Mark Hart (actor)

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Mark Hart (c. 1873, Worcester, Massachusetts - November 25, 1950, Worcester) was an American actor who had a five decade long career on the American stage. [1]

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Life and career

Born in Worcester, Mark Hart was the nephew of actor Tony Hart. While a teenager he began his career performing with his uncle and the actor Edward Harrigan in their well known vaudeville act Harrigan & Hart. [1] He made his Broadway debut in 1905 portraying the conniving politician Pat McCann in the Jean Schwartz and William Jerome musical Fritz in Tammany Hall . [2] He portrayed another politician, Sam Grady, in Joseph E. Howard's 1906 Broadway musical The District Leader at Wallack's Theatre. [3] He returned to Broadway in 1912 as Sarsfield O'Brien in The Girl from Brighton at the Academy of Music. [4]

Hart served a term as vice president of The Lambs. He also served as an officer of the Actors' Equity Association and was a member of the White Rats of America. He died at the age of 77 on November 25, 1950, in Worcester, Massachusetts. [1]

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  1. 1 2 3 "MARK HART, ACTOR, DIES; Veteran of 50 Years on Stage Was Former Officer of Lambs". The New York Times . November 28, 1950. p. 30.
  2. Dietz, p. 310
  3. Dietz, 356
  4. Mantle, Sherwood & Chapman, p. 474

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