From the Vault · 1932
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Leroy Charles Griffith (born March 26, 1932) is an American theatre and nightclub proprietor, former Broadway and off-Broadway theatre producer and director, and former burlesque and adult film producer. In a career spanning 75 years, he owned, leased, or operated more than 70 theaters, cinemas, and nightclubs across the United States, dating from the burlesque era of the 1950s to the present. Earl Wilson, among others, nicknamed him "Burlesque King." During burlesque's heyday, Griffith was a prolific producer of live stage shows featuring showgirls, strippers, comedians, vaudevillians, and other stars of the era.
