William Henry Chippendale

William Henry Chippendale (14 August 1801, Somers Town, London – 3 January 1888) was an English actor, known in particular for his portrayal of old men. Following his acting debut in Scotland in 1819, he performed in Scottish theatres until he moved to New York on the invitation of theatre manager Steven Price in 1836. Chippendale spent 17 years at Price's Park Theatre in New York.^[1]

Chippendale returned to the United Kingdom in 1853, performing at the Haymarket Theatre for over two decades, ^[1] and took the role of Polonius in the Henry Irving production of Hamlet at the Lyceum. He retired at the end of the 1870s.

His third wife was a fellow Haymarket actor, the actress Mary Jane Seaman. Chippendale had twenty-three children, most of whom predeceased him.^[2] He was buried at Highgate.

References

^ ^a ^b "Death of an Old Man. The Two Careers of William Henry Chippendale" (pdf). New York Times. 1888-01-06. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9E02E4D7163AE033A25755C0A9679C94699FD7CF. Retrieved 2009-05-22.
^ Knight, John Joseph (1901). "Chippendale, William Henry". In Sidney Lee. Dictionary of National Biography, 1901 supplement. Vol. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

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Name	Chippendale, William Henry
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Date of birth	14 August 1801
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Date of death	3 January 1888
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