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{{Short description|American actor, singer, and TV and radio host (1921β1986)}} {{for|the hockey player|Gord McRae}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Gordon MacRae | image = Gordon MacRae 1953.JPG | caption = MacRae in 1953 | birth_name = Albert Gordon MacRae | birth_date = {{Birth date|1921|3|12}} | occupation = {{hlist|Actor|singer|TV and radio show host}} | years_active = 1939β1980 | birth_place = [[East Orange, New Jersey]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1986|1|24|1921|3|12}} | death_place = [[Lincoln, Nebraska]], U.S.<ref>{{cite news |last=Folkart |first=Burt A. |date=January 24, 1986 |title=Gordon MacRae, Star of 'Oklahoma,' Dies at 64 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-01-24-mn-24015-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |location=Los Angeles, CA |access-date=November 25, 2018 }}</ref> | resting_place = [[Wyuka Cemetery]], Lincoln, Nebraska | death_cause = | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|[[Sheila MacRae]]|1941|1967|end=divorced}} * {{marriage|Elizabeth Lambert Schrafft<br />|1967}} }} | children = 5, including [[Heather MacRae|Heather]] and [[Meredith MacRae|Meredith]] }} '''Albert Gordon MacRae''' (March 12, 1921 β January 24, 1986) was an American actor, singer, and television and radio host. He appeared in the film versions of two [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]] musicals, ''[[Oklahoma! (film)|Oklahoma!]]'' (1955) and ''[[Carousel (film)|Carousel]]'' (1956), and played the leading man opposite [[Doris Day]] in ''[[On Moonlight Bay (film)|On Moonlight Bay]]'' (1951) and its sequel, ''[[By the Light of the Silvery Moon (film)|By The Light of the Silvery Moon]]'' (1953).<ref name="Larkin50">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2002|edition=Third|isbn=1-85227-937-0|page=268/9}}</ref>
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