William Faversham

Born: 1868-02-12

Fom Wikipedia William Faversham (born 12 February 1868 in London – d. 7 April 1940 in Bay Shore, Long Island, New York) William Faversham was an English stage and film actor, manager, producer. Father of William Jr. and Philip. One of the last of the legendary actor-managers, William Faversham became a major name on Broadway in the original production of The Importance of Being Earnest in 1895. Faversham was much admired in such potboilers as Brother Officers (1900), which he revived twice that same year and the next, and he produced, directed, and starred in the original production of The Squaw Man (1906). Productions of both Julius Caesar (1914) and Othello (1917) followed and he became a motion picture star in 1915 courtesy of the burgeoning Metro company. At one point, Faversham's popularity at Metro was second only to that of Francis X. Bushman, the leading matinee idol of the era. Quite elderly by then, Faversham later appeared in bit roles in talkies, including portraying the Duke of Wellington in the Technicolor production of Becky Sharp and, of all things, playing the heroine's father in the low-budget singing cowboy oater The Singing Buckaroo (1937). Faversham's Broadway swan song had come in a 1931 repertory presentation of Julius Caesar, Hamlet, and The Merchant of Venice. He was married to stage actresses Edith Campbell and Julia Opps and was the father of William Faversham (Harvard, Brown-Forman, Cassius Clay/Muhamed Ali) and actor Philip Faversham. He received a star on the Walk of Fame in 1940.


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Becky Sharp

as Duke of Wellington
Released: 1935-06-28

The first feature length film to use three-strip Technicolor film. Adapted from a play that was...

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Arizona Days

as Professor McGill
Released: 1937-01-30

Tex and sidekick Grass join McGill's traveling show. When Price has McGill's wagons burned, Tex...

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Secret of the Chateau

as Monsieur Fos / Professor Racque
Released: 1934-12-03

Murder results when a group of houseguests converge on a chateau, each plotting to steal a...

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The Silver King

as Wilfred Denver
Released: 1919-01-12

When British gentleman Wilfred Denver weds the beautiful Nellie, he earns the undying hatred of...

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The Singing Buckaroo

as Dad Evans
Released: 1937-01-15

Barbara Evans has $25,000 and Gifford is after it. When his henchman fail to get it he refuses...

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The Right of Way

as Charlie Steele
Released: 1915-07-19

Snobbish attorney Charles 'Beauty' Steele loses his wife due to his drinking and his airs at the...

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The Sixth Commandment

as David Brant
Released: 1924-06-01

John Brant, a devoted minister, is in love with Marian Calhoun, but must keep it a secret...

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