Henry J. Finn
Henry James William Finn (June 17, 1787 Sydney, Nova Scotia - January 13, 1840 Long Island Sound) was a Canadian-American actor and author.[1]
Biography[edit]
He went to England in his youth, on the invitation of a rich uncle residing there, who died without making any provision for him, and he was obliged to resort to the stage for a support. After a few years he returned to New York City, subsequently revisited England, and in 1822 made his first appearance at the Federal Street Theatre in Boston. He was one of the most popular actors on the stage, his forte being broad comedy.[2]
He perished in the conflagration of the steamboat Lexington. He accumulated a competency, and was on his way to his residence in Newport, Rhode Island, at the time of his death.[2]
Works[edit]
He enjoyed a considerable reputation as a humorous writer, and published a Comic Annual and a number of articles in the periodicals. He published a drama entitled "Montgomery, or the Falls of Montmorenci," which was acted with success, and he left besides a manuscript tragedy.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Oral Sumner Coad (1931). "Finn, Henry James William". Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
- ^ a b c One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Ripley, George; Dana, Charles A., eds. (1879). . The American Cyclopædia.
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- 1787 births
- 1840 deaths
- American male stage actors
- American humorists
- American male dramatists and playwrights
- Emigrants from pre-Confederation Nova Scotia to the United States
- Colony of Nova Scotia people
- 19th-century American dramatists and playwrights
- 19th-century American male writers
- People from Sydney, Nova Scotia