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Austin Rudd (4 December 1868 – 24 March 1929) was a British music hall comedian and vocalist.
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Biography
He was born Arthur Rudd in London on December 4, 1868.
Rudd made his first professional stage appearance at the age of 22 at Deacons Music Hall in Clerkenwell, where he was noted to be a “comedian of decidedly modern stamp” (London and Provincial Entr’acte - 4 January 1890).
For the next forty years Rudd would become a very successful entertainer, performing in all the major London Music Halls, the Provinces as well as undertaking a number of tours abroad to the United States, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
He had a large repertoire of songs, many were both penned and composed by himself, which include “Sailors Don’t Care”, “Here We Suffer Grief and Pain” and “She Was In My Class”.
Rudd continued to work right up to his death on 24 March 1929, aged 60. He was buried in his family grave at St Lawrence Church, Morden.
Legacy
A commemorative blue plaque was unveiled at his former home 254 Edgware Road, London on September 5, 2015 by The Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America