Awarded a 1950 Tony for Supporting or Featured Actor in a musical for his role in 'South Pacific.'
McCormick suffered all his life from severe stage fright.
Was the only member of the original cast of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "South Pacific" to remain with the show for its entire Broadway run, playing the role of "Luther Billis" for 1,925 performances. When the curtain went down on the show for the last time, in 1953, McCormick led the cast and audience in singing "Auld Lang Syne."