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Raitt, John (Emmet)

The Oxford Companion to American Theatre | 2004 | 446 words | Copyright

Raitt, John [Emmet] (1917–2005), singer and actor. A native of Santa Ana, California, the husky, virile singer was Curly in the Chicago company of Oklahoma! but is remembered primarily as the original Billy Bigelow in Carousel (1945) and the factory supervisor Sid in The Pajama Game (1954). Raitt's other New York appearances were in Magdalena (1948), Three Wishes for Jamie (1952), Carnival in Flanders (1953), and A Joyful Noise (1966).

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