William Faversham

Fom Wikipedia William Faversham born 12 February 1868 in London d 7 April 1940 in Bay Shore Long Island New York William Faversham was an English stage and film actor manager producer Father of William Jr and Philip One of the last of the legendary actormanagers William Faversham became a major name on Broadway in the original production of The Importance of Being Earnest in 1895 Faversham was much admired in such potboilers as Brother Officers 1900 which he revived twice that same year and the next and he produced directed and starred in the original production of The Squaw Man 1906 Productions of both Julius Caesar 1914 and Othello 1917 followed and he became a motion picture star in 1915 courtesy of the burgeoning Metro company At one point Favershams popularity at Metro was second only to that of Francis X Bushman the leading matinee idol of the era Quite elderly by then Faversham later appeared in bit roles in talkies including portraying the Duke of Wellington in the Technicolor production of Becky Sharp and of all things playing the heroines father in the lowbudget singing cowboy oater The Singing Buckaroo 1937 Favershams Broadway swan song had come in a 1931 repertory presentation of Julius Caesar Hamlet and The Merchant of Venice He was married to stage actresses Edith Campbell and Julia Opps and was the father of William Faversham Harvard BrownForman Cassius ClayMuhamed Ali and actor Philip Faversham He received a star on the Walk of Fame in 1940