St. Clair Bayfield, American stage actor, was born John St. Clair Roberts on August 2, 1875 in Cheltenham, England, and died May 19, 1967.[1]
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Bayfield spent his youth in New Zealand on sheep and cattle ranches. He also served as a sailor and soldier. Bayfield lived for many years (circa 1908-1944+) in an apartment on 37th Street in Manhattan, New York City, New York.[2]
Bayfield joined the Ben Greet Players in a revival of Twelfth Night that took the troupe to 56 Pennsylvania towns in 65 days during the summer of 1914. Also in the group was Sidney Greenstreet.[3]
Bayfield lived with and managed the career of singer Florence Foster Jenkins for over 36 years.[2] Jenkins died in 1944.[4]
The Actors' Equity Association bestows the annual St. Clair Bayfield Award to an actor or actress in a non-featured role in a Shakespearean production.[1] The award was established in 1973.[5]
Bayfield's credits in Broadway theatre include [6]:
| Production | Role | Dates of Production |
|---|---|---|
| For Heaven's Sake, Mother! (Original, Play, Comedy) | Henry Wheeler | November 16, 1948 – November 20, 1948 |
| Hand in Glove (Original, Play, Thriller) | December 4, 1944 - January 6, 1945 | |
| The Night Before Christmas (Original, Play) | Endicott | April 10, 1941 - April 27, 1941 |
| The Old Foolishness (Original, Play) | The Canon | December 20, 1940 - December 21, 1940 |
| Day in the Sun (Original, Play, Comedy) | Judge Livingstone | May 16, 1939 - May 1939 |
| Jeremiah (Original, Play) | Nahum | February 3, 1939 - March 1939 |
| Glorious Morning (Original, Play, Drama) | Rutzstein | November 26, 1938 - December 1938 |
| Father Malachy's Miracle (Original, Play, Comedy) | Robert Gillespie, Bishop of Milothian | November 17, 1937 - March 1938 |
| Field of Ermine (Original, Play) | The Duke of Santa Olalla | February 8, 1935 - February 1935 |
| Judgment Day (Original, Play, Drama) | Count Leonid Slatarski | September 12, 1934 - December 1934 |
| They Shall Not Die (Original, Play, Drama) | Att'y General Cheney | February 21, 1934 - April 1934 |
| Criminal at Large (Original, Play, Mystery) | Rawbane | October 10, 1932 - February 1933 |
| Wild Waves (Original, Play, Comedy) | Whelpley | February 19, 1932 - March 1932 |
| The Lady with a Lamp (Original, Play, Drama) | Dr. Sutherland | November 19, 1931 - November 1931 |
| Old Man Murphy (Revival, Play, Comedy) | Hopkins | September 14, 1931 - October 1931 |
| London Calling (Original, Play, Comedy) | Staight | October 18, 1930 - October 1930 |
| Lady Dedlock (Original, Play, Romance, Melodrama) | Sir Leicester Dedlock | December 31, 1928 - February 1929 |
| Escape (Original, Play) | The Captain; The Laborer | October 26, 1927 - March 1928 |
| The Beaten Track (Original, Play) | Dafydd Evans Y Beddau | February 8, 1926 - February 1926 |
| A Bit of Love (Original, Play, Drama) | Trustaford | May 12, 1925 - May 1925 |
| Two By Two (Original, Play, Comedy) | E. Lorrilard Price | February 23, 1925 - March 1925 |
| Lass O'Laughter (Original, Play, Comedy) | Davie Nicholson | January 8, 1925 - February 1925 |
| We Moderns (Original, Play, Comedy) | Sir William Wimple | March 11, 1924 - March 1924 |
| The Lady Cristilinda (Original, Play, Comedy) | Father Reaney | December 25, 1922 - January 1923 |
| Bulldog Drummond (Original, Play, Melodrama) | Jas. Handley | December 26, 1921 - May 1922 |
| Deburau (Original, Play, Comedy, Tragedy) | A Journalist | December 23, 1920 - June 1921 |
| By Pigeon Post (Original, Play) | Blondel | November 25, 1918 - December 1918 |
| The Wild Duck (Original, Play, Drama) | March 11, 1918 - April 1918 | |
| As You Like It (Revival, Play, Comedy) | February 8, 1918 - February 9, 1918 | |
| The Merchant of Venice (Revival, Play, Comedy) | January 25, 1918 - January 26, 1918 | |
| Colonel Newcome (Original, Play) | April 10, 1917 - May 1917 | |
| Hamlet (Revival, Play, Tragedy) | Polonius | April 23, 1912 - April 23, 1912 |
| Hans, the Flute Player (Original, Musical, Opera) | September 20, 1910 - November 26, 1910 | |
| The King of Cadonia (Original, Musical, Comedy) | Laborde | January 10, 1910 - January 22, 1910 |
| The Debtors (Original, Play) | October 12, 1909 - October 1909 | |
| The Prima Donna (Original, Musical, Comedy, Opera) | Colonel Dutois | November 30, 1908 - January 30, 1909 |
| The Merchant of Venice (Revival, Play, Comedy) | March 4, 1907 - (unknown) | |
| The Two Mr. Wetherbys (Original, Play, Comedy) | August 23, 1906 - September 1906 | |
| Twelfth Night (Revival, Play, Comedy) | February 22, 1904 - March 1904 | |
| Everyman (Original, Play) | October 12, 1902 - May 1903 |