William Warren (actor)

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William Warren (1812-1888) was an American actor, for many years connected with the old Boston Museum. He was born in Philadelphia, and there after his father's death in 1832 he made his début in the part of Young Norval, the character in which his father, also an actor, had begun his career upon the stage. He first appeared in New York in 1841, in London in 1845, and in Boston in 1846. The next year he became a member of the Boston Museum, where he remained, with a brief exception, until he retired in 1883. He died in Boston. His semicentennial in 1882 brought out many deserved tributes to an admirable comedian and representative of the best traditions of the stage. He was at his best in such rôles as Dr. Pangloss, Sir Peter Teazle, and Dr. Primrose.

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• Mckay and Wingate, Famous American Actors of To-Day (New York, 1896)

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