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Bruce McRae (January 15, 1867, India - May 7, 1927 City Island, New York) was an American stage and early silent film actor. He was the nephew of actor Sir Charles Wyndham.〔 ==Description== Born in India in 1867 of Scots and English parents, McRae went to New Zealand at the age of sixteen where he worked in cattle ranching.〔Johnson Briscoe (1909) ''The Actors' Birthday Book'', Moffat, Yard and Company, New York〕 Later, adopting the profession of surveyor, he moved to Australia for five years.〔 In 1890, he moved to the United States where he became manager of a cattle ranch in Laramie, Wyoming and a year later made his first appearance on stage supporting Elsie de Wolfe and Forbes Robertson in ''Thermidor'' at Proctor's 23rd Street Theatre. The two years following this he appeared in ''Aristocracy'' by Bronson Howard, who was married to his aunt, and then spent one season in ''Shenandoah'' by the same playwright.〔 The season of 1895–1896, he played in ''The Fatal Card'' by C. Haddon Chambers and the following year supported Olga Nethersole, playing the leading juvenile roles in ''Camille'', ''Denise'' by Alexander Dumas, ''Frou-Frou'' by Henri Meilhac, ''The Wife of Scarli'' by Giuseppe Giacosa and ''The Daughter of France'', after which came two years as leading man with Herbert Kelcey and Effie Shannon in ''A Coat of Many Colors'' and Clyde Fitch's ''The Moth and the Flame''.〔 He was the first actor to play Dr. Watson to William Gillette's Sherlock Holmes, followed by two seasons as principal support to Julia Marlowe, playing Captain Trumbull in ''Barbara Frietchie'' and originating Charles Brandon in ''When Knighthood was in Flower''.〔 For several years, 1903-1908 he worked as leading man to the young Ethel Barrymore, appearing with her in ''Carrots'',〔(Program from ''Carrots'' (1903) Library of Congress )〕 ''A Country Mouse'' by Arthur Law,〔(Program from ''A Country Mouse'', Library of Congress )〕 ''Cousin Kate'' by Hubert Henry Davies, ''Sunday'' by Thomas Raceward,〔(Program from ''Sunday'', Dartmouth College Library )〕 ''A Doll's House'', ''Alice Sit-by-the-Fire'' by J. M. Barrie,〔(Program from ''Alice Sit-by-the-Fire'', Library of Congress )〕 ''Captain Jinks'' by Clyde Fitch,〔(''Captain Jinks'', WorldCat )〕 ''The Silver Box'' by John Galsworthy and ''His Excellency the Governor'' by Robert Marshall. During this time he also participated in a number of special productions, such as the Miller-Anglin revival of ''Camille'', the matinée of Paul Bertons's ''Yvette'', ''The Embarrassment of Riches'' by Louis K. Anspacher at Wallack's and as leading man of the Bellows Stock Company at Elitch's Gardens, Denver, for the sumner of 1906.〔 In the summer of 1907, he went to Chicago with ''Genesee of the Hills'' by Marah Ellis Ryan, supporting Edwin Arden. In the fall of that year, he left Ethel Barrymore and appeared first in ''The Step-sister'' by Charles Klein and then was engaged by Harrison Grey Fiske to support his wife, Minnie Maddern, in Ibsens's ''Rosmersholm''. In 1908, he toured the Pacific coast with ''The Thief'' by Henri Bernstein, playing the role originally played by Kyrle Bellew. The season of 1908–09, he rejoined Barrymore's company, playing Paradine Fouldes in ''Lady Frederick'' by W. Somerset Maugham. He also appeared with the likes of Douglas Fairbanks and William Garwood in 1908. After making his reputation acting in various Broadway plays, he moved into film in 1914 starring in about ten films until his retirement in 1922. He died at his home on City Island, Bronx in early May 1927.〔Staff. ("HEARING ON THEATRE ENDS.; Federal Trade Board Gets Data In Case of Western Movie Groups." ), ''The New York Times'', August 24, 1927. Accessed October 16, 2009. "Bruce McRae, actor, who died at his home at City Island on May 7, left an estate appraised yesterday at $237858 gross..."〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bruce McRae」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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