Background
Hill was born Richard Ralston Hill in Cleveland, Ohio and raised in Oberlin, Ohio, where he graduated Oberlin High School in 1945.
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Education
He attended the University of Missouri and then Oberlin College, graduating in 1950. He next attended the American Theater Wing School in New York City until 1952 and immediately began to perform in summer stock theatre in Florida.
Career
His only film cr is that same role in the 1972 film adaptation of the musical. In addition to his roles on Broadway, he played various roles Office-Broadway and in regional theatre, often in musicals. He toured with Frances Langford, Martyn Green"s Gilbert and Sullivan company, National Repertory Theatre, Ford"s Theater, the Virginia City Players of Montana, and in dinner theaters throughout the country.
He played several roles at the North Shore Music Theatre.
In 1990, he began a year and a half long national tour of The Fantasticks playing Hucklebee alongside Robert Goulet as El Gallo and James Valentine as Henry. He died in New Jersey at the age of 69 while rehearsing for Gigi at the Paper Mill Playhouse and is buried in Westwood Cemetery in Oberlin, Ohio.
