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A Thousand Clowns

After his large success with Rawhide and his contract with the series ending, Jim took a job in a theatre for the summer of 1965, playing the starring role in “A Thousand Clowns”.

JAMES MURDOCK ("Mushy" of "Rawhide") in "A THOUSAND CLOWNS" thru August 1 COMING NEXT WEEK Sammy Jackson and Andrea Martin in "Whose Baby Are You?" CHERRY COUNTY PLAYHOUSE 8.30 p.m. Tues-Sat 7:30 p.m. Sun. $2.00. $2.75 $3.25 Phone Wi 7-9560

Advertisement of the production in Traverse City Record-Eagle

30 July 1965

Side by side of the two pictures of him, differently dated but still the same image.

newspaper (full article below) dated Jul 26 1965

higher quality dated Aug 8 1965

“Murdock, himself an individual who fits no conventional pattern, swears his acting career began in a barroom. But he will quickly clarify that it was the popular musical “Ten Nights in a Barroom” at the Melrose Park Theatre in Chicago.”

This article includes a lot of his other stage roles

July 26 1965

Advertisement for auditions to play the nephew.

June 19 1965

A boy between the ages of 12 and 15 is needed to play the nephew of James Murdock in the Cherry County playhouse's third comedy of the summer, "A Thousand Clowns." The Broadway hit, playing at Cherry County July 27-August 1, is the story of a bachelor uncle. Jim Murdock - "Mushy" of the Friday-night TV western "Rawhide" - who tries to get his precious nephew to lead a life of independence and individuality. Auditions are being held in the Cherry County Playhouse office at the Park Place at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Jul 26 1965

PLAYHOUSE SCENE - Shown above, in a scene from "A Thousand Clowns" which opened last night at the Cherry County Playhouse, are David Fitcher and the star of the production, James Murdock.

“James Murdock, playing the lead role, gave a hard-working, convincing performance. Some of his scenes were excellent, and even though he started a little slowly, he picked up speed and brought off the whole bit in admirable fashion.”

Jul 28 1965

Sees TV Star Son in Stock - Mrs Faye D. Baker of 1610 N. Lee and Agnes Threlfall of 206 E. Jefferson returned home Sunday night from Traverse City, Mich. Mrs. Baker went to Michigan last Thursday to see her son, James Murdock (better known as "Mushy" of the Rawhide TV series) in a summer stock production of "A Thousand Clowns" Mr. Murdock returned to Los Angeles Monday after the show ended a the Cherry County Playhouse.

Jim’s mother travels to see him star in the production!

Aug 5 1965

From reviews of this production, I wonder how incredible it would have been to be able to see him perform live!

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