Robert Loraine
Robert Loraine | |
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Born | Robert Bilcliffe Loraine 14 January 1876 New Brighton, Liscard, Cheshire, England |
Died | 23 December 1935 London, England | (aged 59)
Occupation(s) | actor soldier actor-manager aviator |
Years active | 1889–1935 |
Spouses | |
Awards | Distinguished Service Order Military Cross |
Robert Bilcliffe Loraine DSO, MC (14 January 1876 – 23 December 1935) was a successful London and Broadway British stage actor, actor-manager, and soldier who later enjoyed a side career as a pioneer aviator. Born in New Brighton, his father was Henry Loraine and mother Edith Kingsley (born Mary Ellen Bayliss).[1] Robert made his first stage appearance in the English provinces in 1889, prior to serving in the Second Boer War. He introduced the George Bernard Shaw play Man and Superman to Broadway in 1905.[2][3]
Theatrical career
Loraine was a versatile actor and was successful both in serious plays and in popular works of light entertainment. He was particularly associated with the works of
Aviation
In 1909 Loraine took up the new technology of aviation, learning first to fly at the
Military career
Loraine served as a volunteer in the
Loraine had a great deal in common with
Personal life
On 7 November 1897 Loraine married Julie Opp. After their divorce he married Winifred Lydia, daughter of Sir Thomas Strangman[18] in 1921. Loraine's best man was an old RFC colleague Duncan Pitcher[19] They had three daughters. Robert returned from New York on the new luxury liner SS Normandie and arrived in Plymouth on the 14 October 1935. He was due to play Ebenezer Scrooge in a broadcast that Christmas[20] but died quite suddenly after being admitted to hospital on 23 December in London.
Biography
Loraine's life is the subject of Lanayre D. Liggera's biography The Life of Robert Loraine:The Stage, the Sky, and George Bernard Shaw c.2013.[19] and in 'The Dawn of the Drone'.[17]
Selected filmography
- Bentley's Conscience (1922)
- S.O.S. (1928)
- Birds of Prey (1930)
- Outcast Lady (1934)
- Marie Galante (1934)
- Father Brown, Detective (1934)
References
- ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ "Robert Loraine – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB". www.ibdb.com. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ The Oxford Companion to American Theatre 2nd edition by Gerald Bordman, c. 1992; by The Oxford University Press
- ^ Desmond MacCarthy, The Court Theatre, 1904–1907 (1966 edition), pp. 122, 127, 142, 152
- ^ Mr Loraine's Irish Channel Flight Flight International 17 September 1910
- ^ Barnes, C. H.,Bristol Aircraft Since 1910. London, Putnam, 1988, p.15.
- ^ "The Wireless War in the Air". marconiheritage.org. Marconi Heritage. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/67813. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ "No. 29316". The London Gazette. 5 October 1915. pp. 9760–9761.
- ^ "No. 29371". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 November 1915. p. 11450.
- ^ "No. 29573". The London Gazette. 9 May 1916. p. 4553.
- ^ "No. 29965". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 March 1917. p. 2098.
- ^ "No. 30111". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1917. p. 5471.
- ^ The Late Robert Loraine Flight 2 January 1936, p. 13
- ^ Gill, Peter. "The Stage History of Shaw's O'Flaherty VC". Archived from the original on 27 December 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
- ^ "No. 31058". The London Gazette. 10 December 1918. p. 14574.
- ^ a b "The Dawn of the Drone"" Steve Mills 2019 Casemate Publishers.
- ^ "Winifred Lydia Loraine (née Strangman) - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ a b "The Life of Robert Loraine: The Stage, the Sky, and George Bernard Shaw" Lanayre D. Liggera page 172
- ^ "Robert Loriane Actor Soldier Airman" Winifred Loraine 1938 Collins.
External links
Media related to Robert Loraine at Wikimedia Commons