Paul Ryan Rudd
| Paul Ryan Rudd | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Paul Kenneth Rudd May 15, 1940 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Died | August 12, 2010 (aged 70) Greenwich, Connecticut |
| Other names | Paul Rudd (as billed through his career) |
| Occupation | Actor, director, professor |
| Spouse(s) | Joan Mannion (divorced) Martha Bannerman (married 1983, had 3 children Graeme, Kathryn and Eliza) |
Paul Ryan Rudd (born Paul Kenneth Rudd; May 15, 1940 – August 12, 2010) was an American actor, director, and a professor. He appeared as the title character in a 1976 production of Shakespeare's Henry V, opposite Meryl Streep as his love interest. Though best known for his live theatre performances, such as those on Broadway and the New York Shakespeare Festival, he also appeared in the 1978 film The Betsy and on television in the 1975 short-lived series Beacon Hill as Brian Mallory, the scheming Irish chauffeur.
He was born in Boston, Massachusetts on May 15, 1940. He attended Boston Latin School and later Assumption Preparatory School, graduating in 1958. He obtained a degree in psychology from Fairfield University.
Originally named Paul Kenneth Rudd, he adopted Ryan as his middle name from his mother’s maiden name, whose name had become Kathryn Rudd after marriage. He studied for the Roman Catholic priesthood but parted with mutual consent from his seminary. At some point, he married Joan Mannion, whom he later divorced.
Rudd worked in entertainment from 1967 through 1986, variously as actor or as director, both on and off-Broadway. He landed his first significant Broadway role in 1974 as Ken, the lobotomized motorcyclist, in The National Health by Peter Nichols. His name was in the credits of the 1975 revival of The Glass Menagerie as the Gentleman Caller. In 1976, he starred as Billy, the tortured young soldier, in David Rabe's Streamers in the original theatre cast. That year, he also played the title role of Henry V with the New York Shakespeare Festival opposite of Meryl Streep as Katherine, whom he marries in the play. He played in Theodore Mann's Romeo and Juliet in the part of Romeo, with Pamela Payton-Wright as Juliet in 1977. In 1979, he starred as Scooper in Bosoms and Neglect.
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