John Myhers

Who was John Myhers?

John Benjamin Myhers was an American character actor of stage and screen, born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

Myhers began singing at the age of 12 and won several leading roles in the St. Paul Civic Opera during his student years at McPhail School of Music in St. Paul. He served in the United States armed forces in Italy during World War II and stayed in Rome for 11 years after the war. He studied at the American Academy and earned a doctoral degree in literature from the University of Rome.

He performed leading roles in Broadway shows such as Kiss Me Kate, The Golden Fleecing and The Good Soup, and most notably played the role of Captain Von Trapp in the First National Touring Company of The Sound of Music in the early 1960s. He played opposite Katharine Hepburn in a Stratford, Connecticut production of Antony and Cleopatra.. He would also appear opposite actors such as Jack Lemmon and Charlton Heston in theatrical plays across the country.

His most notable film role was playing Bert O'Bratt in the film adaptation of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.