William Ingersoll (philanthropist)
William Ingersoll may refer to: *William Ingersoll (actor) William Ingersoll (October 9, 1860 – May 5, 1936) was an American actor on stage, in musical theatre and in film. During a career spanning over five decades, he played more than 800 roles on stage. After performing in his first silent motion ... (1860–1936), American actor *William P. Ingersoll (philanthropist) (1885–1973), American philanthropist, owner of the William Ingersoll Estate {{hndis, Ingersoll, William ...
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William Ingersoll (actor)
William Ingersoll (October 9, 1860 – May 5, 1936) was an American actor on stage, in musical theatre and in film. During a career spanning over five decades, he played more than 800 roles on stage. After performing in his first silent motion picture in 1920, he appeared in a handful of "talkies" in the 1930s, playing mainly character roles such as doctors, judges and a police commissioner. Early life William Ingersoll was born in Lafayette, Indiana to a physician father, in a family that had never produced any actors; most of his relatives were shocked when, as a boy, he considered acting as a career, on the suggestion of his elder brother. He studied mining engineering at the Colorado School of Mines in Denver after graduating from Purdue University, where he made such an impression in ''The Pirates of Penzance'' that friends urged him to become an actor. Career Ingersoll joined the Boston Museum Company in 1882, where he remained for five years. In the beginning, he d ...
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