Louis Calvert(1859-1923)
- Actor
- Director
- Producer
Louis Calvert his the son of actor Charles Calvert and actress better
known as Mrs. Charles Calvert. Handsome English gentleman who was one
of the greatest Shakespearian performer of the Victorian era, later
became a star of Broadway theatre between 1909-23. He appeared in only
two movies, the first 'King John' a very short drama made by the
pioneering film maker William Dickson and starred Sir Herbert Beerbohm
Tree for the British Mutoscope & Biograph Film Company in 1899, and in
1913 he played the role of Simon Ingot in 'David Garrick' directed by
Hay Plumb, starring Charles Wyndham and Mary Moore for the Hepworth
Film Company. Father of actress Patricia Calvert.
