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Bernard Granville

Shows · Bernard Granville

Actor 1888–1936 On stage 19121932

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".

On stage 15 productions, 20 years

1912 Ziegfeld Follies of 1912 Moulin Rouge · Original · directed by Julian Mitchell 88 perf.
1914 Dancing Around Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by Jack Mason 145 perf.
1914 The Passing Show of 1914 Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by Jack Mason 133 perf.
1914 The Whirl of the World Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by William J. Wilson 161 perf.
1915 Ziegfeld Follies New Amsterdam Theatre · Original · directed by Julian Mitchell, Leon Errol 104 perf.
1915 Ziegfeld Follies of 1915 New Amsterdam Theatre · Original · directed by Julian Mitchell 104 perf.
1916 Ziegfeld Follies of 1916 New Amsterdam Theatre · Original · directed by Ned Wayburn 112 perf.
1919 Morris Gest's "Midnight Whirl" Century Grove · Original · directed by Julian Mitchell 68 perf.
1919 The Little Blue Devil Central Theatre · Original · directed by Oscar Eagle 74 perf.
1920 Ziegfeld Follies of 1920 New Amsterdam Theatre · Original · directed by Edward Royce 123 perf.
1922 Frank Fay's Fables Park Theatre · Original · directed by Kuy Kendall 32 perf.
1923 Earl Carroll's Vanities [1923] Earl Carroll Theatre · Original · directed by William Collier 204 perf.
1923 Go-Go Dalys 63rd Street Theatre · Original · directed by Walter Brooks 138 perf.
1926 Castles in the Air Selwyn Theatre · Original · directed by Frank S. Merlin 160 perf.
1932 Whistling in the Dark Ethel Barrymore Theatre · Original · directed by Frank Craven 265 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Carl Randall 4 productions
Margaret Morris 3 productions
Lillian Lorraine 3 productions
Justine Johnstone 3 productions
Ina Claire 3 productions
Gladys Loftus 3 productions
Flo Hart 3 productions
Ann Pennington 3 productions
Will West 2 productions
W. C. Fields 2 productions
Rena Markey 2 productions
Peter Swift 2 productions

Both names in the same cast list, more than once. It is not evidence of a partnership — a long-running company puts the same forty people together every night — but it is where one would start looking. 5 of these names are not links because we hold no record behind them; the name is set from the identifier and its punctuation may be wrong.

In the literature3 passages

  • Cast: W.C. Fields, Ed Wynn, Ann Pennington, Mae Murray, Bernard Granville, George White, Bert Williams, Ina Claire, Justine Johnstone, Leon Errol, Carl Randall, Will West, Melville Stewartebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Bernard Granville; “Queen of the Movies” with Valli Valli, Alice Dovey and Frank Moulan; Blanche Ring in “When Claudia Smiles;” “The Midnight Girl” with Margaret Romaine who was Hazel Dawn’s sister; Gaby Deslys and Samtheatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt
  • Bernard Granville, Mae Murray, George White, Justine Johnstone and Carl Randall. In the “Passing Show of 1915” cast were Willie and Eugene Howard, Marilyn Miller, John Charles Thomas, Daphne Pollard and Helen Ely. “Ned Wayburn’s Towntheatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt

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