George H. Clarke (June 28, 1840 - October 3, 1906) was an American stage actor. He had a long association with

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.Adams, W. Davenport
A dictionary of the drama, Vol. I
p. 296 (1904) He acted in many productions that also featured

Ada Rehan Ada Rehan (born Bidelia Crehan; June 12, 1857 – January 8, 1916) was an American actress and comedian who typified the "personality" style of acting in the nineteenth century. Early life and career She was born Bidelia Crehan in Limerick cit ...

, and also played with

Clara Morris Clara Morris (1846-9 – November 20, 1925) was an American actress. Early life Actress Clara Morris was born in Toronto, the eldest child of a bigamous marriage. Sources disagree on the year of her birth, writing it as any of the years from 18 ...

and

Fanny Davenport Fanny Lily Gipsey Davenport (April 10, 1850 – September 26, 1898) was an English-American stage actress. Life The eldest child of Edward Loomis Davenport and Fanny Elizabeth (Vining) Gill Davenport, Fanny Lily Gypsey Davenport was born on A ...

.(5 October 1906)
Geo. Clarke, The Actor, Is Dead At Norwich
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'' Clark was born with the surname O'Neill in Brooklyn in 1840. He first appeared on stage in 1855, playing juvenile roles with Hight & Hyde.(January 1907)
Art of George Clarke
''The Scrap Book'', p. 726Clapp, John Bouve & Edwin Francis Edgett
Players of the Present, Part I
pp.58-62 (1899)Croxton, Arthur
Stars of the Stage. No IV - Mr. George Clarke
''The Theatre'' (September 1893)

Selected roles (incomplete)

* '' The Rajah'' (1883) - Harold Wyncot (the Rajah) * ''

The Foresters ''The Foresters or, Robin Hood and Maid Marian'' is a play written by Alfred Tennyson and first produced with success in New York in 1892. A set of incidental music in nine movements was composed for the play by Arthur Sullivan. The success of ...

'' (1892) - King Richard, Coeur de Lion

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George Clarke
portrait gallery(New York Public Library, Billy Rose collection) American male stage actors 1906 deaths 1840 births 19th-century American male actors {{US-theat-actor-1840s-stub