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Claude Dampier (1879-1955) was an English film actor and popular character comedian in the early 20th century.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Claude Dampier )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Claude Dampier )〕 ==Life== He was born in Clapham, South London as Claud Conolly Cowan. He played largely comic roles, first appearing in music hall acts and then moving to both film and radio comedies. Dampier usually appeared as a dim-witted 'silly ass' type, often billed as 'The Professional Idiot'.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=HistoryForSale - Autographs and Manuscripts - Claude Dampier - Autograph Sentiment Signed - Document 160864 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=' Top of the Bill ' CLAUDE DAMPIER )〕 He was best remembered for his post-war Jewel and Warriss radio shows, where he adopted the catch-phrase "it's me-ee".〔Quinlan's Film Character Actors:David Quinlan〕 Dampier toured Australia with Edward Branscombe’s Dandies troupes between 1910 and 1917. He revisited the country in 1921, and starred in two Australian films before returning to England.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Practitioners () )〕 He married Australian actress Billie Carlyle (c1901-1991), who appeared as a 'straight-woman' in his act.〔http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=no;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=Person%3A%22%2FPerson%2Fkey%2F48069-1%22;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10〕 They met whilst acting in the silent film ''The Adventures of Algy'' (1925).〔/search/summary/summary.w3p;adv=no;group=;groupequals=;page=0;parentid=;query=Person%3A"%2FPerson%2Fkey%2F48069-1";querytype=;resCount=10〕 Carlyle later wrote a book, ''Claude Dampier, Mrs. Gibson & Me'' (1978).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Claude Dampier, Mrs Gibson and me / by Billie Carlyle. - Version details - Trove )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Claude Dampier )〕 'Mrs. Gibson' was Dampier's gimmick (apparently developed accidentally), a fictitious member of the audience with whom he spoke throughout his act.〔 Dampier is the father of actress Dorothy Dampier.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dorothy Dampier )〕 He died in 1955 in London of pneumonia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Claude Dampier (1879 - 1955) - Find A Grave Memorial )〕 of pneumonia. He was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium in north London on 4 January 1955. His ashes lie in section 1-L of the Garden of Remembrance.〔Golders Green Crematorium information guide〕 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「Claude Dampier」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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