Edward Loomis Davenport (1816 â€" September 1, 1877) was an American
actor.Born in Boston, he made his first appearance on the stage in
Providence, Rhode Island in support of Junius Brutus Booth. Afterwards
he went to England, where he supported Mrs. Anna Cora Mowatt (Ritchie)
(1819â€"1870), William Charles Macready and others.In 1854 he was
again in the United States, appearing in Shakespearian plays and in
dramatizations of Dickens's novels. As Bill Sikes he was especially
successful, and his Sir Giles Overreach, a role he played at Daly's
Fifth Avenue Theatre in 1869, and Brutus were also greatly admired.He
died in Canton, Pennsylvania.
actor.Born in Boston, he made his first appearance on the stage in
Providence, Rhode Island in support of Junius Brutus Booth. Afterwards
he went to England, where he supported Mrs. Anna Cora Mowatt (Ritchie)
(1819â€"1870), William Charles Macready and others.In 1854 he was
again in the United States, appearing in Shakespearian plays and in
dramatizations of Dickens's novels. As Bill Sikes he was especially
successful, and his Sir Giles Overreach, a role he played at Daly's
Fifth Avenue Theatre in 1869, and Brutus were also greatly admired.He
died in Canton, Pennsylvania.
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