Randy Phillips (22 January 1926 — March 2015) was an actor and singer. Phillips was the 34th Shepherd of The Lambs.
Phillips was elected to The Lambs in 1972. He moved to Los Angeles in the 1970s. He later re-joined the Club in 1995.
He served as Shepherd of The Lambs from 2008–2013, succeeding Bruce Brown. The Boy was Marc Baron, who became Shepherd when Phillips took ill.
His Broadway credits included H.M.S. Pinafore (1960), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1961), Hello, Dolly! (1964), Skyscraper (1965), and Mame (1966).
Phillips appeared on TV on Hart to Hart, Wonder Woman, Charlie’s Angels, and The Edge of Night.
From The Lambs Script, by Peter Kingsley:
Randy Phillips was born a Manhattanite in 1926, he later served in the Army — at one point guarding a group of German war prisoners. Luckily for Rudolph, his first language was German. After his service years he attended the Juilliard School in Manhattan to study voice, and soon a career in show business was born under his new name, Randy Phillips.
From Pajama Game to Hello Dolly his career blossomed. Then he met Sheila Smith and love blossomed as well. “She” (as he always called her), and Randy would be together for very nearly half a century, until complications following a stroke would sadly take him from us earlier this year.
Though often appearing in the same shows, with the exception of Mame they never actually played in the same show at the same time. Shepherd Phillips served 15 years as a Club officer. During this time he brought in such notables as Peter Howard, Sean Malone, Rick McKay, Ted Chapin, and Peter Filichia to address Club members at Shepherd’s Luncheons. As Shepherd, Randy negotiated a more favorable lease for our 3 West quarters.
I recall with great fondness the Christmas parties he presided over and the joy and sharing of those get-togethers with pocket calendars, pens and refrigerator magnets supplied by Santa Randy, music would be provided by Club members, as his talented Shelia merrily waved her baton. Those fond memories will live on for all of us.