John Tillinger
| John Tillinger | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Joachim F. Tillinger June 28, 1938 Tabriz, Iran |
| Occupation | Actor/Theatre director |
| Spouse(s) | Dorothy Lyman (1971-1977/78) |
John Tillinger (born June 28, 1938) is a theatre director and actor.
Tillinger was born in Tabriz, Iran. His father was German Jewish and his mother was Protestant. Tillinger was raised in England, where he was first exposed to the theatre.
He spent his early years on Broadway as an actor, appearing in A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (standby "Freddie", 1968),Othello ("Roderigo", 1970),Hay Fever ("Sandy Tyrell", 1970), and The Changing Room ("Colin Jagger", 1973).
Tillinger's first Broadway directing credit was Solomon's Child in 1982. Since then he has directed:Love Letters (1989) with Colleen Dewhurst and Jason Robards, The Price (1992) with Eli Wallach, Three Men on a Horse (1993) and The Sunshine Boys (1997), both with Jack Klugman and Tony Randall, Inherit the Wind (1996) with George C. Scott and Charles Durning, Night Must Fall (1999) with Matthew Broderick,Judgment at Nuremberg (2001) with George Grizzard and Maximilian Schell, Say Goodnight, Gracie (2002) with Frank Gorshin, and Absurd Person Singular (2005) with Paxton Whitehead and Sam Robards.
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