Mark Hart (actor)
Mark Hart (c. 1873, Worcester, Massachusetts – November 25, 1950, Worcester) was an American actor who had a five-decade long career on the American stage.[1]
Life and career
[edit | edit source]Born in Worcester, Mark Hart was the nephew of actor Tony Hart. While a teenager he began his career performing with his uncle and the actor Edward Harrigan in their well known vaudeville act Harrigan & Hart.[1] He made his Broadway debut in 1905 portraying the conniving politician Pat McCann in the Jean Schwartz and William Jerome musical Fritz in Tammany Hall.[2] He portrayed another politician, Sam Grady, in Joseph E. Howard's 1906 Broadway musical The District Leader at Wallack's Theatre.[3] He returned to Broadway in 1912 as Sarsfield O'Brien in The Girl from Brighton at the Academy of Music.[4]
Hart served a term as vice president of The Lambs. He also served as an officer of the Actors' Equity Association and was a member of the White Rats of America. He died at the age of 77 on November 25, 1950, in Worcester, Massachusetts.[1]
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External links
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