Kenneth Spencer
Kenneth Lee Spencer, also known as Kenneth Spencer, born on April 25, 1913, in
Los Angeles, was an American opera singer and actor. He completed vocal training
at the Eastman School of Music and gained recognition in 1946, playing Joe and
singing "Ol’ Man River" in Kern and Hammerstein's Show Boat. Spencer's
repertoire spanned spirituals, operatic arias, art songs, and folk music. He
performed in musicals and films like Cabin in the Sky (1943) and A Walk in the
Sun (1945). In 1949, he gained European recognition at the International Music
Festival in Nice. Spencer settled in Wupp...
