William J. Le Moyne
William J. Le Moyne (1831–1905) was an American actor who is credited with playing Deacon Perry in the first stage adaption of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, ''Uncle Tom's Cabin''. Early career William J. Le Moyne (sometimes spelled Lemoyne or LeMoyne) was born on April 29, 1831, in Boston, Massachusetts,Players of the present, Volume 1 By John Bouvé Clapp, Edwin Francis Edgett where he began performing in amateur theater productions at around the age of fifteen. Le Moyne may have briefly supported himself as a silversmith before his professional stage debut on May 10, 1852, at Portland, Maine, playing an officer in ''The Lady of Lyons'', a romantic drama by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Later that year Le Moyne joined the repertory company at Peale's Museum in Troy, New York, as a $6 a-week "utility man" (bit player) that was later increased to $8 after he demonstrated an ability to play 'old man roles'. The company w ...
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