David Warfield

David Warfield
Born	November 28, 1866 San Francisco, California, USA
Died	June 27, 1951 (age 84) New York, New York, USA
Years active	ca. 1888-1930
Spouse	Mary Gabrielle Bradt (married 1899)

David Warfield (November 28, 1866 – June 27, 1951) was an American stage actor, born in San Francisco, California. His first connection with the theatre was as an usher. He made his first stage appearance in 1888 in The Ticket-of-Leave Man. Two years later he went to New York City, where he appeared at the Casino Theatre and at Weber and Field's Music Hall. In 1901, he was discovered and promoted by David Belasco who starred him in The Auctioneer, in which he played 1,400 times, including a revival that extended over several seasons. He remained under the Belasco management.

One of his best-known roles was that of Anton von Barwig in The Music Master, which he played from 1904 to 1907, appearing in the part more than 1000 times. He created the title role in The Return of Peter Grimm in 1911. Warfield's position as a leading American actor in comedy was established by the masterly style in which he portrayed, in each of these plays, a kindly old gentleman who is pathetic in misfortune and amusingly eccentric. In 1916 he appeared in Van der Decken, a play by Belasco, based on the legend of The Flying Dutchman.

Warfield, who at the time was one of the world's richest entertainers, died in New York City, at 84.^[1]

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References

1. ^ "Milestones". Time magazine. 09 Jul 1951. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,806150,00.html. Retrieved 2007-05-21. 

External links

• David Warfield at the Internet Broadway Database
• David Warfield at Find-A-Grave
• David Warfield at Emory College Shakespeare's World
• David Warfield photo gallery at NYP Library
• color portrait David Warfield(Library of Congress)

• This article incorporates text from an edition of the New International Encyclopedia that is in the public domain.

Persondata
Name	Warfield, David
Alternative names
Short description	American actor
Date of birth	November 28, 1866
Place of birth	San Francisco, California, USA
Date of death	June 27, 1951
Place of death	New York, New York, USA