Name William Abbot Role Actor | Height 1.73 m | |
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Died April 24, 1974, Woodland Hills, California, United States Spouse Betty Smith (m. 1918–1974) Movies and TV shows Abbott and Costello Meet Fra, The Abbott and Costello, Abbott and Costello Meet the, Buck Privates, Abbott and Costello Meet Dr Similar People Lou Costello, Charles Barton, Glenn Strange, Charles Lamont, Jean Yarbrough | ||
William Abbot (12 June 1790 – 1 June 1843), was an English actor.
Life
He was born in Chelsea, London, and made his first appearance on the stage at Bath in 1806, and his first London appearance in 1808. At Covent Garden in 1813, in light comedy and melodrama, he made his first decided success. He was Pylades to William Charles Macready's Orestes in Ambrose Philips's Distressed Mother when Macready made his first appearance at that theatre (1816). He created the parts of Appius Claudius in Sheridan Knowles's Virginius (1820) and of Modus in his Hunchback (1832).
In 1827 he organized the company, including Macready and Harriet Smithson, which acted Shakespeare in Paris. On his return to London he played Romeo to Fanny Kemble's Juliet (1830). Two of Abbot's melodramas, The Youthful Days of Frederick the Great (1817) and Swedish Patriotism (1819), were produced at Covent Garden.
He died in poverty in Baltimore, Maryland.