In Greek mythology, Learches was a son of Athamus and Ino. He was killed by his father, who had been driven insane by Hera, upset because Ino had raised Dionysus, her husband, Zeus', son by Semele.
... lecturer at Yale University (one of his students was Thornton Wilder) who began acting on Broadway in 1936.
He was typecast as the wasp-tongued, supercilliou ...