Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Lavelle (actor)

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The result was keep. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 16:56, 14 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Non-Notable WP:BIO Heavytundra (talk) 15:11, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep This article is about a stage actor, one who acts in plays. Going by WP:NACTOR. He had the lead role in a production of The Graduate on Broadway. Starred in a productions of The Merchant of Venice and The Jew of Malta on Broadway. NY Times. Roodog2k (talk) 15:41, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep An actor with lead roles on Broadway can be presumed notable, and it would take a far more persuasive argument than the one advanced by the nominator to convince me otherwise. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 16:56, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. It's a bit oversold -- he played the lead in The Graduate for about three months and I think much of his other stage work was specifically off-Broadway, according to my reading of the cites. But he's had what I think of as "roles with names" (not just "Bartender" or "Boy") in network TV programmes and enough in the way of reliable sources to meet the relevant guideline. (I don't regard network TV as the be-all and end-all of acting success, but his career has successfully spanned theatre and TV.) Ubelowme (talk) 18:31, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment IMHO, Broadway is pretty much the be-all and end-all for stage actors, at least American stage actors. Off-Broadway means something very specific, BTW. So does Off-Off-Broadway. The fact that he is/was a Broadway actor proper is significant and notable in itself. Roodog2k (talk) 19:10, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 20:34, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Undecided. He was a replacement on The Graduate, and that's his only Broadway credit.[1] Still, it was the starring role. Clarityfiend (talk) 23:51, 9 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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