John Cullum made his Broadway debut as Sir Dinadan in Alan Jay Lerner’s and Frederick Loewe’s Camelot in 1960. He also understudied Richard Burton (King Arthur) and Roddy McDowell (Arthur’s son Mordred),[5] going on four times when Burton became ill and succeeding McDowell. He would go on to play Laertes opposite Burton’s 1964 Broadway performance as Hamlet[6] (and in the film version of the production) and in Burton’s final Broadway appearance in Noel Coward’s Private Lives in 1983.[7] In 1965, he was called in to replace Louis Jourdan during the Boston tryout of the musical On a Clear Day You Can See Forever. [8] It was his first starring role on Broadway, netting him a Theatre World Award and his first Tony Award nomination.
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