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James Turner “Jim” Pritchett Jr.

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James Turner “Jim” Pritchett Jr.

Birth
Lenoir, Caldwell County, North Carolina, USA
Death
15 Mar 2011 (aged 88)
New York, New York County, New York, USA
Burial
Lenoir, Caldwell County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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James Pritchett, who played Dr. Matt Powers on the NBC soap opera The Doctors for almost two decades, died March 15 at his home in New York. He was 88.

Before The Doctors — which aired from 1963-82 — Pritchett appeared in the CBS soap As the World Turns and later on Guiding Light, another CBS daytime serial.

The North Carolina native also appeared on Broadway in such shows as King Lear, Two for the Seesaw, Sail Away, and Summer and Smoke. He played the wheelchair-bound poet Nonno in the Hartford Stage production of Night of the Iguana by Tennessee Williams.

From The Hollywood Reporter
Actor

James Pritchett, who played Dr. Matt Powers on the NBC soap opera The Doctors for almost two decades, died March 15 at his home in New York. He was 88.

Before The Doctors — which aired from 1963-82 — Pritchett appeared in the CBS soap As the World Turns and later on Guiding Light, another CBS daytime serial.

The North Carolina native also appeared on Broadway in such shows as King Lear, Two for the Seesaw, Sail Away, and Summer and Smoke. He played the wheelchair-bound poet Nonno in the Hartford Stage production of Night of the Iguana by Tennessee Williams.

From The Hollywood Reporter


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