Dennis Eadie

British stage actor (1869–1928)

Dennis Eadie
As Gilbert Etheridge in Memory's Garden, 1902
Born	(1869-01-14)14 January 1869 Glasgow, Scotland United Kingdom
Died	10 June 1928(1928-06-10) (aged 59)^[1] England United Kingdom
Occupation(s)	Film actor Stage actor

Dennis Eadie (14 January 1869 – 10 June 1928) was a British stage actor who also appeared in three films during the silent era. Eadie was a leading actor of the British theatre, appearing in plays by Edward Knoblauch and Louis N. Parker. In 1916 he became the first man to play the British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli in a feature film. In 1918 he starred in the hit West End comedy The Freedom of the Seas by Walter C. Hackett.

In 1928 Eadie played Hanaud in a London revival of the popular play At the Villa Rose.^[2]

Selected filmography

The Man Who Stayed at Home (1915)
Disraeli (1916)

Bibliography

Davis, Tracy C. The Economics of the British Stage 1800-1914. Cambridge University Press, 2007.

References

^ "Dennis Eadie, Noted Actor, Dies at 53; Producer of Plays of Galsworthy, Bennett and Barker; Succumbs in London. Long Career on the Stage; Manager of the Royalty Theatre for Many Years--Born in Glasgow, Scotland". The New York Times. 11 June 1928. p. 21.
^ Lachman, Marvin (2014). The villainous stage : crime plays on Broadway and in the West End. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-9534-4. OCLC 903807427.