# Jamie Ross > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jamie_Ross > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jamie_Ross.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Ross > Source revision: 1303929765 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Scottish-American actor}} {{about|the actor|the character on the TV show Law & Order|Jamie Ross (Law & Order)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{BLP sources|date=February 2019}} '''Jamie Ross''' (born 4 May 1939 in [Markinch](/source/Markinch)) is a [Scottish](/source/Scotland)-[American](/source/United_States) actor, best known for his work on [Broadway](/source/Broadway_theatre). ==Career== {{BLP unreferenced section|date=April 2019}} Ross made his Broadway debut in 1971 as Major Caldwell in [Leon Uris](/source/Leon_Uris)'s short lived [musical](/source/musical_theatre) ''Ari''.{{Cite book|title=The Complete Book of 1970s Broadway Musicals|last=Dietz|first=Dan|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=2015|isbn=978-1442251656|location=Lanham: MD}} His first major success with American audiences was when he appeared [Off-Broadway](/source/Off-Broadway) in the original 1972 production of [Noël Coward](/source/No%C3%ABl_Coward)'s ''[Oh, Coward!](/source/Oh%2C_Coward!)'' at the [New Theatre](/source/No%C3%ABl_Coward_Theatre) with [Roderick Cook](/source/Roderick_Cook) and [Barbara Cason](/source/Barbara_Cason). A tremendous success with both audiences and critics, the show ran for 294 performances. He returned to Broadway in 1981 to portray Larry Donovan and later Sam Craig in [John Kander](/source/John_Kander) and [Fred Ebb](/source/Fred_Ebb)'s ''[Woman of the Year](/source/Woman_of_the_Year_(musical))''. As Sam he got to play the romantic interest of the character Tess which was portrayed in turns by [Lauren Bacall](/source/Lauren_Bacall), [Raquel Welch](/source/Raquel_Welch), and [Debbie Reynolds](/source/Debbie_Reynolds) during his lengthy stay with the show. In 1984 he replaced [Gene Barry](/source/Gene_Barry) as Georges in the original production of [Jerry Herman](/source/Jerry_Herman)'s ''[La Cage aux Folles](/source/La_Cage_aux_Folles_(musical))''. He returned to Broadway again the following year to portray Julian Marsh in [Harry Warren](/source/Harry_Warren)'s ''[42nd Street](/source/42nd_Street_(musical))'', which had previously been portrayed by [Jerry Orbach](/source/Jerry_Orbach) earlier in the show's run. In 1990 he replaced [Jonathan Hadary](/source/Jonathan_Hadary) as Herby in the revival of ''[Gypsy](/source/Gypsy%3A_A_Musical_Fable)'', portraying the role opposite [Linda Lavin](/source/Linda_Lavin)'s Rose. In 1995 he portrayed Josephus Gage in the revival of [Jule Styne](/source/Jule_Styne)'s ''[Gentlemen Prefer Blondes](/source/Gentlemen_Prefer_Blondes_(musical))'' after which he spent the next several years portraying Maurice in [Tim Rice](/source/Tim_Rice)'s musical version of ''[Beauty and the Beast](/source/Beauty_and_the_Beast_(musical))''. In December 2014, Ross, along with nonagenarian actress [Joan Copeland](/source/Joan_Copeland) was invited by the [Noël Coward Society](/source/No%C3%ABl_Coward_Society) to lay flowers on the statue of Sir [Noël Coward](/source/No%C3%ABl_Coward) at [The Gershwin Theatre](/source/The_Gershwin_Theatre) in Manhattan to celebrate the 115th birthday of "The Master". ==Filmography== *'[Little Moon of Alban](/source/Little_Moon_of_Alban_(Hallmark_Hall_of_Fame))' (1958) (British Soldier) *'[How the West Was Won](/source/How_the_West_Was_Won_(film))' (1962) (Bruce Harvey, uncredited) *'Little Moon of Alban' (1964) (British Soldier) *'[NBC Experiment in Television](/source/NBC_Experiment_in_Television)' (1967) (We Interrupt This Season) *'[Emergency!](/source/Emergency!)' (1973) (Jason Channing) (An English Visitor) *'The American Woman: Portraits of Courage' (1976) (Minister) *'[The Next Man](/source/The_Next_Man)' (1976) (British [Attaché](/source/Attach%C3%A9)) *'The Other Side of Victory' (1976) *'[The Halloween That Almost Wasn't](/source/The_Halloween_That_Almost_Wasn't)' (1979) (Father) *'42nd Street' (1986) (Julian Marsh) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{IBDB name}} *{{IMDb name|id=0743494|name=Jamie Ross}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ross, Jamie}} Category:1939 births Category:Living people Category:People from Markinch Category:American male film actors Category:American male stage actors Category:American male television actors Category:Scottish male film actors Category:Scottish male stage actors Category:Scottish male television actors Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States Category:Male actors from Fife {{Scotland-actor-stub}} {{US-theat-actor-1930s-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jamie Ross](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Ross) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Ross?action=history)). 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