 Gordon McRae. Howard Keel was the first person to play the part. Oh, okay. I was going by the movie. Howard Keel and Gordon McRae were the few that scared all of the male leads. A very young, voluptuous Shirley Jones, mother of a part-time family. All the men's pants were up to here. Yes. I wonder what that was all about. She was also in Music Man, Shirley Jones. She was? She played Madame Librarian. Yes.