Ivor Lewis Emmanuel Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Ivor Lewis Emmanuel (7 November 1927 – 20 July 2007) was a Welsh musical theatre and television singer and actor. He is probably best remembered, however, for his appearance as "Private Owen" in the 1964 film Zulu, in which his character rallies outnumbered British soldiers by leading them in the stirring Welsh battle hymn "Men of Harlech" to counter the Zulu war chants.After losing his parents at an early age, Emmanuel began working as a coal miner. He developed a keen interest in music and singing, however, and was drawn to the stage. At the age of 20, he had his first professional theatre job in the musical Oklahoma!. He served as a chorister for the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1950–1951 but soon went on to play small roles in the West End productions of South Pacific, The King and I and Plain and Fancy. His first leading role was Joe Hardy in Damn Yankees (1957), followed by a tour as Woody Mahoney in Finian's Rainbow. In 1966, he appeared on Broadway in A Time for Singing and then in the West End in 110 in the Shade. He continued to play in summer seasons of theatre and in cabaret and variety into the 1980s.During the late 1950s, he participated in the Welsh language singing television programme Dewch i Mewn, and from 1958 to 1964 was lead singer on the TWW show, Gwlad y Gan (Land of Song), among other TV shows. In 1960, he performed in the first televised edition of the Royal Variety Performance. He continued to perform on TV through the 1970s. He also performed in concerts and is heard on cast recordings of Show Boat, Kiss Me, Kate, The King and I and A Time for Singing. He is also featured on the box set, The Greatest Musicals of the 20th Century and on the 1966 RCA Victrola recording of The Pirates of Penzance, and made his own album, The Best of Ivor Emmanuel.
Virile Welsh singer who worked as a coal miner as a teen before singing. Appeared in such productions as "South Pacific", "The King and I", "Finian's Rainbow" and "Damn Yankees" in the 1950s. Made his Broadway debut in a short-lived musical version of "How Green Way My Valley" entitled "A Time for Singing" in 1966.
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A one-time member of the Pontrhydyfen Operatic Society, he was eventually hired by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company as a chorister in March 1950, staying until August 1951 when he married fellow D'Oyly Carte chorister Jean Beazleigh. He later co-headlined in a TV series, the musical program "Land of Song", from 1958-1965 with Sian Hopkins. He retired to Spain in the late 1960s.
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When he was just 14 his father and mother, sister and grandfather, were killed by a stray German bomb that hit his home village.
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He used to carry a wind-up gramophone up mountains near his home village to listen to records of Enrico Caruso.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Other Reg Varney
1970
TV Movie
Various Characters
Zulu
1964
Private Owen
Plain and Fancy
1956
TV Movie
Another man / State Trooper
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The David Nixon Show
1972
TV Series
Himself - Guest
The Sooty Show
1972
TV Series
Himself
Moira Anderson Sings
1968-1971
TV Series
Himself
The Golden Shot
1968
TV Series
Himself
The Val Doonican Show
1967
TV Series
Himself
Carnival Time
1967
TV Series
Himself - Guest Judge
The Eamonn Andrews Show
1967
TV Series
Himself
Tom Jones!
1966
TV Series
Himself
Stars and Garters
1965-1966
TV Series
Himself
With Andy
1965
TV Series
Himself
Comedy Bandbox
1963
TV Series
Himself
The Benny Hill Show
1961
TV Series
Himself
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1961
TV Series
Himself
Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium
1957-1961
TV Series
Himself
The Friday Show
1960
TV Series
Himself
Spectacular
1960
TV Series
Himself
The Royal Variety Show
1960
TV Movie
Himself
Words and Music
1959-1960
TV Series
Himself
Make Mine Music
1959-1960
TV Series
Himself
The Rosalina Neri Show
1959
TV Series
Himself
Alistair McHarg Requests the Pleasure of Your Company