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The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical is awarded to the actor who is voted the best non-starring actor in a musical, whether a new production or a revival. This award was introduced in 1947 and not awarded again until 1950; prior to 1976, it was known as "Best Performance by a Featured or Supporting Actor in a Musical."

Contents 1 Winners and Nominees 2 1940s 3 1950s 4 1960s 5 1970s 6 1980s 7 1990s 8 2000s 9 Winners with Multiple Tony Awards for Featured Actor in a Musical

In the following list, the winner is displayed first; the non-winning nominees, where known, are second. Prior to 1956, records of nominees were not kept.

• 1947 David Wayne in Finian's Rainbow as "Og"

• 1950 Myron McCormick in South Pacific as "Luther Billis"

• 1951 Russell Nype in Call Me Madam as "Kenneth Gibson"

• 1952 Yul Brynner in The King and I as "The King of Siam"

• 1953 Hiram Sherman in Two's Company as "Introducer of 'Opening - Theatre is a Lady'" / "Singer of 'A Man's Home'" / "Reggie" / "Singer and Dancer of 'Roll Along, Sadie'" / "Performer of 'Street Scenes'" / "Peter ("Going to the Studio")" / "Peter"

• 1954 Harry Belafonte in John Murray Anderson's Almanac as "Performer"

• 1955 Cyril Ritchard in Peter Pan as "Captain Hook" / "Mr. Darling"

• 1956 Russ Brown in Damn Yankees as "Van Buren"
  • Mike Kellin in Pipe Dream as "Hazel"
  • Will Mahoney in Finian's Rainbow as "Finian McLonergan"
  • Scott Merrill in The Threepenny Opera as "Macheath"

• 1957 Sydney Chaplin in Bells Are Ringing as "Jeff Moss"
  • Robert Coote in My Fair Lady as "Colonel Pickering"
  • Stanley Holloway in My Fair Lady as "Alfred P. Doolittle"

• 1958 David Burns in The Music Man as "Mayor Shinn"
  • Ossie Davis in Jamaica as "Cicero"
  • Cameron Prud'homme in New Girl In Town as "Chris"
  • Iggie Wolfington in The Music Man as "Marcellus Washburn"

• 1959 Russell Nype in Goldilocks as "George Randolph Brown"
  • Leonard Stone in Redhead as "George Poppett"

• 1960 Tom Bosley in Fiorello! as "Fiorello LaGuardia"
  • Theodore Bikel in The Sound of Music as "Captain Georg von Trapp"
  • Kurt Kasznar in The Sound of Music as "Max Detweiler"
  • Howard Da Silva in Fiorello! as "Ben Marino"
  • Jack Klugman in Gypsy as "Herbie"

• 1961 Dick Van Dyke in Bye Bye Birdie as "Albert Peterson"
  • Clive Revill in Irma La Douce as "Bob-Le-Hotu"
  • Dick Gautier in Bye Bye Birdie as "Conrad Birdie"
  • Ron Husmann in Tenderloin as "Tommy"

• 1962 Charles Nelson Reilly in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying as "Bud Frump"
  • Orson Bean in Subways Are for Sleeping as "Charlie Smith"
  • Severn Darde in From the Second City as "Performer"
  • Pierre Olaf in Carnival as "Jacquot"

• 1963 David Burns in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum as "Senex"
  • Jack Gilford in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum as "Hysterium"
  • David Jones in Oliver! as "The Artful Dodger"
  • Swen Swenson in Little Me as "George Musgrove"

• 1964 Jack Cassidy in She Loves Me as "Steven Kodaly"
  • Will Geer in 110 in the Shade as "H. C. Curry"
  • Danny Meehan in Funny Girl as "Eddie Ryan"
  • Charles Nelson Reilly, Hello, Dolly! as "Cornelius Hackl"

• 1965 Victor Spinetti in Oh, What a Lovely War as "Drill Sergeant" / "General Lanrezac" / "Master of Ceremonies"
  • Jack Cassidy in Fade Out - Fade In as "Byron Prong"
  • James Grout in Half a Sixpence as "Chitterlow"
  • Jerry Orbach in Guys and Dolls as "Sky Masterson"

• 1966 Frankie Michaels in Mame as "Patrick Dennis"
  • Roy Castle in Pickwick as "Sam Weller"
  • John McMartin in Sweet Charity as "Oscar"
  • Michael O'Sullivan in Superman as "Dr. Abner Sedgwick"

• 1967 Joel Grey in Cabaret as "The Master of Ceremonies"
  • Leon Bibb in A Hand is on the Gate as "Performer"
  • Gordon Dilworth in Walking Happy as "Tubby Wadlow"
  • Edward Winter in Cabaret as "Ernst Ludwig"

• 1968 Hiram Sherman in How Now, Dow Jones as "Wingate"
  • Scott Jacoby in Golden Rainbow as "Ally"
  • Nikos Kourkoulos in Ilya Darling as "Tonio"
  • Michael Rupert in The Happy Time as "Bibi Bonnard"

• 1969 Ronald Holgate in 1776 as "Richard Henry Lee"
  • A. Larry Haine in Promises, Promises as "Dr. Dreyfuss"
  • Edward Winter in Promises, Promises as "J.D. Sheldrake "

• 1970 Rene Auberjonois in Coco as "Sebastian Baye"
  • Brandon Maggart in Applause as "Buzz Richards"
  • George Rose in Coco as "Louis Greff"

• 1971 Keene Curtis in The Rothschilds as "Herries" / "Joseph Fouche" / "Prince Metternich" / "Prince William of Hesse"
  • Charles Kimbrough in Company as "Harry"
  • Walter Willison in Two by Two as "Japheth"

• 1972 Larry Blyden in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum as "Hysterium"
  • Timothy Meyers in Grease as "Kenickie"
  • Gene Nelson in Follies as "Buddy Plummer"
  • Ben Vereen in Jesus Christ Superstar as "Judas Iscariot"

• 1973 George S. Irving in Irene as "Madame Lucy"
  • Laurence Guittard in A Little Night Music as "Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm"
  • Avon Long in Don't Play Us Cheap as "David"
  • Gilbert Price in Lost in the Stars as "Absalom Kumalo"

• 1974 Tommy Tune in Seesaw as "David"
  • Mark Baker in Candide as "Candide"
  • Ralph Carter in Raisin as "Travis Younger"

• 1975 Ted Ross in The Wiz as "The Lion"
  • Tom Aldredge in Where's Charley? as "Mr. Spettigue"
  • John Bottoms in Dance With Me as "Jimmy Dick II]"
  • Doug Henning in The Magic Show as "Doug"
  • Gilbert Price in The Night That Made America Famous as ""
  • Richard B. Shull in Goodtime Charley as "Minguet"

• 1976 Sammy Williams in A Chorus Line as "Paul"
  • Robert LuPone in A Chorus Line as "Zach"
  • Charles Repole in Very Good Eddie as "Mr. Eddie Kettle"
  • Isao Sato in Pacific Overtures as "Kayama"

• 1977 Lenny Baker in I Love My Wife as "Alvin"
  • David Kernan in Side by Side by Sondheim as "Performer"
  • Larry Marshall in Porgy and Bess as "Sportin' Life"
  • Ned Sherrin in Side by Side by Sondheim as "Performer"

• 1978 Kevin Kline in On the Twentieth Century as "Bruce Granit"
  • Steven Boockvor in Working as "John Fortune" / "Marco Camerone"
  • Wayne Cilento in Dancin' as "Singer"
  • Rex Everhart in Working as "Booker Page" / "Herb Rosen"

• 1979 Henderson Forsythe in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas as "Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd"
  • Richard Cox in Platinum as "Dan Danger"
  • Gregory Hines in Eubie! as "Performer"
  • Ronald Holgate in The Grand Tour as "Colonel Tadeusz Boleslav Stjerbinsky"

• 1980 Mandy Patinkin in Evita as "Che"
  • David Garrison in A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine as "'A Day in Hollywood' Ensemble" / "Serge B. Samovar"
  • Harry Groener in Oklahoma! as "Will Parker"
  • Bob Gunton in Evita as "Juan Perón"

• 1981 Hinton Battle in Sophisticated Ladies as "Performer"
  • Tony Azito in The Pirates of Penzance as "The Sergeant of Police"
  • Lee Roy Reams in 42nd Street as "Billy Lawlor"
  • Paxton Whitehead in Camelot as "King Pellinore"

• 1982 Cleavant Derricks in Dreamgirls as "James 'Thunder' Early"
  • Obba Babatunde in Dreamgirls as "C.C. White"
  • David Alan Grier in The First as "Jackie Robinson"
  • Bill Hutton in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as "Joseph"

• 1983 Charles "Honi" Coles in My One and Only as "Mr. Magix"
  • Harry Groener in Cats as "Munkustrap"
  • Stephen Hanan in Cats as "Bustopher Jones" / "Asparagus" /

"Growltiger"

• • Lara Teeter in On Your Toes as "Hoofer" / "Junior"

• 1984 Hinton Battle in The Tap Dance Kid as "Dipsey"
  • Stephen Geoffreys in The Human Comedy as "Homer Macauley"
  • Todd Graff in Baby as "Danny Hooper"
  • Samuel E, Wright in The Tap Dance Kid as "William"

• 1985 Ron Richardson in Big River as "Jim"
  • René Auberjonois in Big River as "The Duke"
  • Daniel H. Jenkins in Big River as "Huckleberry Finn"
  • Kurt Knudson in Take Me Along as "Sid Davis"

• 1986 Michael Rupert in Sweet Charity as "Oscar"
  • Christopher d'Amboise in Song & Dance as "Joe"
  • John Herrera in The Mystery of Edwin Drood as "Neville Landless" / "Mr. Victor Grinstead"
  • Howard McGillin in The Mystery of Edwin Drood as "John Jasper" / "Mr. Clive Paget"

• 1987 Michael Maguire in Les Misérables as "Enjolras"
  • George S. Irving in Me and My Girl as "Sir John Tremayne"
  • Timothy Jerome in Me and My Girl as "Herbert Parchester"
  • Robert Torti in Starlight Express as "Greaseball"

• 1988 Bill McCutcheon in Anything Goes as "Moonface Martin"
  • Anthony Heald in Anything Goes as "Lord Evelyn Oakleigh"
  • Werner Klemperer in Cabaret as "Herr Schultz"
  • Robert Westenberg in Into the Woods as "Wolf" / "Cinderella's Prince"

• 1989 Scott Wise in Jerome Robbins' Broadway as "First Protean" / "Chip" / "Papa Crook" / "Riff"
  • Bunny Briggs in Black and Blue as "Hoofer"
  • Savion Glover in Black and Blue as "Younger Generation"
  • Scott Wentworth in Welcome to the Club as "Aaron Bates"

• 1990 Michael Jeter in Grand Hotel as "Otto Kringelein"
  • Rene Auberjonois in City of Angels as "Buddy Fidler" / "Irwin S. Irving"
  • Kevin Colson in Aspects of Love as "George Dillingham"
  • Jonathan Hadary in Gypsy as "Herbie"

• 1991 Hinton Battle in Miss Saigon as "John"
  • Bruce Adler in Those Were The Days as "Performer"
  • Gregg Burge in Oh, Kay! as "Billy Lyles"
  • 'Willy Falk in Miss Saigon as "Chris"

• 1992 Scott Waara in The Most Happy Fella as "Herman"
  • Bruce Adler in Crazy For You as "Bela Zangler"
  • Keith David in Jelly's Last Jam as "Chimney Man"
  • Jonathan Kaplan in Falsettos as "Jason"

• 1993 Anthony Crivello in Kiss of the Spider Woman as "Valentin"
  • Michael Cerveris in The Who's Tommy as "Tommy Walker"
  • Gregg Edelman in Anna Karenina as "Constantine Levin"
  • Paul Kandel in The Who's Tommy as "Uncle Ernie"

• 1994 Jarrod Emick in Damn Yankees as Joe Hardy
  • Tom Aldredge in Passion as "Doctor Tambourri"
  • Gary Beach in Beauty and the Beast as "Lumiere"
  • Jonathan Freeman in She Loves Me as "Head Waiter"

• 1995 George Hearn in Sunset Boulevard as "Max von Mayerling"
  • Michel Bell in Show Boat as "Joe"
  • Joel Blum in Show Boat as "Frank"
  • Victor Trent Cook in Smokey Joe's Cafe as "Performer"

• 1996 Wilson Jermaine Heredia in Rent as "Angel Dumott Schnaurd"
  • Lewis J, Stadlen in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum as "Senex"
  • Brett Tabisel in Big as "Billy"
  • Scott Wise in State Fair as "Pat Gilbert"

• 1997 Chuck Cooper in The Life as "Memphis"
  • Joel Blum in Steel Pier as "Buddy Becker" / "Couple #17"
  • Andre De Shields in Play On! as "Jester"
  • Sam Harris in The Life as "Jojo"

• 1998 Ron Rifkin in Cabaret as "Herr Schultz"
  • Gregg Edelman in 1776 as "Edward Rutledge"
  • John McMartin in High Society as "Uncle Willie"
  • Samuel E. Wright in The Lion King as "Mufasa"

• 1999 Roger Bart in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown as "Snoopy"
  • Desmond Richardson in Fosse as "Performer"
  • Ron Taylor in It Ain't Nothin' But The Blues as "Performer"
  • Scott Wise in Fosse as "Perfomer"

• 2000 Boyd Gaines in Contact as "Michael Wiley"
  • Michael Berresse in Kiss Me, Kate as "Bill Calhoun" / "Lucentio"
  • Stephen Spinella in James Joyce's The Dead as "Freddy Malins"
  • Lee Wilkof in Kiss Me, Kate as "First Man"
  • Michael Mulheren in Kiss Me, Kate as "Second Man"

• 2001 Gary Beach in The Producers as "Roger DeBris"
  • Roger Bart in The Producers as "Carmen Ghia"
  • John Ellison Conlee in The Full Monty as "Dave Bukatinsky"
  • André De Shields in The Full Monty as "Noah 'Horse' T. Simmons"
  • Brad Oscar in The Producers as "Franz Liedkind"

• 2002 Shuler Hensley in Oklahoma! as "Jud Fry"
  • Brian d'Arcy James in Sweet Smell of Success as "Sidney"
  • Gregg Edelman in Into The Woods as "Cinderella's Prince" / "Wolf"
  • Marc Kudisch in Thoroughly Modern Millie as "Mr. Trevor Graydon"
  • Norbert Leo Butz in Thou Shalt Not as "Camille Raquin"

• 2003 Dick Latessa in Hairspray as "Wilbur Turnblad"
  • Michael Cavanaugh in Movin' Out as "Lead Vocals"
  • John Dossett in Gypsy as "Herbie"
  • Corey Reynolds in Hairspray as "Seaweed J. Stubbs"
  • Keith Roberts in Movin' Out as "Tony"

• 2004 Michael Cerveris in Assassins as "John Wilkes Booth"
  • John Cariani in Fiddler on the Roof as "Motel"
  • Raúl Esparza in Taboo as "Phillip Sallon"
  • Michael McElroy in Big River as "Jim"
  • Denis O'Hare in Assassins as "Charles Guiteau"

• 2005 Dan Fogler in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee as "William Barfee"
  • Marc Kudisch in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as "Baron Bomburst"
  • Michael McGrath in Monty Python's Spamalot as "Mayor" / "Patsy" / "Guard 2"
  • Matthew Morrison in The Light In The Piazza as "Fabrizio Naccarelli"
  • Christopher Sieber in Monty Python's Spamalot as "Sir Dennis Galahad" / "The Black Knight" / "Prince Herbert's Father"

• 2006 Christian Hoff in Jersey Boys as "Tommy DeVito"
  • Danny Burstein in The Drowsy Chaperone as "Aldopho"
  • Jim Dale in The Threepenny Opera as "Mr. Peachum"
  • Brandon Victor Dixon in The Color Purple as "Harpo"
  • Manoel Felciano in Sweeney Todd as "Tobias Ragg"

• Hinton Battle (3)

• David Burns (2)

• Russell Nype (2)

• Hiram Sherman (2)