Background
Dale, Grover was born on July 22, 1935 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Ronal Aitken and Emma Bertha (Ammon) Cox.
Dale, Grover was born on July 22, 1935 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Ronal Aitken and Emma Bertha (Ammon) Cox.
He studied dance with Lillian Jasper in McKeesport from 1945 to 1952 before he appeared in his first professional job in with the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera in 1953.
Dale"s Broadway stage debut was in the 1956 musical, Li"l Abner as a dancer. Other stage credits include the role of Andrew in Greenwillow, in which he also understudied Anthony Perkins as Gideon Briggs. In Noël Coward"s Sail Away, where he had the juvenile lead role of architect Barnaby Slade.
And in Half a Sixpence, where he played Pearce, one of a quartet of 19th century London shop apprentices around whom the show is structured.
He made his film debut in The Unsinkable Molly Brown. He also appeared in Half a Sixpence, The Young Girls of Rochefort, and The Landlord.
He also received an Emmy Award nomination for his choreography of Barry Manilow"s 1985 television musical Copacabana. In 1992 he became publisher/editor of Dance & Fitness magazine.
In 1999 Dale founded the website, Answers4Dancers.com, whose stated goal is "to empower dancers and choreographers to think, to grow, and to create satisfying careers for themselves.." and nominations.
Member American Federation of television and Radio Artists, Screen Actors Guild, Directors Guild of America, Writers Guild of America, Actors Equity Association, Society Stage Directors and Choreographers (board directors).
Married Anita Rose Morris, July 29, 1973. 1 child, Badge.