Roger DeKoven, an actor who appeared in roles as diverse as Edmund, in Erwin Piscator's modern staging of ''King Lear,'' and Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., in the Broadway musical ''Funny Girl,'' died of cancer yesterday at his home in Manhattan. He was 81 years old. Roger DeKoven, an actor who appeared in roles as diverse as Edmund, in Erwin Piscator's modern staging of ''King Lear,'' and Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., in the Broadway musical ''Funny Girl,'' died of cancer yesterday at his home in Manhattan. He was 81 years old. Mr. DeKoven, who also had a long career in radio and television, last appeared on stage in the 1986 Jewish Repertory Theater revival of Arnold Wesker's 'Roots.' In 1926 he made his New York stage debut in a walk-on role in ''Juarez and Maximillian'' at the Guild Theater, now the Virginia. He was graduated from the University of Chicago in 1930. That same year, Mr. DeKoven appeared in 'Once in a Lifetime' at the Music Box Theater. In 1940 he played Edmund to Sam Jaffe's Lear in ''King Lear'' at the New School for Social Research in the first American production staged by Erwin Piscator, the German theater innovator. Other notable productions included 'Joan of Lorraine' in 1946, 'The Fighting Cock' in 1959, 'Arturo Ui' in 1963 and ''Funny Girl'' in 1964. In 1949, after reading a poem at a peace conference, Mr. DeKoven was blacklisted in the magazine Red Channels. His career came to a halt until he signed a statement drafted by Red Channels denying that he was a Communist and condemning the Communist Party. He later denounced his accusers in a newspaper interview, calling them peddlers of the 'most vicious un-American kind of slander.' Mr. DeKoven is survived by his wife, Mona, and a daughter, Lenore, both of Manhattan; a son, Roger, of Long Boat Key, Fla., and two grandsons.|id={{ProQuest|426710975}}}}</ref> That same year, De Koven performed with [[Moscow]]'s [[Habima Theatre]] troupe during their tour of the U.S.


In 1940, De Koven appeared at [[The New School for Social Research]] in Shakespeare's ''[[King Lear]]'' (the first American production staged by the school's founder, [[Erwin Piscator]]), playing [[Edmund (King Lear)|Edmund]] to [[Sam Jaffe]]'s Lear.<ref name="NYTobit"/>
In 1940, De Koven appeared at [[The New School for Social Research]] in Shakespeare's ''[[King Lear]]'' (the first American production staged by the school's founder, [[Erwin Piscator]]), playing [[Edmund (King Lear)|Edmund]] to [[Sam Jaffe]]'s Lear.<ref name="NYTobit"/>

Revision as of 22:31, 27 June 2024

Roger De Koven
Born
Roger Bemet DeKoven

(1906-10-22)October 22, 1906
DiedJanuary 28, 1988(1988-01-28) (aged 81)
Other namesRoger DeKoven, Roger de Koven
OccupationActor
Years active1925–1984
SpouseMina Meltz
Children2

Roger De Koven (born Roger Bemet DeKoven; October 22, 1906 – January 28, 1988)[1][2] was an American actor on stage, radio, television and film, known for his versatility,[3][4] and, in particular, for his portrayals of Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. in the Broadway musical, Funny Girl,[5] and of Professor Jason Allen in the landmark anti-war—and anti-Nazi—radio drama Against the Storm.[6] In addition, he appeared frequently on such anthology series as Grand Central Station,[7] Dimension X, and Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar,[6] and—while employed as leading man/director of a stock company in the mid-1930s—directed the young Danny Kaye.[3][8]

Early life and career

A native of Chicago, Illinois, DeKoven was one of seven children born to Dr. Bernard DeKoven and the former Clara Turner.[9][1] His father was a Russian-born Jew known for his active participation in Zionist affairs and Jewish charitable work.[9]

Following his graduation from John Marshall High School,[10] DeKoven attended the University of Chicago, Northwestern, and Columbia. He made his Broadway debut in 1926 in Franz Werfel's Juarez and Maximilian.[11][12] That same year, De Koven performed with Moscow's Habima Theatre troupe during their tour of the U.S.

In 1940, De Koven appeared at The New School for Social Research in Shakespeare's King Lear (the first American production staged by the school's founder, Erwin Piscator), playing Edmund to Sam Jaffe's Lear.[12]

Variety's Tom Morse, at the conclusion of his article assessing Off Broadway's artistically uneven, woefully unprofitable, just-concluded 1965-1966 season, includes de Koven's performance in Deadly Game—an adaptation of Swiss writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt's A Dangerous Game—in his list of the year's outstanding performances.[13]

Of his performance as Paul Hirsch (the husband of leading lady Gertrude Berg's character in the touring company of Leonard Spigelgass's Dear Me, the Sky is Falling), reviewed at the Tappan Zee Playhouse, Nyack Journal-News critic Mariruth Campbell writes, "DeKoven [...] gives the role wondrous value by impressing the audience with Paul's basic solidity while seemingly the too-easily-led marriage partner. He clearly shows Paul admires as well as adores his fix-it mama."[14] Regarding De Koven's portrayal of Justice Lawrence Walgrave in a 1969 production of Agatha Christie's 10 Little Indians, Home News drama critic Ernest Albrecht notes that, in stark contrast to all too many of his fellow players (whom Albrecht deems "not able to handle [acting's] basic requirement, i.e. "simply to make each action believable"), "DeKoven is particularly good at making an enormous change in character go down without our gagging on it."[15]

Personal life and death

From June 6, 1927 until his death, DeKoven was married to the former Mina Meltz.[16] Their union produced two children, Lenore and Roger Jr.[5]

On January 28, 1988, DeKoven died of cancer, aged 81,[2] at his home in Manhattan. He was survived by his wife, children and two grandsons.[5]

Acting credits

Stage

Opening date Closing date Title Role Theatre Notes Refs
Jan 26, 1927 Apr 1927 The Mystery Man Anson Nora Bayes Theatre [17]
Mar 20, 1936 Apr 1936 Murder in the Cathedral First Knight Manhattan Theatre Written by T.S. Eliot; music by A. Lehman Engel [18]
Jan 7, 1937 May 15, 1937 The Eternal Road Fanatic Manhattan Opera House Music by Kurt Weill; text by Franz Werfel. Adapted by William A. Drake, from translation by Ludwig Lewisohn; staged by Max Reinhardt. [19]
Dec 21, 1941 Feb 7, 1942 Brooklyn, U.S.A. Albert Forrest Theatre Written by John Bright and Asa Bordages. [20][21]
Oct 17, 1945 Oct 27, 1945 The Assassin Admiral Marcel Vespery National Theatre Written by Irwin Shaw [22]
Nov 16, 1946 May 10, 1947 Joan of Lorraine Jeffson Alvin Theatre Written by Maxwell Anderson; produced by The Playwrights' Company [23]
Nov 18, 1954 Dec 4, 1954 Abie's Irish Rose Dr. Jacob Samuels Holiday Theatre Written by Anne Nichols [24]
Nov 17, 1955 Jun 2, 1956 The Lark The Promoter Longacre Theatre Written by Jean Anouilh; book adapted by Lillian Hellman; incidental music by Leonard Bernstein. [25]
Jan 23, 1957 Mar 16, 1957 The Hidden River Dr. Montalti Playhouse Theatre Written by Ruth Goetz and Augustus Goetz, based on the novel by Storm Jameson; directed by Robert Lewis. [26][27]
Oct 24, 1957 Feb 22, 1958 Compulsion Ferdinand Feldscher Ambassador Theatre Adapted from his novel of the same name by Meyer Levin; late made into like-named film. [28][29]
Oct 19, 1959 Jul 1, 1961 The Miracle Worker Doctor Playhouse Theatre Written by Anton Chekhov; translation by Constance Garnett [30]
Dec 8, 1959 Feb 20, 1960 The Fighting Cock The Milkman ANTA Playhouse Lucienne Hill's adaptation of Jean Anouilh's play [31][32]
Mar 18, 1963 Nov 9, 1963 Tovarich Gorotchenko - Replacement (May 27, 1963 - ?) Civic Repertory Theatre Musical based on the comedy by Robert E. Sherwood and Jacques Deval; [33]
Nov 11, 1963 Nov 16, 1963 Arturo Ui The Actor Lunt-Fontanne Theatre Written by Bertolt Brecht; book adapted by George Tabori; incidental music by Jule Styne; directed by Tony Richardson [34]
Mar 26, 1964 Jul 1, 1967 Funny Girl Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. Winter Garden Theatre, Majestic Theatre, Broadway Theatre Jule Styne-Bob Merrill musical with book by Isobel Lennart, based on her original story; directed by Garson Kanin [35]
Jan 4, 1968 Feb 10, 1968 Saint Joan The Archbishop of Rheims Vivian Beaumont Theatre Written by George Bernard Shaw [36]
Feb 29, 1938 Apr 6, 1968 Tiger at the Gates Priam Vivian Beaumont Theatre Adapted by Christopher Fry from Jean Giradoux's play. [37]
Apr 25, 1968 Jun 8, 1968 Cyrano de Bergerac Jodelet, A Spanish Officer Vivian Beaumont Theatre Written by Edmond Rostand; book adapted by James Forsyth; incidental music by William Bolcom. [38]
Nov 30, 1976 Dec 5, 1976 Herzl Jacob Herzl Palace Theatre Written by Benjamin Glazer and Vicki Baum [39]
Nov 14, 1979 May 18, 1980 Strider Vaska/ Mr. Willingstone Helen Hayes Theatre Written by Mark Rozovsky, adapted from "Kholstomer: The Story of a Horse" by Leo Tolstoy [40]

Radio

Year Title Role Notes
1938–1944 Myrt and Marge Randy Greenspring [41]
1939–? The O'Neills Chris Mamanos [42][43]
1939–1942, 1949-1950, 1951-1952 Against the Storm Professor Jason McKinley Allen [2][44]
1940 Amanda of Honeymoon Hill Charlie Harris [45]
Grand Central Station
December 31, 1940 Ep. NA With Arline Blackburn, Alan Reed, DeKoven[46]
February 25, 1941 Ep. NA Starring Sidney Lumet, w/ Florence Edney, Everett Sloane, DeKoven, Katherine Locke, Richard Kollmar[47]
February 13, 1942 Ep. NA Starring Sonya Stokowski, w/ Hugh Marlowe, DeKoven, Bill Johnstone and Sam Roskyn[48]
August 30, 1947 Ep. NA Starring Helen Claire, w/ Sydney Smith, DeKoven, Kathleen Cordell[49]
October 30, 1948 Ep. "The Millionth Guest" NA Starring Arnold Moss, w/ Leif Ericson, Richard Newton, Viola Roache, Philippa Bevans, DeKoven[50]
1941–1946 Famous O. Henry Jury Trials Narrator [51][52]
1942 Abie's Irish Rose Rabbi Samuels (aka Dr. Samuels) Succeeded Richard Gordon and preceded Martin Wolfson, beginning in April 1942 and finishing sometime that year.[53][54][55][56]
1942 Suspense
Ep. "The Ketler Method"
Dr. Ketler Co-starring and Gloria Stuart[57]
1942–? The Anderson's NA Co-starring with Elizabeth Watts[58]
1942–? The Man Behind the Gun [59]
1942 This We Have Done [60]
1943–? Men at Sea [61]
1943–? Words at War [62]
1943–1944 Brave Tomorrow Hal Lambert [2][63]
1943 Manhunt [64][65]
1943–1944 Stella Dallas Count Rudolph Tulana [66][67]
1943–1952 The Mysterious Traveler Various roles [68][43]
1944 Voice of the Army
Ep. "Memorial Day, 1944"
NA "[P]ays tribute to members of the Women's Army Corps and the Army Nurse Corps." Also feat. Ted Osborn, Lesly Woods, Jone Allison, Michael Fitzmaurice; written by Louis Pelletier
1945 The Living People NA Mini-Series of six weekly 15-minute transcriptions which aired during Lent in February and March 1945.[69][70]
1945–? The Strange Romance of Evelyn Winters [71]
1945–? Gang Busters Narrator [72][52][73]
1945–1946; 1950- Road of Life Dr. Fraser; Reid Overton [52][74]
1946–? The Schools Are Yours Tom Webber [52]
1947–? This Is Nora Drake Andrew King [75]
June 1, 1950 Hallmark Playhouse
Ep. "Crossroads of America"
NA [76]
August 11, 1952 Crime Does Not Pay
Ep. "The Lady Loves Kittens"
NA [77]
1952–1953 Police Blotter 5-minute "capsule thriller" starring DeKoven.[78]
October 1952 The Eternal Light
Ep. "The Song of Berditchev"
Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev [79][80]
December 30, 1976 Radio Mystery Theater
Ep. "Your Move, Mr. Ellers"
Tim Whelan (the "snoopy insurance investigator") [81][82]

Film

Year Title Role Director Other cast members Notes Refs.
1943 The Promise Eleonora Von Mendelssohn (as Eleanora Mendelssohn) Short subject "starring Eleanora Mendelssohn and Roger DeKoven" [83]
1945 A Pass to Tomorrow Himself - Narrator Joseph Krumgold Fredric March March and De Koven narrate this 28-min Technicolor documentary produced for the United Palestine Appeal [84][85]
1951 Up Front Sabatelli Alexander Hall Tom Ewell, David Wayne [86]
1961 Something Wild NA (uncredited) Jack Garfein Carroll Baker, Ralph Meeker [87]
1974 Seizure Serge Oliver Stone Jonathan Frid, Martine Beswick, Hervé Villechaize [88]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Refs.
1943 NA A Christmas Carol [89][90]
1949 The Big Story NA "Frank Shenkel of the Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph"
1957 Camera Three Imre Nagy "The United Nations Hungarian Report" [91][92]
1958 The Investigator NA
Camera Three Social man "The Necessity for Solitude" [93][94]
1961 The Detectives NA "One Lucky Break" [95][96]
1962 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Nate "A Piece of the Action" [97]
1965 Eavesdrop Himself 3/28 episode of local talk show on KDKA-TV, Pittsburgh, hosted by Marie Torre and Bill Burns [98][99]
March 12, 1967 The Vine NA (voice only) [100]
1978 Trial in Heaven NA "A Fable for the Day of Atonement" starring Lou Jacobi, with De Koven, Albert M. Ottenheimer, Jacqueline Brookes, Marilyn Chris [101][102]
1979 Guiding Light NA (an "international type") [103]

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  2. ^ a b c d "Roger DeKoven, 81, Stage Actor; Career Hurt by McCarthy-Era Newsletter ". The Los Angeles Times. February 4, 1988. pt. 1, p. 28.
  3. ^ a b "Narrates and Plays Role in WQBC Program; Roger DeKoven Shows Versatility in Famous Jury Trials". The Vicksburg Post. October 26, 1945. p. 2.
  4. ^ "Radio's Busiest Freelance on 'Gang Busters'". The Jackson Sun. September 22, 1946. sec. 2, p. 12.
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  6. ^ a b Dunning, John (1976). Tune in Yesterday : The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio, 1925-1976. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. pp. 19, 169, 667. ISBN 0-13-932608-1.
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  8. ^ "Legitimate: Engagements". Variety. August 14, 1935. p. 50. ProQuest 1475852902. Humphrey Bogart, Grant Mills, 'Calling Zero,' Lakewood Players, Skowhegan, Maine. . . . Robert Porterfield, Robert Hudson, Geoffrey Lind, Iris Whitney, Theresa Whittier, Beatrice Cole, Neil Harrison, 'The Hill Between.' Baxter Theatre, Abingdon, Va. . . . Roger DeKoven, Estelle Raymond, Mr. Diamond, Danny Kaye, Evelyn Burgess, 'Repent at Leisure,' White Roe Players, Livingston Manor, N. Y.
  9. ^ a b "Obituaries: Dr. Bernard DeKoven". Chicago Tribune. August 12, 1940. p. 24.
  10. ^ "Heard From the Schools: John Marshall High School". High School Life. October 1922. p. 180.
  11. ^ Willis, John (1988). Theatre World. New York: Crown Publishers. p. 200. ISBN 0517568284.
  12. ^ a b "Roger DeKoven Dies; Diverse Actor Was 81: [Obituary]". The New York Times. January 29, 1988. p. B5. ProQuest 426710975. Roger DeKoven, an actor who appeared in roles as diverse as Edmund, in Erwin Piscator's modern staging of King Lear, and Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., in the Broadway musical Funny Girl, died of cancer yesterday at his home in Manhattan. He was 81 years old. Roger DeKoven, an actor who appeared in roles as diverse as Edmund, in Erwin Piscator's modern staging of King Lear, and Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., in the Broadway musical Funny Girl, died of cancer yesterday at his home in Manhattan. He was 81 years old. Mr. DeKoven, who also had a long career in radio and television, last appeared on stage in the 1986 Jewish Repertory Theater revival of Arnold Wesker's 'Roots.' In 1926 he made his New York stage debut in a walk-on role in Juarez and Maximillian at the Guild Theater, now the Virginia. He was graduated from the University of Chicago in 1930. That same year, Mr. DeKoven appeared in 'Once in a Lifetime' at the Music Box Theater. In 1940 he played Edmund to Sam Jaffe's Lear in King Lear at the New School for Social Research in the first American production staged by Erwin Piscator, the German theater innovator. Other notable productions included 'Joan of Lorraine' in 1946, 'The Fighting Cock' in 1959, 'Arturo Ui' in 1963 and Funny Girl in 1964. In 1949, after reading a poem at a peace conference, Mr. DeKoven was blacklisted in the magazine Red Channels. His career came to a halt until he signed a statement drafted by Red Channels denying that he was a Communist and condemning the Communist Party. He later denounced his accusers in a newspaper interview, calling them peddlers of the 'most vicious un-American kind of slander.' Mr. DeKoven is survived by his wife, Mona, and a daughter, Lenore, both of Manhattan; a son, Roger, of Long Boat Key, Fla., and two grandsons.
  13. ^ Morse, Tom (July 20, 1966). "Long 'Indulged' by Partisan Critics, Off-B'way Lags, and B.O. Ditto". Variety. p. 67. ProQuest 1017135636. Any list of outstanding performances is inherently unjust, since memory is capricious and because bad plays tent to bury the talents of the most stalwart actors. But no such list can overlook these standouts: Ben Piazza ('Zoo Story'); George Bartenieff ('Krapps Last Tape'); Richard Jordan and Joseph Bova ('Love's Labor Lost'); Trude Adams, Mickie Grant and Don Francks ('Leonard Bernstein's Theatre Songs'); Will Geer ('Evening's Frost'); Ralph Waite, Fay Dunaway and Barnard Hughes ('Hogan's Goat'); Danny Fortus ('Friends' and 'Enemies'); Carrie Nye and Frank Langella ('White Devil'); Clarice Blackburn, Albert M. Ottenheimer, Betty Lou Holland and Stephen Strimpell ('Exhaustion of Our Son's Love'); Mina Kolb ('Hooray!'). Also: Branwell Fletcher ('Bernard Shaw Story'); Rudy Bond, Barbara Hayes and Lou Gilbert ('Big Man'); Estelle Parsons and John Karlen ('Monopoly'); William Mooney ('Half Horse, Half Alligator'); Dustin Hoffman and Michael Tolan ('Journey of the Fifth Horse'); Linda Lavin and Paul Sand ('Mad Show'); Shirley Knight and Irene Dailey ('Rooms'); Kevin O'Connor ('Chicago'); Gordon Addison and Susan Tyrell ('Until the Monkey Comes'); and Roger De Koven, Rudolf Weiss and Albert M. Ottenheimer ('Deadly Game').
  14. ^ Campbell, Mariruth (July 5, 1966). "'The Sky Is Falling': Gertrude Berg Adds Sheen to TZ Play". The Nyack Journal-News. p. 38. ProQuest 2038339403. gives the role wondrous value by impressing the audience with Paul's basic solidity while seemingly the too-easily-led marriage partner. He clearly shows Paul admires as well as adores his fix-it mama.
  15. ^ Albrecht, Ernest (June 26, 1969). "The Theater: Miss Christie Plays a Neat Game". The Daily Home News. p. 32. ProQuest 2266658688.
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  22. ^ "The Assassin". IBDB. The Broadway League. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
  23. ^ "Joan of Lorraine". IBDB. The Broadway League. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
  24. ^ "Abie's Irish Rose". IBDB. The Broadway League. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
  25. ^ Hoffman, Leonard (November 18, 1955). "The New York Play". The Hollywood Reporter. p. 3. ProQuest 2338321530. A truly inspired performance by Julie Harris as Joan. She is completely credible and absolutely magnificent. As Cauchon, who in this interpretation is given a more sympathetic characterization, Boris Karloff is masterful. Joseph Wiseman is utterly sinister as the inquisitor. The rest of the cast, which includes Christopher Plummer as Warwick, Ward Costello and Lois Holmes as Joan's father and mother, Roger De Koven as the promoter and Paul Roebling as the wisely foolish Dauphin all score solidly and join the Legion D'Honneur which comprises the entire company, superbly directed by Joseph Anthony.
  26. ^ "Hidden River". IBDB. The Broadway League. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
  27. ^ Kerr, Walter (February 3, 1957). "Theater: 'Hidden River'; Truth Hurts in Taut Drama". New York Herald Tribune. p. D1, D2. ProQuest 1323835499. In the sparring itself, there are emotional gaps: sometimes firmly entrenched positions are shattered far too quickly, tenaciously held spites doused in little more than a glance. But—in the secure and confident direction of Robert Lewis, in the ramrod severity of Lili Darvas' inconsolable mother, in the quick-witted innocence of Gaby Rodgers' young bride-to-be, and in the taut playing of David King-Wood, Tonio Stewart, and Roger de Koven—the psychology of betrayal is given exhaustive, lifelike, and intimate examination.
  28. ^ Atkinson, Brooks (October 25, 1957). "Theatre: 'Compulsion': The Cast". The New York Times. p. 21. ProQuest 114324869. Mrs. Strauss....Joan Croydon; Jonathan Wilk....Michael Constantine; Judah Steiner Sr....Bernard Lenrow; Ferdinand Feldscher....Roger de Koven; Dr. Stauffer....Reynolds Evans; Dr. McNarry....Lloyd Gough
  29. ^ Chapman, John (October 26, 1957). "Theatre: 'Compulsion' a Powerful Drama (Reprinted from yesterday's late editions)". New York Daily News. p. 13c. ProQuest 2279767530. Given roles of enormous emotion and great length, McDowell and Stockwell play the killers to the hilt [...] Stepping in at the last moment for the ailing Frank Conroy, Michael Constantine gives a splendid impersonation of the boys' great lawyer, Clarence Darrow. [...] Another great acting highlight is Howard Da Silva's prosecutor. There remains only time t mention, but not fit into the story, the good work of Ben Astar, Ina Balin, Barbara Loden, Elliott Sullivan, Joan Corydon, Roger de Koven and Edward Cullen.
  30. ^ "The Miracle Worker". IBDB. The Broadway League. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
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  32. ^ Atkinson, Brooks (December 9, 1959). "Rex Harrison Stars in 'Fighting Cock': Comedy by Anouilh Opens at the ANTA". The New York Times. p. 57. ProQuest 114833373. All the acting is superb. It seems effortless, as though the characters were walking at random through M. Anouilh's haunted maze. [...] Roddy McDowell's brash youth, Michael Gough's merciful priest, Arthur Treacher's blundering man of the world, Roger de Koven's belligerant priest help to round out M. Anouilh's picture of a comic, mindless half-tragic world.
  33. ^ "Black Pitt". IBDB. The Broadway League. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
  34. ^ "Arturo Ui". IBDB. The Broadway League. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
  35. ^ Oppenheimer, George (March 27, 1964). "Streisand Enters as the Funny Girl". Newsday. p. 71. ProQuest 913654374. Mama Brice runs a saloon on Henry Street and she and her poker-playing cronies try to dissuade Fanny from her career, but the girl is stage-struck. Finally the breaks start coming and she is called by Flo Ziegfeld, well played by Roger De Koven.
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  42. ^ Martin Darrell (radio editor). "President's Mother On Air Tonight; Stanwyck Star of 'So Big' for Radio Theater; Career of Marie Dressler Dramatized Tonight on American Cavalcade; Letter Box". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. March 13, 1939. p. 18.
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  44. ^ Cox, Jim (2009). The A to Z of American Radio Soap Operas. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-8108-6833-5.
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  49. ^ Little, Mary (August 30, 1947). "Air Glances". The Des Moines Register. p. 6.
  50. ^ Aitchison, Marion (August 30, 1947). "Election Coverage Outlined in Special Broadcast". The Miami Herald. p. 16-B.
  51. ^ "From the Production Centres: In New York City . . ". Variety. January 22, 1941. p. 38. ProQuest 1505765027. Roger DeKoven replaced DeWitt McBride as narrator of 'Famous O.Henry Jury Trials'...
  52. ^ a b c d "Radio's Busiest Free-Lance on 'Gang Busters'". The Jackson Sun. Sec. 2, p. 12.
  53. ^ "Here and There on the Air". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. March 15, 1942. p. 7H.
  54. ^ "On the Air: Radio Briefs". The Circleville Herald. April 13, 1942. p. 5.
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  56. ^ "'Abie's Irish Rose' Celebrates Its First Year on the Air Tonight". The Capital Times. January 23, 1943. p. 7.
  57. ^ "Radio Highlights: Programs of Interest Today". The Baltimore Sun. March 27, 1983. p. D10. ProQuest 537959838. SUSPENSE — 'The Ketler Method.' Roger De Koven stars in a story about a doctor who has an unusual cure for headaches. Originally broadcast September 16, 1942.
  58. ^ Hobe. (October 14, 1942). "Radio Reviews: The Man Behind the Gun". Variety. p. 33. ProQuest 1285814652. Cast: Everett Sloane, Robert Dryden, Ed Latimer, Carl Eastman, Dean Carlton, Johnny Kane, Chester Stratton, George Tiplady, Roger DeKoven, James McCallion
  59. ^ Hobe. (October 14, 1942). "Radio Reviews: The Man Behind the Gun". Variety. p. 33. ProQuest 1285814652. Cast: Everett Sloane, Robert Dryden, Ed Latimer, Carl Eastman, Dean Carlton, Johnny Kane, Chester Stratton, George Tiplady, Roger DeKoven, James McCallion
  60. ^ "Press Assn. Sends Disc To All PA News Users". Broadcasting, Broadcast Advertising. December 14, 1942. p. 14. ProQuest 1014962579. Cast: Everett Sloane, Robert Dryden, Ed Latimer, Carl Eastman, Dean Carlton, Johnny Kane, Chester Stratton, George Tiplady, Roger DeKoven, James McCallion
  61. ^ Koehler, Joseph M. (July 24, 1943). "Radio: PROGRAM REVIEWS - 'Men at Sea'". The Billboard. p. 13. ProQuest 1032308208. This is it, the documentary broadcast to end once and for all the theory that this type of program has to be deadly, or else so hypoed that it is out and out fiction. The tale of The Coast Farmer, solid freighter that made 10 knots, 14 when pushed, as told by a newspaperman who made the trip to Bataan with it thru enemy waters, was as thrilling as anything that's been heard on the air. Credit must be given to Milton Geiger, who wrote the script; Bill Sweets, who directed it, and as swell a cast as ever underplayed a thriller—Allan Stevenson, Maurice Minnick, Roger DeKoven, Rod Hendrickson, Richard Sanders and Norman Lloyd.
  62. ^ Marvin, Wanda (July 24, 1943). "Radio: PROGRAM REVIEWS - 'Words at War'". The Billboard. p. 14. ProQuest 1032308310. Actors Roger DeKoven, Les Damon, Walter Kinsella, Ian MacAllaster, Victor B. Croft and others, under direction of Joseph Losey, did a fine job.
  63. ^ Terrace, Vincent (1999). Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-7864-4513-4.
  64. ^ "From the Production Centres: Chicago". Variety. December 15, 1943. p. 34. ProQuest 11505728702. Roger DeKoven, featured on the Kate Smith hour, is the star of a new thriller, 'Manhunt,' being aired over WBBM-CBS Sunday nights at 10:30 (CWT). Program started Dec. 12 and is sponsored by the Atlas Prager Brewing Co.
  65. ^ Marvin, Wanda (July 24, 1943). "Radio: PROGRAM REVIEWS - 'Words at War'". The Billboard. p. 14. ProQuest 1032308310. Actors Roger DeKoven, Les Damon, Walter Kinsella, Ian MacAllaster, Victor B. Croft and others, under direction of Joseph Losey, did a fine job.
  66. ^ "From the Production Centres: Chicago". Variety. December 15, 1943. p. 34. ProQuest 11505728702. Roger DeKoven, featured on the Kate Smith hour, is the star of a new thriller, 'Manhunt,' being aired over WBBM-CBS Sunday nights at 10:30 (CWT). Program started Dec. 12 and is sponsored by the Atlas Prager Brewing Co.
  67. ^ Marvin, Wanda (July 24, 1943). "Radio: PROGRAM REVIEWS - 'Words at War'". The Billboard. p. 14. ProQuest 1032308310. Actors Roger DeKoven, Les Damon, Walter Kinsella, Ian MacAllaster, Victor B. Croft and others, under direction of Joseph Losey, did a fine job.
  68. ^ Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 476. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3.
  69. ^ "Churches Begin Lenten Services; Ash Wednesday Marked by Services in Tucson". Tucson Daily Citizen. February 14, 1945. p. 2.
  70. ^ "Radio to Aid Lenten Worship: Episcopal Churchmen to Provide Sunday Broadcasts". Wilmington Journal. February 13, 1945. p. 6. ProQuest 2612200964. Produced under the title of 'The Living People,' this series will commence next Sunday, at 9:15 a. m., and continue on successive Sundays at the same hour and concluding on Palm Sunday, March 25. Each broadcast will be in the firm of a dramatic transcription especially produced for radio by Donald Peterson, produced of the Ave Maria Hour. The scripts were written by Wilhelmina Fox, music by George Shackley [...] [F]eatures many radio and stage personalities including Norma Chambers, Hilda Simms, Harlan Stone, William Smith, Gloria Mann and Roger DeKoven.
  71. ^ "From the Production Centres: New York City . . ". Variety. June 20, 1945. p. 28. ProQuest 1285873104. Roger DeKoven and Doris Dalton join 'Evelyn Winters.'
  72. ^ Cars. (September 19, 1945). "Radio Review: 'GANG BUSTERS'". Variety. p. 29. ProQuest 1285877913. With Lewis J. Valentine, Will Griffis, Sanford Bickhart, Bobby Readick, Martin Begley, Walter Vaughn, Ken Lynch, Myron McCormick, Roger DeKoven, Don Douglas, Larry Haines, Louise Fitch, Julie Stevens; announcer, Don Gardiner.
  73. ^ "Roger DeKoven: Programs/Episodes". Old Time Radio Researchers.
  74. ^ "Voices and Faces: Hit Parade Prepares to Mark Fifteen Years of Broadcasts". The Pittsburgh Press. April 16, 1950. p. 8E. ProQuest 2271913913. Roger DeKoven, who has more than 10,000 air performances to his credit, will be heard in the role of Reid Overton, father of the wealthy Overton clan. [...] The Overtons are to play an important part in the future life of the show's protagonist, Dr. Jim Brent.
  75. ^ Buxton; Owen. op. cit. p. 238.
  76. ^ "Radio Review: CROSSROADS OF AMERICA". Variety. June 1, 1950. p. 27. ProQuest 1285989531. With Jane Wyman, Robert Young, James Hilton, Lyn Murray orch, Bee Benaderet, Ted Osborn, Isabel Jewell, Ted DeCorsia, Hans Conried, Parley Baer, Herb Butterfield, Lon Clark, Roger DeKoven, Maurice Tarplin; Frank Goss, announcer.
  77. ^ "Monday Radio—TV". Courier-Post. August 11, 1952. p. 8:30 P.M.-WIP-Crime Does Not Pay. Anna Lee, Ward Wilson, Roger deKoven in an exciting tale of arson, murder and cats in the story of 'The Lady Loves Kittens.'. ProQuest 1915639044.
  78. ^ "New Crime Series Slated on KPLT". The Paris News. November 10, 1952. p. 19. See also:
  79. ^ Abel (October 14, 1953). "Radio Follow-Up". Variety. p. 33. ProQuest 1016984850. [W]ith cast prominents including Roger de Koven (in the title role), Santos Ortega, Dan Ocko, John McGovern, Guy Repp. Narrator was Alexander Scourby.
  80. ^ Ranson, Jo (March 11, 1959). "NBC's 'Eternal Light': To AFTRA, Writers, It Has a 'Tiffany Credit'". Variety. p. 46. ProQuest 1017045350. Its regulars are Alexander Scourby, Roger De Koven, Santos Ortega, Leon Janney, Guy Repp and others, all seasoned, skilled and eager to work for scale. Like the headliners, they get $43 per performance—but it is, in their mature opinion, an opportunity to appear in a series frequently experimental that runs the gamut from bible stories to pressing problems of contemporary life.
  81. ^ "Radio Highlights". Los Angeles Times. December 30, 1976. p. D12. ProQuest 158084262. 9-10 p.m., KNX: CBS Radio Mystery Theater, 'Your Move, Mr. Ellers' stars Roger DeKaven as a snoopy insurance investigator.
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  83. ^ "Rally to Open Jewish Appeal; Workers in $26,400 Drive Meet Monday Night at Temple". Lancaster New Era. June 25, 1943. p. 3.
  84. ^ "Screen News: Richard Conte and Carole Landis to Be Featured; Of Local Origin". The New York Times. May 24, 1945. p. 16.
  85. ^ "Zionists to Show Palestine Film". The Morning Call. October 26, 1945. p. 3.
  86. ^ Kolker, Robert Phillip (2000) A Cinema of Loneliness: Penn, Stone, Kubrick, Scorsese, Spielberg, Altman. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 426. ISBN 0-19-512349-2.
  87. ^ Roger DeKoven filmography. American Film Institute.
  88. ^ Mack. (November 20, 1974). "Film Reviews: Seizure". Variety. p. 11. ProQuest 1401272044. Among those meeting bloody fates before the twist ending are Frid's wife Christina Pickles, decadent stud Troy Donahue, arrogant millionaire Joe Sirola, his gold-digging wife Mary Woronov, batty Anna Meacham, and her erudite husband Roger De Koven. [...] Frid gives a stodgy performance, but otherwise the thesping is generally good. Sirola scores with an incisive portrait of a fiftyish man trying desperately to be hip. De Koven brings effortless cultivation to his role, and Meacham is suitably eerie in a rare film appearance. Villechaize will have audiences squirming as the fat little villain. Tight editing by Stone and Nobuko Organesoff keeps the film moving rapidly for the first hour of its 93-minute running time, but then the film lags badly as the script requires De Koven to give a lengthy exegesis of the plot. It's an interesting scene but doesn't make the action any clearer.
  89. ^ Marvin, Wanda (July 24, 1943). "Radio Review: DuMont Television". The Billboard. p. 34. ProQuest 1032317929. Actors Roger DeKoven, Les Damon, Walter Kinsella, Ian MacAllaster, Victor B. Croft and others, under direction of Joseph Losey, did a fine job.
  90. ^ Marvin, Wanda (January 1, 1944). "Radio Review: DuMont Television". The Billboard. p. 11. ProQuest 1032317929. Pic, Glimpses Into Belgian History, was introduced by Dottie Wootin as a scene and mood setter for Christmas Carol, but the British film was so bad it served more as a reason for gratitude toward anything that might follow. George Lowther directed a group of players known as the Montebanks in Christmas Carol, adapted for tele by William Podmore. Podmore, who also played Scrooge, headed a cast which included Don Randolf, Consuela Lembke, Ralph Locke, Noah Julian, Roger DeKoven and Lon Clark.
  91. ^ Geraghty, Kathryn (July 21, 1957). "TV News and Notes". The Baltimore Sun. p. A-13.
  92. ^ "TELEVISION PROGRAMS: TODAY, SUNDAY, JULY 6". The New York Times. July 6, 1958. p. X10. ProQuest 114356946. 11:30-11:55 A. M.—Camera Three: Repeat of the dramatized documentary of 'The United Nations Hungarian Report,' with Roger de Koven—(2).
  93. ^ Library of Congress (1973). [ The National Union Catalog; a cumulative author list representing Library of Congress printed cards and titles reported by other American libraries, 1968-1972]. Ann Arbor, MI: J. W. Edwards Publisher. p. 327. ISBN 9780910546003.
  94. ^ "Camera Three Eyes Solitude". Victoria Advocate. December 28, 1958. p. TV5. "Members of Sunday's cast will be Mike Kellin, who plays an explorer, Gerald Hiken in the role of a philosopher, Ruth Altman as a lady with no real inner resources, or opinions of her own, and Roger De Koven as a man who loves companionship."
  95. ^ "TV Key". The Binghamton Press. June 22, 1962. p. 14. ProQuest 2043493388. 'One Lucky Break.' (Repeat.) After his 'Beatnik' troubles last week, Sergeant Nelson (Adam West) gets in worse hot water this week. He is charged with shooting the tied-up victim of a burglary, and letting the thief get away. After Holbrook suspends him, Nelson tries to prove his victim is a liar. Robert Taylor stars with Tige Andrews, Mark Goddard and guest Roger De Koven.
  96. ^ "Weekly TV Program, Oct. 28 thru Nov. 3; Friday Evening, 8:30". Burlington Free Press. October 28, 1961. p. 9. ProQuest 1954991627. Capt. Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) suspends Sgt. Steve Nelson (Adam West) for shooting a burglary victim and letting the suspect escape, in 'Lucky Break.'
  97. ^ King, Vance (June 22, 1962). "THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR: ("A Piece of the Action")". The Hollywood Reporter. p. 11. ProQuest 2339699523. In expanding his show from a half-hour to an hour, Alfred Hitchcock took on a difficult task—that of fitting a story to the limitations of 60 minutes, minus commercials. This is a report on the first of Hitchcock's efforts in this direction, and the report is that Hitchcock has a success on his hands [...] The memorable story has the beauteous Martha Hyer, the able Gig Young, the remarkable Robert Redford (he will really be heard from in TV and motion pictures), and such capable players as Gene Evans, Roger De Koven, Raymond Bailey, Nick Dennis and others.
  98. ^ "Sunday, Mar. 28". The Pittsburgh Press. March 28, 1965. p. TV-8.
  99. ^ "KDKA-TV Starts New Show Soon". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. December 4, 1964. p. 35.
  100. ^ King, Vance (June 22, 1962). "THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR: ("A Piece of the Action")". The Hollywood Reporter. p. 11. ProQuest 2339699523. In expanding his show from a half-hour to an hour, Alfred Hitchcock took on a difficult task—that of fitting a story to the limitations of 60 minutes, minus commercials. This is a report on the first of Hitchcock's efforts in this direction, and the report is that Hitchcock has a success on his hands [...] The memorable story has the beauteous Martha Hyer, the able Gig Young, the remarkable Robert Redford (he will really be heard from in TV and motion pictures), and such capable players as Gene Evans, Roger De Koven, Raymond Bailey, Nick Dennis and others.
  101. ^ "Lou Jacobi in Trial in Heaven; A Fable for the Day of Atonement". Newsday. October 9, 1978.
  102. ^ "Daytime TV: Tuesday Afternoon. Newsday [Nassau Edition]. Monday, October 9, 1978. p. 26A.
  103. ^ Scheuer, Steven H. (February 9, 1979). "Soap Opera Scene: Verna Pierce pleased with 'Search' role". Boca Raton News. p. 2.