Harry Danner

Harry Danner is an American operatic tenor and actor of stage, screen, and film.

Raised in Springfield Township, Pennsylvania, Danner attended the George School (graduated 1957) and Dickinson College. He is the brother of actress Blythe Danner and violin maker William Moennig, and the uncle of actresses Gwyneth Paltrow and Katherine Moennig. He is married to opera director Dorothy Danner and the father of Hillary Danner. While stationed at Fort Myer, Virginia, he appeared as Lieutenant Cable in the American Light Opera Company production of South Pacific, 1963 at Trinity Theatre in Georgetown.

In 1967, he performed in four concerts during dinners at the White House which were attended by President Lyndon B. Johnson.

In 1970 Danner began his career as an opera singer with performances of Rodolfo in La boheme at both the New York City Opera and the Lake George Opera.

In 1971 he made his debut at the San Francisco Opera as the Duke of Mantua in Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto with Robert Mosley in the title role. He returned to San Francisco twice more during his career, portraying Curly in Carlisle Floyd's Of Mice and Men in 1974, and a soldier in the United States premiere of Viktor Ullmann's Der Kaiser von Atlantis in 1977.

...
Wikipedia