词条 | Gillette, William Hooker |
释义 | Gillette, William Hooker American playwright and actor born July 24, 1853, Hartford, Conn., U.S. died April 29, 1937, Hartford ![]() Gillette quit college and in 1875 joined a stock company in New Orleans and made his first appearance at the Globe Theatre in Boston the same year. Among his successful plays were a light comedy, Esmeralda (1881), written with Frances Hodgson Burnett; a Civil War spy story, Held by the Enemy (1886); Secret Service (1895); and his famous play Sherlock Holmes (1899). This play, first produced in New York and later in England, was often revived in both countries with Gillette in the leading role. His only motion-picture appearance was in 1915 as Holmes. |
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