Bruce Yarnell
Bruce Yarnell ( born December 28, 1935 in Los Angeles, California, † 30 November 1973 in the Santa Monica Mountains, California ) was an American actor, musical and opera singer.
Life
Yarnell in 1960 made his Broadway debut as Sir Lionel in the original production of Camelot. After that he played in EY Harburg The Happiest Girl in the World, for which he was awarded in 1961 as part of the ensemble with the Theatre World Award. In the same year he received the role of the Chalk Breeson, one of the main roles in the second season of the series Western Outlaws. The series was canceled after the end of the season, after which Yarnell guest roles in television series took. Among others, he has appeared in two episodes of the series Bonanza as Muley Jones, in which he also sang. In 1963, he presented alongside Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine to Hippolyte dar. in Billy Wilder's Irma la Douce Although it was a bigger role in a highly successful, Oscar-winning feature film, initially joined any wide rolls of film. Instead, 1966, he returned to Broadway back, and joined in Annie Get Your Gun next to Ethel Merman in the male lead role.
By the early 1970s he turned to the opera house and moved to the San Francisco Opera. There he joined 1971-1973 in various productions on, including Madama Butterfly, Aida and Tosca. After his last appearance as Marcello in La Bohème, he had an accident with his private plane. He and two passengers arrived shortly after leaving the airport of Los Angeles in the crash in the Santa Monica Mountains killed.
His sister Lorene Yarnell worked in show business as an actor, tap dancer and mime.