11 Facts About Oswald Yorke

Oswald Yorke was a British character actor who had a near sixty-year career performing on both sides of the Atlantic.

Oswald Yorke's father, a solicitor, was born in York, Yorkshire, while his mother was a native of Richmond, Yorkshire.

Oswald Yorke first performed on stage in 1884 and later as a member of a company headed by British actor Sir Francis Robert Benson.

Oswald Yorke would remain a principal player with the Vaudeville Theatre throughout the balance of the 1890s.

In 1896, Oswald Yorke toured America with Edward Smith Willard performing Henry Jones' play The Rogue Comedy.

Oswald Yorke stayed with Empire Theatre, then under the management of Charles Frohman, for a number of seasons.

Oswald Yorke went on to play Bill Walker in George Bernard Shaw's Major Barbara with his actress wife Annie Russell at the Court Theatre in London and Broadway's New Theatre, and later as Malvolio at the Century Theatre in Shakespeare's The Twelfth Night.

Oswald Yorke played in at least thirty-one Broadway productions between 1900 and 1938.

Oswald Yorke was a member of The Lambs in New York and The Savage Club in London.

Oswald Yorke died on 25 January 1943 at his apartment on West Forty-Fifth Street after a battle with lobar pneumonia.

Oswald Yorke was survived by his third wife, Ruth Guiterman, who had lost her uncle, writer Arthur Guiterman, just two weeks prior.