Rex Everhart
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Rex Everhart (June 13, 1920 – March 13, 2000) was an American film and musical theatre actor and singer. In 1978, Everhart appeared in such films as Superman.
He was also known for his role as Enos the Truck-Driver in the horror film Friday the 13th (1980) and its sequel.
In the 1991 Disney film Beauty and the Beast, Maurice, Belle's father, was the voice of Maurice, Belle's father. Everhart appeared on Broadway, including 1776, Chicago, Woman of the Year, and Everything Goes.
He was nominated for the Best Actor (Featured Role - Musical) for Working in 1978.
Early life and education
Everhart was born in Watseka, Illinois, to Dr. Arthur McKinley Everhart and Jeanette M. (née Dodson) Everhart on June 13, 1920. Everhart's mother died when he was 15 years old. Everhart attended Western Military Academy in 1935 and 1938. Everhart attended the University of Missouri. At New York University, he earned a bachelor's and master's degree. With Paul Mann, Martin Ritt, and Curt Conway, he learned to act in Manhattan.
Personal life
Jill Reardon was the first child of Everhart's family to marry on February 11, 1944. In 1957, the two married but had no children. He met Claire Violet (née Richard), who was an actress at the time when he appeared in the Broadway musical Tenderloin in 1960. They were married on December 21, 1962, and they had a daughter named Degan (born 1966). He lived in Westport, Connecticut, for 37 years.
Career
Everhart began his acting career in 1939, appearing in regional and repertory theatres, including the Phoenix Theater, Yale Repertory Theater, and seven seasons at The American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Connecticut. Everhart served in the United States Navy as a 1st lieutenant during World War II, 1942 to 1947. He appeared in Pasadena Playhouse productions, appeared and directed shows for NYU, and appeared and directed shows for NYU, and appeared at Sarah Stamms Theatre in Newport, Rhode Island, and the Margo Jones Theatre in Dallas. Everhart's other Broadway shows included Anything Goes, Rags, and Woman of the Year, after his appearance in No Time for Sergeants in 1955. Howard Taubman wrote about The Comedy of Errors in The New York Times in 1963, "Rex Everhart treats the two Dromios with unfailing comic gusto." As the constable Dogberry, Everhart "somehow pries a grin out of us, even though we know every single-minded joke that is coming," Taubman said in 1964, "somehow pries a grin out of us." He was understudy to Howard Da Silva in the role of Benjamin Franklin in the musical 1776. Da Silva sustained a heart attack just before the show's opening, and Everhart assumed the role until Da Silva was strong enough to return. Everhart took the role on the original Broadway cast recording due to Da Silva's illness (Da Silva was able to film the role in 1972). Everhart was the understudy for Benjamin Franklin's role on Broadway in 1997. Everhart was nominated for a Featured Actor Tony Award in 1978 for his contribution to the film titled Working.
The actor's television career, which began in the days of live broadcasting, included series, films, soap operas, and commercials. Everhart made his last film appearance in 16 feature films as the voice of Belle's father, Maurice, in the Disney film Beauty and the Beast.