List of British music hall performers

Marie Lloyd and Alec Hurley

This list of British music hall performers includes a related list of British Variety entertainers.

Music Hall and Variety

Music Hall, Britain's first form of commercial mass entertainment, emerged, broadly speaking, in the mid-19th century, and ended (arguably) after the First World War, when the halls rebranded their entertainment as Variety. ^[1] Perceptions of a distinction in Britain between bold and scandalous Victorian Music Hall and subsequent, more respectable Variety may differ (in the US, Burlesque and Vaudeville have analogous connotations). ^[2]

British Music Hall entertainers

• Annie Adams (1843–1905) ^[3]
• Fred Albert (1844–1886) ^[4]
• Charles Austin (1878–1944) ^[5]
• Wilkie Bard (1874–1944) ^[6]
• Fred Barnes (1885–1938) ^[7]
• Ida Barr (1882–1967) ^[8]
• T. W. Barrett (1851–1935) ^[9]
• George Beauchamp (1862–1900) ^[10]
• Harry Bedford (1873-1939) ^[11]
• Bessie Bellwood (1856–1896) ^[12]
• Ada Blanche (1862–1953) ^[13]
• Bessie Bonehill (1855–1902) ^[14]
• Herbert Campbell (1844–1904) ^[15]
• Kate Carney (1869–1950) ^[16]
• Mrs Caulfield (1817–1870) ^[6]
• Harry Champion (1865–1942) ^[17]
• Charles Chaplin Sr. (1863–1901) ^[18]
• Hannah Chaplin (1865–1928) ^[18]
• Albert Chevalier (1861–1923) ^[19]
• G. H. Chirgwin (1854–1922) ^[20]
• Tom Clare (1876–1946) ^[21]
• Harry Clifton (1832–1872) ^[22]
• Charles Coborn (1852–1945) ^[23]
• Lottie Collins (1865–1910) ^[24]
• Sam Collins (1825–1865) ^[25]
• Kitty Colyer (1881–1972) ^[26]
• Margaret Cooper (1877–1922) ^[27]
• Sam Cowell (1820–1864) ^[28]
• Whit Cunliffe (1875–1966) ^[29]
• Marie Dainton (1881–1938; half-Russian) ^[30]
• Daisy Dormer (1883–1947) ^[31]
• Leo Dryden (1863–1939) ^[32]
• T. E. Dunville (1867–1924) ^[33]
• Gus Elen (1862–1940) ^[34]
• G. H. Elliott (1882–1962) ^[35]
• Kate Everleigh (1864–1926) ^[36]
• James Fawn (1850–1923) ^[37]
• George Formby Sr (1875–1921) ^[38]
• Tom Foy (1879–1917) ^[39]
• Harry Fragson (1869–1913) ^[40]
• Will Fyffe (1885–1947) ^[41]
• Barclay Gammon (1866–1915) ^[42]
• Gertie Gitana (1887–1957) ^[43]
• Robert Glindon (c. 1799–1866) ^[6]
• Charles Godfrey (1854–1900) ^[6]
• Ernest Hastings (1879–1940) ^[44]
• Dick Henderson (1891–1958) ^[45]
• May Henderson (1884–1937) ^[46]
• Jenny Hill (1848–1896) ^[47]
• Thomas Hudson (1791–1844) ^[6]
• Alec Hurley (1871–1913) ^[48]
• Jack Judge (1872–1938) ^[49]
• Marie Kendall (1873–1964) ^[50]
• Hetty King (1883–1972) ^[51]
• John Labern (c. 1815–1881) ^[6]
• Walter Laburnum (1847–1902) ^[52]
• George Lashwood (1863–1942) ^[53]
• Harry Lauder (1870–1950) ^[54]
• John Lawson (1865–1920) ^[55]
• Dan Leno (1860–1904) ^[56]
• Fannie Leslie (1856–1935) ^[57]
• George Leybourne (1842–1884) ^[58]
• George Leyton (1864–1948) ^[59]
• Letty Lind (1861–1923) ^[53]
• Millie Lindon (1869–1940) ^[60]
• Victor Liston (1838–1913) ^[61]
• Alice Lloyd (1873–1949) ^[62]
• Arthur Lloyd (1839–1904) ^[63]
• Marie Lloyd (1870–1922) ^[64]
• Tommy Lorne (1890–1935) ^[65]
• G. H. MacDermott (1845–1901) ^[6]
• E. W. Mackney (1825–1909) ^[66]
• Clarice Mayne (1886–1966) ^[67]
• Ernie Mayne (1871–1937) ^[68]
• Jack Mayne (1887–1963) Comedian (name George Albert Caley)
• Sam Mayo (1881–1938) ^[6]
• Billy Merson (1879–1947) ^[69]
• Victoria Monks (1884–1927) ^[70]
• Lily Morris (1882–1952) ^[71]
• Jolly John Nash (1828–1901) ^[72]
• Harry Nicholls (1852–1926) ^[73]
• Talbot O'Farrell (1878–1952) ^[74]
• Joe O'Gorman (1863–1937) ^[75]
• Denise Orme (1885–1960) ^[76]
• Charles Penrose (1873–1952) ^[77]
• Mrs F. R. Phillips (c. 1829–1899) ^[6]
• Jack Pleasants (1875–1924) ^[78]
• Nelly Power (1854–1887) ^[79]
• Arthur Prince (1881–1946) ^[6]
• Harry Randall (1857–1932) ^[80]
• Ada Reeve (1874–1966) ^[81]
• Ella Retford (1885–1962) ^[82]
• J. W. Rickaby (1870–1929) ^[83]
• Arthur Roberts (1852–1933) ^[84]
• George Robey (1869–1954) ^[85]
• Frederick Robson (1821–1864) ^[6]
• Austin Rudd (1868–1929) ^[86]
• Maidie Scott (1881–1966) ^[87]
• Malcolm Scott (1872–1929) ^[88]
• Jack Selbini (c.1854–1932) ^[89]
• Mark Sheridan (1864–1918) ^[90]
• Ella Shields (1879–1952) ^[91]
• J. H. Stead (c. 1827–1866) ^[92]
• Eugene Stratton (1861–1918) ^[93]
• Marie Studholme (1872–1930) ^[94]
• Randolph Sutton (1888–1969) ^[95]
• Harry Sydney (c. 1825–1870) ^[6]
• Harry Tate (1872–1940) ^[96]
• Little Tich (1867–1928) ^[97]
• Vesta Tilley (1864–1952) ^[98]
• Sam Torr (1849–1923) ^[99]
• Alfred Vance (1839–1888) ^[100]
• Harriet Vernon (1852–1923) ^[101]
• Vesta Victoria (1873–1951) ^[102]
• Harry Weldon (1881–1930) ^[103]
• Bessie Wentworth (1873–1901) ^[104]
• Mabel Whittaker (1888–1963) (Dancer) The Rainbow Girl
• Charles Whittle (1874–1947) ^[105]
• Daisy Wood (1877–1961) ^[106]
• Wee Georgie Wood (1894–1979) ^[107]
• Tom Woottwell (1864–1941) ^[108]

British Music Hall entertainers: gallery

• 
  Charles Coborn (1852–1945)
• 
  Gus Elen (1862–1940)
• 
  Little Tich (1867–1928)
• 
  Marie Lloyd (1870–1922)
• 
  Vesta Victoria (1873–1951)
• 
  Frank Travis (1854-1931)

British Variety entertainers

• Arthur Askey (1900–1982) ^[109]
• Billy Bennett (1887–1942) ^[110]
• Issy Bonn (1903–1977) ^[111]
• Max Bygraves (1922–2012) ^[112]
• Charlie Chester (1914–1997) ^[113]
• Ken Dodd (1927–2018) ^[114]
• Clive Dunn (1920–2012) ^[115]
• Sid Field (1904–1950) ^[116]
• Gracie Fields (1898–1979) ^[117]
• Flanagan and Allen (respectively: 1896–1968; 1894–1982) ^[118]
• Flanders and Swann (respectively: 1922–1975; 1923–1994) ^[119]
• George Formby (1904–1961) ^[120]
• Bruce Forsyth (1928–2017) ^[121]
• Dickie Henderson (1922–1985) ^[122]
• Joan Hinde (1933–2015) ^[123]
• Stanley Holloway (1890–1982) ^[124]
• Roy Hudd (1936–2020) ^[125]
• Jack Hylton (1892–1965) ^[126]
• Jewel and Warriss (respectively: 1909–1995; 1909–1993) ^{[127] [128]}
• Davy Kaye (1916–1998) ^[129]
• Danny La Rue (1927–2009) ^[130]
• Kenneth McKellar (1927–2010) ^[131]
• Max Miller (1894–1963) ^[132]
• Ivor Novello (1893–1951) ^[133]
• Joe O'Gorman (1890–1974) ^[134]
• Tessie O'Shea (1913–1995) ^[135]
• Bob and Alf Pearson (respectively: 1907–1985; 1910–2012) ^{[136] [137]}
• Frank Randle (1901–1957) ^[138]
• Ted Ray (1905–1977) ^[139]
• Leslie Sarony (1897–1985) ^[140]
• Andy Stewart (1933–1993) ^[141]
• Tommy Trinder (1909–1989) ^[142]
• Max Wall (1908–1990) ^[143]
• Jimmy Wheeler (1910–1973) ^[144]
• Robb Wilton (1881–1957) ^[145]

British Variety entertainers: gallery

• 
  Ivor Novello (1893–1951)
• 
  Gracie Fields (1898–1979)
• 
  George Formby (1904–1961)
• 
  Danny La Rue (1927–2009)
• 
  Ken Dodd (1927–2018)

See also

• United Kingdom portal
• Music portal
• Theatre portal
• Lists portal

• Music hall
• Music of the United Kingdom
• Theatre of the United Kingdom

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