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| Saddler's famous "Conga!" number from "Wonderful Town" with Rosalind Russell. |
Tony-winning dancer, choreographer, and director -- via the New York Times. Oh my God, he did it all. Listen to this -- he starts off in the chorus at MGM in 1936(!), appearing in films such as "Rosalie," "The Great Ziegfield," and "The Wizard of Oz." He was a founding member of the American Ballet Theatre. He was in "Giselle," "Pillar of Fire," and "Fancy Free." He then moved to musicals, winning his first Tony for his first choreographing gig, "Wonderful Town." Going back to film, he choreographed such films as "April in Paris" and "By the Light of the Silvery Moon." He won his second Tony for choreographing the 1971 revival of "No, No Nanette!" Then he directed a ton of stage and TV musicals and more, straight plays, opera, as well as a critically acclaimed dance adaptation of "Winesburg, Ohio." He was dancing at 81 in a Broadway revival of "Follies." What a lot of wonderful creation he was capable of!