BIOGRAPHY

    Fredric Cook was last seen at the Egyptian Theatre as Mayor Shinn in The Music Man, and previously as Herr Schultz in Cabaret. He sang as Scrooge in Mr. Scrooge , as the Wizard in The Wizard of Oz, as Mr. Biggley in How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, and as Mr. Greenstreet in Mr. Popper’s Penguins. He was Polonius in Hamlet with the Emily Company at the Rose Wagner Theatre in Salt Lake City and has performed over 100 roles in theatres coast to coast. His favorites were Ragnar in Ibsen’s Masterbuilder at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, R.P. McMurphy in the San Francisco production of One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Galileo in Brecht’s Galileo Off-Broadway, Major Marcus in The Best Man at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles with Buddy Epson, and Thurio in Two Gentlemen of Verona at the San Diego Old Globe Shakespeare Festival. On Film he was Earl Long in the Assassination of the Kingfish, Hobie in Jackson County Jail, Otto in The Hot Rock, and the Curator in Scavenger Hunt. On television he has performed in several series including "Murder She Wrote," "Hill St. Blues," "Cheers," "Starsky & Hutch," "Today’s FBI," and "Paris." Television movies include Gideon’s Trumpet with Henry Fonda, Stand By Your Man with Annette O’Toole, In The Arms of a Killer with Jaclyn Smith, and The Blue and the Gray with Gregory Peck. He received his BA degree in Theatre from the University of North Carolina, then completed his MA degree in Theatre from Hunter College, finished a one year post-graduate course in the classics at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and completed his education with a PhD degree in Educational Studies from Rochville University. Dr. Cook is the founder and executive director of Utah Conservatory and teaches vocal performance. Dr. Cook has been a member of Actor’s Equity Association and Screen Actor’s Guild for almost forty years. Dr.Cook was the founder and director of the Los Angeles Academy of Dramatic Art and the Alexander Repertory Company from 1975-1982. He was an associate professor at Hunter College in Theatre from 1982-1985. After moving to Park City, Utah in 1997 He founded Utah Conservatory in 2000 with his wife and partner, Debra Cook.