Tony Award-winner, veteran actor and master clown Bill Irwin shares his love of baseball

By Doug Doyle

Published June 3, 2024 at 10:46 AM EDT

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Bill Irwin is a Tony Award-winner, veteran actor and master clown — **Bill Irwin** is a Tony Award-winner, veteran actor and master clown

On this episode of AOS, Tony Award-winner, master clown and veteran actor Bill Irwin talks about his love of baseball. Irwin portrayed star baseball player Eddie Collins (Chicago White and Philadelphia Phillies) in the 1988 movie about the 1919 "Black Sox" scandal titled Eight Men Out.

Bill Irwin chats with WBGO's Doug Doyle about his one-man show "On Beckett"

During his interview about his one-man show On Beckett, Irwin spoke to WBGO's Doug Doyle about some of his more memorable film roles including Eight Men Out and How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

You can SEE that interview here.

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Doug Doyle has been News Director at WBGO since 1998 and has taken his department to new heights in coverage and recognition. Doug and his staff have received more than 250 awards from organizations like PRNDI (now PMJA), AP, New York Association of Black Journalists, Garden State Association of Black Journalists and the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists.

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