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Ben DeBar
Benedict ("Ben") DeBar (1812–1877) was a prominent American actor-manager. He is associated with operating a major theater in St. Louis, and for portraying the role of Falstaff. He was also connected by marriage with the Booth family of actors.
==Professional career==
Born in England, he came to America as an equestrian performer in 1837.〔Pg. 210; The Cambridge Guide to American Theatre, 2nd Edition (Don B. Wilmuth, editor)〕 He was the stage manager for Noah Ludlow and Sol Smith (uncle of Sol Smith Russell) for their St. Charles Theater in New Orleans and, when they retired in 1843, he assumed ownership of their New Orleans and St. Louis theaters.〔
Upon the outbreak of the American Civil War, he moved St. Louis, but retained ownership of the St. Charles Theater in New Orleans until 1876.〔 In 1873 he moved from the St. Louis Theatre to DeBar's Grand Opera House.〔〔New York Times; "General Notes: May 28, 1873〕〔http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/4359〕 He remained active as a performer even while managing his theatrical companies.〔 For example, he opened the 1862-63 season in war ravaged St. Louis in September 1862, started the season with a company that included himself as a comedian, Emma Maddern as the stock 'chambermaid', and Ella and Mary Maddern as the 'walking ladies.' 〔"Recollections of an Old Actor; Charles A. Rone; Missouri Historical Society March 17, 1906; Vol. 4, Issue 1)〕
DeBar is credited for first presenting Emma Maddern (mother of actress Emily Stevens and community theater director Robert Stevens as an actress.〔''Historical Montreal: Annals of the Montreal Stage With Biographical and Critical Notices of the Plays and Players of a Century (2nd Edition)''; by Franklin Graham, 1902; pg. 152〕〔''The American Stage (Containing Biographical Sketches of Nearly Every Member of the Profession That Has Appeared on the American Stage, from 1733 to 1870''; By T. Allston Brown. (Dick & Fitzgerald, Publishers 1870〕 He was also associated with Thomas Davey, who managed a circuit of theaters in the old Southwest and was married to Elizabeth Maddern, sister of Emma Maddern and mother of actress Mrs. Fiske.〔Uncle Remus Magazine; April 1908(pg 20)〕〔''My Remembrances'' by Augustus Thomas (Charles Scribner's Sons 1922), pg. 12〕
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