Legendary screen and stage actor Robert Vaughn will be screening his classic 1968 film Bullitt at the Ridgefield Playhouse in Ridgefield, CT (event details below). Following the screening, he’ll also be doing a Q&A and a book signing of his autobiography “A Fortunate Life.”
A veteran of stage and screen, Vaughn was nominated for a Best Supporting Golden Globe and Oscar almost right out of the gate, for his role in The Young Philadelphians (1959), opposite Paul Newman. The following year, he shared a titular role alongside Steve McQueen in the classic western The Magnificent Seven. Following his performance as Napoleon Solo in the TV series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964), came a string of hugely successful years as an international TV star. Then in 1968, he once again shared the big screen with Steve McQueen co-starring in Bullitt. Among his many TV roles are included appearances on Columbo, Murder She Wrote, Law & Order, and currently, the TV series Hustle. He’s also currently in pre-production for a modernized reboot, titled The Magnificent Eleven. Among his stage roles, Vaughn has appeared in Tom Stoppard’s The Real Inspector Hound, and on Broadway in A.R. Gurney’s Love Letters.
Event Details:
Date: Saturday, April 16, 2011
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: Ridgefield Playhouse in Ridgefield, CT.
To reserve tickets and for further information, please call the Ridgefield Playhouse Box Office at 203-438-5795.
Filmography
* Hell’s Crossroads (1957)
* No Time to be Young (1957)
* Teenage Cave Man (1958)
* Good Day for a Hanging (1958)
* The Young Philadelphians (1959)
* The Magnificent Seven (1960)
* The Spy with My Face (1965)
* The Venetian Affair (1967)
* Bullitt (1968)
* The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
* The Mind of Mr. Soames (1970)
* Julius Caesar (1970)
* Clay Pigeon (1971)
* The Towering Inferno (1974)
* Starship Invasions (1977)
* Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979)
* Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)
* Fukkatsu no hi (1980)
* Hangar 18 (1980)
* S.O.B. (1981)
* Demon Seed (1977; voice of Proteus IV, uncredited)
* Superman III (1983)
* Hour of the Assassin (1985)
* Black Moon Rising (1986)
* The Delta Force (1986)
* Renegade (1987)
* Killing Birds (1987)
* C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D. (1989)
* Witch Academy (1993)
* Joe’s Apartment (1996)
* BASEketball (1998)
* Pootie Tang (2001)
* Cottonmouth (2002)
* Happy Hour (2003)
* Hoodlum & Son (2003)
* Scene Stealers (2004)
* 2BPerfectlyHonest (2004)
* Gang Warz (2004)
* The Warrior Class (2008)
* Excuse Me for Living (filming) (2011)
* The Magnificent Eleven (pre-production) (2011)
I am so glad he’s coming to Ridgefield. Connecticut is THE PLACE for theater and THE PLACE for actors. Paul Newman lived here too!