Mark Hart (actor)
Mark Hart (c. 1873, Worcester, Massachusetts - November 25, 1950, Worcester) was an American actor who had a five decade long career on the American stage.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1950/11/28/archives/mark-hart-actor-dies-veteran-of-50-years-on-stage-was-former.html|title=MARK HART, ACTOR, DIES; Veteran of 50 Years on Stage Was Former Officer of Lambs|work=The New York Times|date=November 28, 1950|page= 30}}
Life and career
Born in Worcester, Mark Hart was the nephew of actor Tony Hart. While a teenager he began his career performing with his uncle and the actor Edward Harrigan in their well known vaudeville act Harrigan & Hart. He made his Broadway debut in 1905 portraying the conniving politician Pat McCann in the Jean Schwartz and William Jerome musical Fritz in Tammany Hall.Dietz, p. 310 He portrayed another politician, Sam Grady, in Joseph E. Howard's 1906 Broadway musical The District Leader at Wallack's Theatre.Dietz, 356 He returned to Broadway in 1912 as Sarsfield O'Brien in The Girl from Brighton at the Academy of Music.Mantle, Sherwood & Chapman, p. 474
Hart served a term as vice president of The Lambs. He also served as an officer of the Actors' Equity Association and was a member of the White Rats of America. He died at the age of 77 on November 25, 1950, in Worcester, Massachusetts.
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book|first1=Dan|last1=Dietz|title=The Complete Book of 1900s Broadway Musicals|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|year=2022|isbn=9781538168943}}
- {{cite book|first1=Burns|last1=Mantle|first2=Garrison P.|last2=Sherwood|first3=John Arthur|last3=Chapman|title=The Best Plays of 1909-1919|year=1933|publisher=Dodd, Mead & Co.|chapter=The Girl from Brighton}}
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Category:American musical theatre actors
Category:American stage actors
Category:Male actors from Worcester, Massachusetts
Category:American vaudeville performers
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