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Harry Conor (c. 1856 – April 1931) was a popular American comic actor, best known for playing the role of Welland Strong in ''A Trip to Chinatown''. ==Biography== Conor grew up in Massachusetts, and began acting at an early age, appearing as a child with William J. Florence in ''No Thoroughfare''.〔(Our Gallery of Players ), ''The Illustrated American'', p. 114 (July 29, 1893)〕 He came to sing comic songs and performed small pieces around Boston. At age 19, he formed his own company to perform a play written for him, and traveled to South Carolina for their first show. According to Conor, seeing a glow in the sky in the wee hours of the night as he arrived in Columbia, he commented on the "beautiful sunrise" only to be told it was local theatre burning down which included all his sets and costumes, which was the end of that first touring company.〔 He later was taken on by Charles Hale Hoyt, who Conor worked with for 18 years, and who produced ''A Trip to Chinatown''. Conor was also in Hoyt's ''A Rag Baby'', ''A Tin Soldier'', and ''A Stranger in New York''.〔〔(13 December 1908). (Farces Old and New. Harry Conor Recalls Days of Hoyt -- "Revival Here," He Says ), ''New York Tribune'', p. 2〕〔(19 December 1899). (Mr. Harry Conor. A Celebrated Comedian ), ''Taranaki Herald''〕 His best known performance was in the role of hypochondriac Welland Strong in ''A Trip to Chinatown'' (1891), where he performed the song ''The Bowery''. He performed that role for many years and many hundreds of performances both in New York and abroad.〔(29 December 1899). (Mr. Harry Conor. The American Comedian ), ''Wanganui Herald''〕 He also reprised the role of Welland Strong in 1912's ''A Winsome Widow''.〔Hischak, Thomas S. (The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ), p. 144 (3d ed. 2004)〕〔(12 April 1912). (Now New York Has Its Moulin Rouge ), ''The New York Times''〕〔(21 December 1895). (A Comedian's Hard Luck Story ), ''The Pittsburgh Press''〕 Other performances included ''The Blue Mouse'' (1908)〔 and ''Lulu's Husbands'' (1910) with Mabel Barrison.〔(30 August 1910). (Lulu's Husbands ), ''Rock Island Argus'', p. 6, col. 5〕 Conor also composed songs including ''Miss Helen Hunt'' from ''A Stranger in New York''.〔(Miss Helen Hunt(shee music) ), NYPL Digital Gallery, Retrieved 31 March 2014〕 Conor died in Roxbury, Massachusetts in April 1931,〔(Harry Conor, circa 1904 ), University of Louisville Photographic Archives, Retrieved 31 March 2014〕 and is little remembered today, though he has a short entry in the ''The Oxford Companion to American Theatre''. 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「Harry Conor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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