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Austin Pendleton (born March 27, 1940) is an American film, television, and stage actor, a playwright, and a theatre director and instructor.
Pendleton was born in Warren, Ohio, the son of Frances Manchester Pendleton, a professional actress, and Thorn Pendleton, who ran a tool company. Pendleton is a graduate of Yale University, where he was a member of Scroll and Key Society. As a stage actor, he has appeared in The Last Sweet Days of Isaac (for which he won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance and an Obie Award ), The Diary of Anne Frank, Grand Hotel, Goodtime Charley, The Little Foxes, The Sunset Limited, Fiddler on the Roof, and Up from Paradise.
Pendleton penned the plays Uncle Bob, Booth, and Orson's Shadow, all of which were staged off-Broadway. His direction of Elizabeth Taylor and Maureen Stapleton in Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes garnered him a Tony Award nomination. Additional directing credits include Spoils of War by Michael Weller, The Runner Stumbles by Milan Stitt, and The Size of the World by Charles Evered.
"It was a miracle!"
Wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles
God took a Daniel once again
Stood by his side, and miracle of miracles
Walked him through the lion's den
Wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles
I was afraid that God would frown
But like he did so long ago in Jericho
God just made a wall fall down
When Moses softened Pharaoh's heart
That was a miracle
When God made the waters of the red sea part
That was a miracle too
But of all God's miracles large and small
The most miraculous one of all
Is that out of a worthless lump of clay
God has made a man today
Wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles
God took a tailor once again
Turned him around, and miracle of miracles
Led him to the promised land
When David slew Goliath, yes
That was a miracle
When God gave us Manna in the wilderness
That was a miracle too
But of all God's miracles large and small
The most miraculous one of all
Is the one that I thought could never be
God has given you to me