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Wilton Lackaye
Sign in to saveAlso known as William Andrew Lackey, Wilton Lackaye Sr.
American actor (1862-1932)
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Loudon County, Virginia, USA
From Wikipedia Wilton Lackaye (September 30, 1862 – August 22, 1932) was an American stage and film actor, who originated the role of Svengali (from the 1895 novel Trilby) in both stage and film. He created the role of Svengali in the play Trilby in 1895 which he played on screen in 1915 opposite Clara Kimball Young. He enjoyed a lengthy and distinguished stage career before entering silent…
Known for
- For Woman's Favor — Bracken1924
- The Lone Wolf — William Burroughs1924
- What's Wrong with the Women? — James Bascom1922
- God's Crucible — Michael Kalmar1922
- Trilby — Svengali1915
- The Man of Shame — Roger Larogue / Louversan1915
- The Pit — Jadwin1914
- The Lambs' All-Star Gambol — Self1914
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Loudoun County
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- stage actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Wilton Lackaye 1.jpg
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- writing language
- English language
- start of work period
- 1883-00-00
- date of death
- 1932-08-21
- place of burial
- Calvary Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1862-09-30
- Commons category
- Wilton Lackaye
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- William Andrew Lackey
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