David Burns (actor)

David Burns was an American Broadway theatre and motion picture actor and singer.

Burns was born on Mott Street in the Manhattan Chinatown of New York City He was the son of Harry and Dora Burns of Brooklyn. He made his Broadway debut in 1921 in Polly Preferred and went to London with the show in 1924. His first musical was Face the Music in 1932, Cole Porters Nymph Errant was his London debut, and he appeared in many comedies and musicals over an almost 50year career. He won two Tony Awards for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, for his performances as Mayor Shinn in The Music Man and as Senex in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Burns introduced the hit song It Takes a Woman from Hello, Dolly as the original Horace Vandergelder.

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