Henry Kemble (actor, born 1848)
Henry Kemble (1 June 1848 – 17 November 1907) was a British actor. A member of the famed Kemble family, he was the grandson of Charles Kemble.[1]
Life
He was born in London, the son of Henry Kemble, a captain of the 37th Foot, and educated at Maze Hill School Greenwich, King's College School and King's College London.
In 1865 he took a post in the privy council office, but spent much of his time in amateur theatre, before making his professional début at the Theatre Royal, Dublin, on 7 October 1867. After a year or so as a junior member of the company there, he took old men and character parts in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Scarborough and Newcastle upon Tyne.
On 29 August 1874 he made his first appearance in London at
On 31 January 1880 he appeared at the
For the next fifteen years Kemble played lesser roles in the West End, including some Shakespeare at the Haymarket. In September 1891 he took the part of Polonius at the
He died, unmarried, in St Helier, Jersey. And is buried in St Saviour's graveyard Section 1 plot 20
References
- ^ "Kemble, Henry (1848–1907), actor". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 2004. Retrieved 23 August 2013.