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William Courtenay (actor)
William Courtenay (June 19, 1875 – April 20, 1933) was a noted Broadway star and later film actor. He was born William Hancock Kelly. At age 19 in 1894, before his Broadway career took off, Courtenay appeared in Alexander Black's slide show ''Miss Jerry''. This was a sort of alternative entertainment to a new device by Thomas Edison called a Kinetoscope ala ''moving pictures''.
==Broadway==
A tall, handsome leading man Courtenay appeared in plays with Richard Mansfield i.e. a revival of ''Beau Brummel'' and the American premiere of ''Cyrano de Bergerac'' as well as productions produced by Charles Frohman. An early important Frohman production from 1902 was Oscar Wilde's ''The Importance of Being Earnest'' his costars being Charles Richman, Margaret Anglin and Margaret Dale. For three years after 1902 he appeared as leading man in plays starring Virginia Harned the ex-wife of E. H. Sothern and seven years Courtenay's senior. They married around 1905 and Courtenay continued being a popular leading man on Broadway. Virginia Harned largely retired from acting after one or two more plays to be Mrs. William Courtenay. She produced no children. In 1913 he was chosen for the lead in ''Romance'' by Edward Sheldon and starring Doris Keane in the role of a lifetime. The lead role in this soon to be famous and very long running play made Courtenay more famous. Sheldon had originally offered the part to his friend actor John Barrymore who declined and later regretted it. Keane and Courtenay performed the play over a thousand performances.〔''Who Was Who in the Theatre: 1912-1976'', originally published annually by John Parker; 1976 edition published by Gale Research Company〕
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