Garner, Jay

found: Internet movie database, 21 June 2016:individual entry, biography (Date of Birth: 17 January 1929, Sewanee, Tennessee; Date of Death: 21 January 2011, New York, New York; A veteran character actor of stage and screen, James H. Garner, Jr. arrived on Broadway in 1969 only to find another James Garner already working. He changed his name to Jay Garner and in 1971 replaced Howard Da Silva in the Broadway production of "1776." He played in regional theaters around the country until the late 1990s. Garner worked in television and film in Los Angeles throughout the 1970s, leaving to return to Broadway in 1982.) - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0307717/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm

found: Playbill.com, 21 June 2016:obituary by Kenneth Jones, January 24, 2011 (Veteran character actor Jay Garner, who created the role of the frisky side-steppin' governor in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and the bigoted politician Dindon in the original La Cage aux Folles, both on Broadway, died Jan. 21 at the age of 82, according to friend and fellow La Cage actor John Weiner. James H. Garner, Jr., was born in Sewanee, TN, and grew up in Chattanooga. He graduated from the University of Tennessee and moved to Atlanta, where began acting. A local repertory company's production of Red, White and Maddox, brought Mr. Garner to Broadway in January 1969. In 1971, Mr. Garner replaced Howard Da Silva as Benjamin Franklin in the Tony Award-winning 1776. From the late 1970s until 1982, Mr. Garner lived in Los Angeles to work in television and film) - http://www.playbill.com/article/jay-garner-comic-actor-who-played-politicians-in-musicals-1776-la-cage-and-whorehouse-dies-at-82-com-175482