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David James (sidecar Racer)
Dewi, Dai, Dafydd or David James may refer to: Performers *David James (actor, born 1839) (1839–1893), English stage comic and a founder of London's Vaudeville Theatre *David James (actor, born 1967) (born 1967), Australian presenter of ABC's ''Play School'' *David James (actor, born 1972) (born 1972), South African who played Koobus Venter in 2009 film ''District 9'' *David James (singer), Canadian country music songwriter since 2013 Public officials *David James (American politician) (1843–1921), member of Wisconsin State Senate *David James (Australian politician) (1854–1926), member of South Australia House of Assembly *David James (British MP) (1919–1986), member of Conservative Party, notable for escape from POW camp *David James, Baron James of Blackheath (born 1937), English corporate trouble-shooter, author of Conservative Party's James Report Scientists *David Gwilym James (1905–1968), Welsh vice chancellor of University of Southampton *David James (cell biologi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David James (actor, Born 1839)
David James (born David Belasco; 1839 – 2 October 1893) was an English comic actor and one of the founders of London's Vaudeville Theatre. He was born in London to a family of Sephardic Jewish origin. He made his stage debut as a child actor at the Princess's Theatre, London, then managed by Charles Kean. As a young man. he appeared in various burlesques. One of his best roles during that time was as Mercury in Francis Burnand's ''Ixion'', which he performed in its 1863 premiere at the Royalty Theatre.''Jewish Encyclopedia'' (1906)"James, David (David Belasco" Retrieved 9 February 2014. Rubinstein, William D.; Jolles, Michael; Rubinstein, Hilary L. (2011)''The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History'' p. 471. Palgrave Macmillan. In 1870 he joined Henry James Montague and Thomas Thorne as the first managers of the newly opened Vaudeville Theatre where his greatest success was as Perkyn Middlewick in Henry James Byron's ''Our Boys'' which opened on 16 January 1875 and ran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
