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Harve Presnell (born September 14, 1933, Modesto, California) is an American actor.
His height, booming voice, and operatic training landed him a role in Meredith Willson's musical The Unsinkable Molly Brown on stage and screen. He did some film and television work in the 1960s and 1970s but from circa 1975 was a stage actor until the late 1990s, touring as Daddy Warbucks in Annie and its sequel, Annie Warbucks, among other productions. His film career was revived when he played William H. Macy's father-in-law in Fargo. Subsequent parts included General George C. Marshall in Saving Private Ryan, Mr. Parker on the Pretender, Dr. Sam Lane on Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and A.I. Brooks on Dawson's Creek.
He sang the Baritone role in Eugene Ormandy's 1962 recording of Carl Orff's majestic Carmina Burana.
His earliest recordings were as a soloist with the Roger Wagner Chorale (Capitol) in the 50s with the Chorale in the background particularly in the LP "Joy To The World" where he sang in "O Holy Night" (Cantique De Noel) - a version that is believed to have popularised the carol in the USA - and the LPs "Folk Songs of the New World" [Capitol P8324 (1955)] and "Folk Songs of the Frontier" [Capitol P8332 (1956)] where he sang "Bury Me Not On The Lone Prarie", "Streets Of Laredo" and "He's Gone Away" - the latter with Marilyn Horne as fellow soloist.
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