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| On the East End he received critical acclaim for his portrayal of
Eddie Carbone in Arthur Miller's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE and in Lilian Hellman's
THE LITTLE FOXES at The Hampton Theater Company and in TWELVE ANGRY JURORS and
BURY THE DEAD at Guild Hall. On Broadway he has been featured in such long-running hits as BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE, THE MAN IN THE GLASS BOOTH, THE LEGEND and ANGELA in which he co-starred with Geraldine Page. In 1971 he relocated to England where he appeared on The West End, regional theater, numerous television shows, commercials and feature films including Kurt Vonnegut's SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE, filmed in Czechoslovakia. Returning to New York he immediately began filming on THE HOSPITAL with George C. Scott THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE with Robert Mitchum, KOSCIUSKO and WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT. He returned to BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE on Broadway in time to close its three-year run working with Gloria Swanson to whom he credits teaching him the Edgar Kennedy version of the"slow burn." Throughout the 60's and 70's he appeared in more than twenty Off-Broadway productions including Langston Hughs' JERICO JIM CROW, Bruce Jay Friedman's SCUBA DUBA, Anna Sokolow's production of BUGS AND VERONICA, THE DIRTY OLD MAN with Franchot Tone, FUNNY HOUSE OF A NEGRO with Morgan Freeman and SARAH AND THE SAX with Clarence Williams III. In the late 1970's he toured extensively with Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in THE PLEASURE OF HIS COMPANY in such venues as The Cocoa Nut Grove, Parker Playhouse, Huntington Hartford, The Paper Mill Playhouse and The Kennedy Center to which he later returned in a pre-Broadway try out of Samuel Taylor's PERFECT PITCH with Tammy Grimes and Jean-Pierre Aumont. In 1983 he joined THE CLASSIC THEATRE AND REPERTORY COMPANY in New York City as their Development and Production Director and was responsible for the forward movement of the company including grants, board formation, day to day operations as well as creative decisions such as program and special events. As a result of his efforts, Con Edison and Hewlett Packard became major contributors and local municiple programs such as The Edwin Gould Foundation were signed on to afford local teenagers the opportunity to learn the various aspects of production and design. In 1987 his musical LIVIN' AT THE RACOON LODGE was produced in New York. Mr. Anthony currently lives in Springs with his wife and two children, is working on a novel, serves as President of the Board for The East End Special Players, a performance group of learning disabled adults funded in part by the Towns of East Hampton and Southampton Departments of Parks and Recreation with a website at: www.eastendspecialplayers.com. He has formed an improvisation company called THE MALOMAR ENSEMBLE with space at The Methodist Church in East Hampton and sits on the Arts & Culture sub-committee for the Comprehensive Planning Committee for the Town of East Hampton, planning arts and culture for the next decade of growth. 41 Lincoln Avenue East Hampton, NY 11937 Phone 631 324 7154 Fax 631 329 0348 |
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