Larry Blyden

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Genial, dark-haired, often bespectacled Ivan Lawrence Blieden (pronounced Blee-den), better known as actor Larry Blyden, was born in Houston, Texas, the son of a lawyer. He developed an early interest in acting, appearing in various theater productions as a teen but never entertained the notion of pursuing a career. Following a stint with the Marine Corps, however, he went to college at the University of Houston and supplemented his income with a job as a local radio announcer, finding himself highly proficient at foreign accents. Bitten by the acting bug, he decided to give performing a serious try this time, first training at London's Royal Academy of Arts, then moving to New York. It was Broadway that subsequently gave Larry marquee value, contributing strongly to a string of successes. These included not only such staple comedies as "Mr. Roberts", "Oh Men! Oh Women!" and "Absurd Person Singular", but the musicals "Flower Drum Song" (Tony nomination), "The Apple Tree" and "A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum", the last earning him the Tony award in 1972. In the early 1950s Larry was initially a noticeable presence in TV drama, but, as his career progressed, he found a more comfortable niche in breezy comedy. He even landed a couple of his own sitcoms Joe & Mabel (1956) and Harry's Girls (1963), short-lived as they were. Larry projected a very temperate, clean-cut image which some critics deemed as bland. As a result, film roles were scarce - three to be exact: Embrasse-la pour moi (1957) starring Cary Grant and Jayne Mansfield, La nuit des maris (1957) with Don Murray and Carolyn Jones, and Barbra Streisand's Melinda (1970). Larry was also a big game show enthusiast and was seen frequently as a panelist on Password (1961) and To Tell the Truth (1969), among many others. In 1972, he became a familiar daytime face after replacing Wally Bruner as host of the syndicated What's My Line? (1968). Larry married Bob Fosse dancer/extraordinaire Carol Haney in 1955. They remained a popular Gotham couple until their split seven years later. Haney, who was pure electric in the Broadway and film versions of "The Pajama Game", was a severe diabetic and died suddenly at age 39 in 1964, two years after their divorce. This left Blyden a single parent with two children to raise. He never remarried. Blyden himself died fairly young, killed in a car accident while traveling in Morocco. He was only 49. Highly personable and modestly unassuming, Larry Blyden may not have hit the heights, but he was a recognizable name and a durable talent - one of Broadway's brighter lights for over two decades. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Gary Brumburgh / gr-home@pacbell.net

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Releases by Year

Larry Blyden on average has worked on 1 movies per year from 1970 to 1975. See the full graphs of the number of Larry Blyden movies released per year from 1970 till 1975.

Top Genres

Larry Blyden works mostly in Comedy Genre followed by Family Genre flixes. 33% of Larry Blyden movies are Comedy Genre movies. See Top Genres that Larry Blyden worked on in the graph below.

Average IMDB Score

On average the IMDB score of the movies that Larry Blyden has worked on is 6.3.

6.3 / 10

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A troubled young woman who visits a psychotherapist to help her quit smoking undergoes hypnosis and finds herself reliving a tragic Victorian romance from a past life.

6.3/10129 min

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