Bernard Granville
Bernard R. Granville (July 4, 1888 - October 5, 1936) was an American actor, singer and minstrel show performer who was discovered by Florenz Ziegfeld and was known as "the twentieth century comedian".[1]
Biography[]
He was born on July 4, 1888 in Chicago, Illinois,[1] the only child of Algernon Granville and Cora B Chamberlain Granville (1864-1937).[2]
He started his career as a minstrel show performer with Al G. Field at age 18, in 1906. He worked there until 1911. He worked as a circus clown for Ringling Brothers than went back to a minstrel show with [1]
He performed in Marriage a la Carte at the La Salle Theater in Chicago, Illinois in 1911. He performed in A Winsome Widow at the Moulin Rouge in Manhattan, New York City. He then appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1912, 1915, and 1916.[1]
He served in World War I as a lieutenant and a pilot in France.[1]
He married around 1920 and had as his daughter, Bonita Granville. They later divorced. He next married .[1]
He died of pneumonia on October 5, 1936 in Hollywood, California.[1]
Broadway[]
- (1932)
- Castles in the Air (1927) as Monty Blair
- Earl Carroll's Vanities (1923)
- Frank Fay's Fables (1922)
- Ziegfeld Follies of 1920
- Morris Gest's (1919)
- The Little Blue Devil (1919)
- Ziegfeld Follies of 1916
- Ziegfeld Follies of 1915
- (1914)
- The Passing Show of 1914
- (1914)
- Ziegfeld Follies of 1912
External links[]
- Bernard R. Granville at Findagrave
- Bernard Granville at the Internet Broadway Database
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "Granville, Actor, Dies In Hollywood". The New York Times. October 7, 1936. Retrieved 2015-01-28.
- ^ https://www.myheritage.com/names/cora_granville
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