Digby Bell

Bell was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on November 8, 1849.{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0068152/bio|title=Digby Bell|website=IMDb|accessdate=Oct 4, 2019}}

File:Harvard Theatre Collection - Digby Bell TCS 1.1981.jpg, c. 1885]]

Bell studied in Europe to become a concert singer, and became famous for his roles in comic musical productions, such as Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas and with the McCaull Comic Opera Company. His first starring role was in the musical Jupiter in 1892. He appeared many times with Lillian Russell in shows such as Princess Nicotine, The Queen of Brilliants and The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein. He introduced the song '"The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo".

Bell gave a concert at Chickering Hall in New York City on April 26, 1878, that was favorably reviewed by the New York Times.{{Cite news |date=April 27, 1878 |title=Amusements. Mr. Digby Bell's concert |work=The New York Times |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1878/04/27/80375019.pdf}}

Much of Bell's later career was in nonmusical plays or vaudeville.

Broadway appearances{{Cite web |title=Digby Bell – Broadway Cast & Staff |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/digby-bell-31549 |website=Internet Broadway Database |accessdate=Oct 4, 2019}}

• The Begum, Sep 21, 1887 - Dec 10, 1887, role - Myhnt-Jhuleep
• The Hoosier Doctor, Apr 18, 1898 - [unknown], role - Dr. Willow
• Mr. Pickwick, Jan 19, 1903 - May 1903, role - Sam Weller
• The Education of Mr. Pipp, Feb 20, 1905 - Apr 1905, role - J. Wesley Pipp
• An International Marriage, Jan 4, 1909 - Jan 1909
• The Debtors, Oct 12, 1909 - Oct 1909, role - William Dorritt
• The Yeomen of the Guard, Apr 19, 1915 - May 8, 1915, role - Chorus
• The Sorcerer, May 24, 1915 - Jun 5, 1915, role - Dr. Daly

• The Education of Mr. Pipp (1914)
• Father and the Boys (1915)

1909{{Cite web |title=Digby Bell |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/200651 |website=Discography of American Historical Recordings |accessdate=Oct 4, 2019}}

• The Tough Boy on the Right Field Fence
• The Blind Boy in the Gallery
• The Man Who Fanned Casey (A reply to 'Casey at the Bat'.)
• Experiences of a Commuter
• Day and Knight
• A Discontented Egg

File:DigbyBell.jpg, c. 1911]]

Bell was married at least twice. His first wife, Lillian Brooks, divorced him in March 1883. He married his second wife, Laura Joyce Bell (née Hannah Joyce Maskell), a day or so after his divorce from Brooks was finalized. Laura Joyce Bell died in New York in 1904.^ Digby V. Bell again Married. The New York Times, March 19, 1883, p. 14{{Cite web|url=https://www.answers.com/search|title=Answers - The Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions|website=Answers.com|accessdate=Oct 4, 2019}}

Bell was a fervent golfer and New York Giants baseball fan, as was his best friend and frequent co-star DeWolf Hopper.

Bell died on June 20, 1917, in New York City.

• The Education of Mr. Pipp (1914)
• Father and the Boys (1915)

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• [https://archive.org/details/DigbyBell-TheBlindBoyInTheGallery1909 Digby Bell in a recording of The Blind Boy in the gallery 1909]
• [http://www.starsofyesterday.org/digby-bell/ 'The Bright Stars of Yesterday-Digby Bell']

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