Huntley Wright
Singer, Film actor
1868 – 1941
Who was Huntley Wright?
Huntley Wright was an English stage and film actor, comedian, dancer and singer, best known for creating roles in many important Edwardian musical comedies.
His career spanned more than half a century, beginning with performances in his family's touring theatre company. He then toured extensively in burlesque and other comedies and also appeared in London. In 1895, he toured in South Africa in a musical comedy, The Shop Girl. Beginning in 1896, he spent ten years creating roles in some of the era's most popular musical comedies for George Edwardes at Daly's Theatre. He continued playing in musicals in the West End and on Broadway until World War I, when he served in the British Army. After this, he continued to play in comedies, musical theatre and drama, also broadcasting frequently on the radio and appearing in several films later in his career.
Wright's daughter, Betty Huntley-Wright, had a successful television and film career.
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- Born
- Aug 7, 1868
Islington - Also known as
- Walter Thomas Curtis Wright
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Mary Fraser
(1911/09 - ) - Christine Monica Margaret Taylor
(1898/07/27 - 1911)
- Mary Fraser
- Children
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- George Watson's College
- Died
- Jul 10, 1941
Bangor
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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