Louis Graveure
English actor and baritone singer known as "The Mystery Man"
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Louis Graveure (18 March 1888 – 27 April 1965) was an English actor and baritone singer known as "The Mystery Man".[1]
18 March 1888
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Graveure circa 1910 | |
| Born | Wilfrid Douthitt 18 March 1888 London, England |
| Died | 27 April 1965 (aged 77) |
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Biography
He was born on March 18, 1888, in London, England, as Wilfrid Douthitt.[2] He trained under Clara Novello Davies. He made his New York City debut in 1914 in The Lilac Domino.[1] In 1915 he took on the persona of a new singer called Louis Graveure. People asked him if he was the same person as Wilfrid Douthitt, and he denied it and invented a backstory, saying Graveure was from Belgium.[3]
He married Eleanor Painter in 1916 and they divorced in 1930.[1] He gave a recital in 1947 at The Town Hall in Manhattan,[4] as well as other recitals accompanied by pianist Alice Marion Shaw.[5]
He died on 27 April 1965 in San Francisco, California, under the name "Louis Graveure".[2][6]
Films
- There Is Only One Love (1933)
- Interlanguage link multi (1933)
- Interlanguage link multi (1934)
- Ich sehne mich nach dir (1934)
- The Accusing Song (1936)