William Warfield

Date of Birth: 22 Jan 1920

Country: USA

Biography: William Warfield was a concert baritone singer, who gave his recital debut in New York's Town Hall in 1950. He was then quickly invited by the Australian Broadcast Corporation to tour Australia for thirty-five concerts. One of Warfield's memorable performances in motion pictures was as Joe in the 1951 version of Show Boat. He became almost as identified with the song "Ol' Man River" as Paul Robeson had a generation earlier, and starred with Leontyne Price and Cab Calloway in a European tour of G

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