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Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play

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Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play

Summary

Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play is a theatre award[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of theatre_award entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (814 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play won the José Ferrer[3].
  • Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play won the Basil Rathbone[4].
  • Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play is in the country of United States[5].
  • Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play's instance of is recorded as theatre award[6].
  • Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play's instance of is recorded as class of award[7].
  • Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play took place at New York City[8].
  • Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play is part of Tony Awards[9].
  • January 1, 1947 marks the founding of Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play[10].
  • Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play's official website is recorded as http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/index.html[11].
  • Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play's topic's main category is recorded as Q32351134[12].
  • Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play's conferred by is recorded as American Theatre Wing[13].
  • Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play's topic has template is recorded as Template:TonyAward PlayLeadActor[14].

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When and Where

The location of Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play was New York City[8]. It is in the country of United States[5].

Context

Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play is part of Tony Awards[9]. Recorded instance of include theatre award[6] and class of award[7].

Why It Matters

Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play ranks in the top 10% of theatre_award entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (814 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

FAQs

What awards did Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play receive?

Honors received include José Ferrer[3] and Basil Rathbone[4].

Related Entities

Alan Alda Alan Bates Alan Rickman Albert Finney Alec Baldwin Alec Guinness Alfred Molina Al Pacino Anthony LaPaglia Anthony Perkins Anthony Quinn Art Carney Basil Rathbone Ben Gazzara Bill Irwin Bill Nighy Billy Crudup Bobby Cannavale Boris Karloff Bradley Cooper Brian Dennehy Bryan Cranston Cedric Hardwicke Charles Boyer Chris O'Dowd Christopher Plummer Christopher Walken Claude Rains Conleth Hill Courtney B. Vance

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · NeverDoING · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Inception → +1947-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Winner → José Ferrer, Basil Rathbone
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