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Pendleton is a graduate of Yale College. As an actor, he has appeared on Broadway in '' The Diary Of Anne Frank ,'' ''Grand Hotel,'' ''Doubles,'' ''Goodtime Charley,'' ''An American Millionaire'', '' The Little Foxes '', ''Hail Scrawdyke!'', and as Motel the Tailor in the premiere of '' Fiddler On The Roof ''. Pendleton is also an accomplished playwright, of ''Uncle Bob'', '' Booth '', and ''Orson's Shadow'', all of which have received critically-acclaimed Off-Broadway productions. As a director, Pendleton has staged work on and off Broadway including '' The Little Foxes '' by Lillian Hellman , ''Spoils of War'' by Michael Weller , ''The Runner Stumbles'' By Milan Stitt and ''War in Paramus'' by Barbara Dana. He served as Artistic Director for Circle Repertory Company with associate artistic director Lynn Thigpen . He received a Tony Award nomination in 1981 for his direction of ''The Little Foxes'', which starred Elizabeth Taylor and Maureen Stapleton . Mr. Pendleton is an ensemble member of the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago. He began his artistic relationship there by directing ''Say Goodnight, Gracie'' for the 1979 - 1980 season. In addition to directing at Steppenwolf, Mr. Pendleton has appeared as an actor in such Steppenwolf productions as '' Uncle Vanya '', '' Valparaiso '' and '' Educating Rita '' (also off-Broadway). His film work is as diverse as '' A Beautiful Mind '', '' What's Up, Doc? ,'' '' The Front Page ,'' ''Mr. & Mrs. Bridge'', and '' The Muppet Movie ''. He has had several television roles as well including a reoccuring role on HBO's Oz . Notoriously, he played a supporting role in '' Skidoo '' (1968), a movie frequently cited as the worst film in the careers of most of its participants including Jackie Gleason , Groucho Marx , Carol Channing , and Otto Preminger . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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