Francis Wilson (actor)
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Francis Wilson (7 February 1854 - 7 October 1935) was an American actor, born in Philadelphia. He began his career in a minstrel show, but by 1878 was playing at the Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, and the next year appeared in M'liss with Annie Pixley. After several years in regular comedy, he took up some opera. In 1889, leaving the New York Casino, he made his appearance as a star in The Oolah. Plays in which he starred subsequently include: The Lion Tamer (1891); The Little Corporal (1898); The Bachelor's Baby (1909), written by himself. He was the author of Joseph Jefferson: Reminiscences of a Fellow Player (1906), The Eugene Field I Knew (1898), and several plays of which The Bachelor's Baby was the most successful.
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- Clapp and Edgett, Players of the Present (New York, 1901)
- Kenrick, John. (2003) Who's Who in Musicals: Addendum 2003. Accessed 17 March 2007.
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