Cyril Ritchard
![Madge Elliott](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Madge_Elliott_and_Cyril_Ritchard%27s_wedding.jpg)
|birth_place=
Surry Hills,
Sydney,
New South Wales, Australia
|death_date=
|death_place=
Chicago,
Illinois, U.S.
|occupation= Actor
|spouse= Madge Elliott
|years_active= 1918–1977
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Cyril Joseph Trimnell-Ritchard (1 December 1898 – 18 December 1977), known professionally as
Cyril Ritchard, was an Australian stage, screen and television actor, and director. He is best remembered today for his performance as
Captain Hook in the
Mary Martin musical production of ''
Peter Pan''. In 1945, he played Gabriele Eisenstein in ''
Gay Rosalinda'' at the Palace theatre in London, a version of Strauss's ''
Die Fledermaus'' by
Erich Wolfgang Korngold in which he appeared with
Peter Graves. The show was conducted by
Richard Tauber and ran for almost a year.
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