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Richard Wilson

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Also known as Richard A. Wilson, Richard Alan Wilson

American actor, film producer and director (1915–1991)

Person · Open Library

Works
133

Top works

  • A short history of France
  • Shakespeare's Twelfth night, or, What you will
  • Mountain spirits and maize
  • A book of ships and seaman
  • Pen Pictures of British Battles

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1934-06-09
Active to
1984-01-21
chicago soulclassic souldoo-wopnorthern soulpoppop soul

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Listeners
744
Total plays
2,594

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Richard Wilson is the composer of some ninety works in many genres, including opera. He has received such recognition as an Academy Award in Music (from the American Academy of Arts and Letters), the Hinrichsen Award (from the American Academy of Arts and Letters), the Stoeger Prize (from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center), the Cleveland Arts Prize (from the Women's City Club of Cleveland), and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Recent commissions have come from the Koussevitsky and Fromm Found

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Richard
Family name
Wilson
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
McKeesport
Place of death
Santa Monica
Occupation
actor
Image
Richard Wilson 1942.jpg
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date of birth
1915-12-25
date of death
1991-08-21
cause of death
pancreatic cancer
start of work period
1937-00-00
end of work period
1991-00-00
Commons category
Richard Wilson (director)
manner of death
natural causes
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