Henry E. Dixey (born Henry E. Dixon, January 6, 1859 â€" February 25,
1943) was an American actor and theatre producer.Dixey was born on
January 6, 1859, in Boston, Massachusetts. He made his stage debut in
Boston in 1868, joining the variety stock actors at the Howard
Athenaeum, where in 1869 he played the character Peanuts in the
Augustin Daly play Under the Gaslight. Dixey starred in many plays and
musicals, including his best-known role as the lead character in the
popular burlesque musical Adonis, which he played from 1883 to 1885,
occasionally joining tours afterwards. He performed on stage and in a
handful of films until 1926.In addition to burlesques, comedies, and
operettas, Dixey had a magic act as "Dixey, the Magnificent." He
ventured into silent films in 1908, acting the title role in David
Garrick. He also appeared in the films Chelsea 7750 (1913) and Father
and Son (1916).Dixey was one of a party of gentlemen entertained by
Robert Emmet Odlum, brother of women's rights activist Charlotte Odlum
Smith, on the morning of May 19, 1885, the day he jumped from the
Brooklyn Bridge and was killed. Dixey used his gold stopwatch to time
Odlum's fatal jump at three and a half seconds.
1943) was an American actor and theatre producer.Dixey was born on
January 6, 1859, in Boston, Massachusetts. He made his stage debut in
Boston in 1868, joining the variety stock actors at the Howard
Athenaeum, where in 1869 he played the character Peanuts in the
Augustin Daly play Under the Gaslight. Dixey starred in many plays and
musicals, including his best-known role as the lead character in the
popular burlesque musical Adonis, which he played from 1883 to 1885,
occasionally joining tours afterwards. He performed on stage and in a
handful of films until 1926.In addition to burlesques, comedies, and
operettas, Dixey had a magic act as "Dixey, the Magnificent." He
ventured into silent films in 1908, acting the title role in David
Garrick. He also appeared in the films Chelsea 7750 (1913) and Father
and Son (1916).Dixey was one of a party of gentlemen entertained by
Robert Emmet Odlum, brother of women's rights activist Charlotte Odlum
Smith, on the morning of May 19, 1885, the day he jumped from the
Brooklyn Bridge and was killed. Dixey used his gold stopwatch to time
Odlum's fatal jump at three and a half seconds.
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