Lenard Cariou

Cariou, Len[ard] (b. 1939), actor. The Canadian‐born leading man had appeared in a wide variety of roles with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival (Ontario), Chichester Festival (England), Guthrie Theatre, and the Goodman Theatre before winning widespread recognition in the musical Applause (1970). Although he has made several returns to serious drama since then, he is best recalled for his work in two other musicals: the lawyer Frederick in A Little Night Music (1973) and the murderer Sweeney Todd (1979). Among his other roles were the terminal patient Richard in Cold Storage (1977), Stalin in Master Class (1986), the Duke in Measure for Measure (1989), Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas in Mountain (1990), Viet Nam vet Lou in The Speed of Darkness (1991), Hemingway in Papa (1996), and Darius in The Persians (2003).