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called Astredo's performance "impressively dimensional, rich in overtone". Critic Clayton Riley praised his performance as "the finest work among the secondary players", and "splendidly conceived and executed". At the end of the year, Kerr named Astredo as the "Most Promising Newcomer on Broadway".
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in either December 1967 or January 1968. The producers didn't hire him for the role he tried out for, but were so impressed with him that they decided to write a bigger part for him to play. On June 25, 1968, Astredo made his first appearance on
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had positive remarks. Throughout the 1970s, Astredo appeared in a number of television commercials and stage productions throughout the country, as well as short runs in various roles in the daytime soap operas
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Astredo continued acting in plays on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and in regional productions until his retirement in 1990. After leaving acting, he indulged his passion for boating by sailing up and down the
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Riley, Clayton (November 29, 1970). "A Black Critic on 'Les Blancs': 'An Incredibly Moving Experience' About 'Les Blancs'".
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door-to-door. A woman he'd contacted during a sales pitch suggested he go into acting. She arranged for him to meet a
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Kolin, Philip C. (2002). "Blackness Made Visible: A Survey of Othello in Criticism, on Stage, and on Screen".
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In 1985, Astredo performed the role of Dr. Abraham Van Helsing in the national touring company production of
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studio. The tour convinced Astredo that acting was something he wanted to do, and in 1950 he enrolled at the
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Astredo's daughter, Jennifer MacFarland Astredo, was born in 1961. She died of breast cancer in 2008.
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theatrical performances, but was best known for the numerous roles he performed on the daytime
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Kerr, Walter (November 29, 1970). "Kerr on 'Les Blancs': 'Vivid, Stinging, And Alive'".
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Astredo married some time between 1953 and 1960. He and his wife divorced about 1964.
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Alley) Astredo. His early childhood was spent in Pasadena, before the family moved to
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Humbert Allen Astredo, Jr. died in Guilford on February 19, 2016, at the age of 86.
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Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century
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Barnes, Clive (May 1, 1972). "'Evening With Nixon' Is for Radical Liberals".
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Barthel, Joan (October 1, 1967). "If You Didn't Know It Was... By Pinter".
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Sullivan, Dan (June 23, 1967). "Theater: Shaw's 'Arms and the Man'".
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Barnabas and Company: The Cast of the TV Classic 'Dark Shadows'
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Burials at Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery (Colma, California)
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After graduating from high school, Astredo studied law at the
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Astredo auditioned for the highly popular Gothic soap opera
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In 1981, Astredo appeared in the original Broadway cast of
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He left the military after the war ended, and returned to
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Astredo made his Broadway debut in the role of Cassio in
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for several years before retiring in 2000 to a home in
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Browning, John Edgar; Picart, Caroline Joan (2011).
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Pasadena, California
Guilford, Connecticut
Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery
Pasadena Playhouse
Dark Shadows
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Off-Broadway
Gothic
horror
soap opera
Dark Shadows
Nicholas Blair
Pasadena, California
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San Francisco
piano
University of San Francisco
Fuller Brush Company
talent agent
20th Century Fox
Pasadena Playhouse
U.S. Army
Korean War
Special Services
8th Army
Los Angeles
Hollywood Center Theatre
Los Angeles Repertory Theater Company
Othello

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