Keene Curtis, 79, Played Daddy Warbucks in 'Annie,' Is Dead -- Rest in Peace

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Keene Curtis, 79, Played Daddy Warbucks in 'Annie,' Is Dead

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died October 13

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Date Posted: October 18, 2002 3:15:49 EDT

He won the Tony Award in 1971 as best featured actor in a musical for playing four diverse characters, each with a different accent, in "The Rothschilds."

Mr. Curtis played Warbucks in "Annie" on Broadway and in San Francisco and Los Angeles. He also co-starred in the national touring company of "La Cage aux Folles" for two years.

Among his other Broadway credits are "A Patriot for Me," "Division Street," "Night Watch" and "Via Galactica."

On television he played the snippy restaurant owner John Allen Hill on "Cheers" and appeared on "M*A*S*H," "Touched by an Angel," "Caroline in the City" and "E.R."

He also appeared in movies, including "Heaven Can Wait," "American Hot Wax" and "Richie Rich's Christmas Wish."

Born in Salt Lake City in 1923, Mr. Curtis grew up in Bountiful, where he made his own stage out of cardboard boxes and put on shows for people in his neighborhood.

He was a student actor and cheerleader at the University of Utah and spent three years in the Navy before he was discovered in 1947 by Orson Welles, who cast him as Lennox in the film "Macbeth" (1948).

After winning his Tony Award, he donated it and 48 boxes of theater memorabilia to the University of Utah. He also endowed a scholarship there to help graduates of that school's Actor Training Program start their careers.

Mr. Curtis left no immediate survivors.

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