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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Harry_Conor > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Harry_Conor.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Conor > Source revision: 1306256308 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American actor}} {{distinguish|Harry Connor}} {{Infobox person | name = Harry Conor | image = File:Harry Conor (1893).png | image_size = | caption = Harry Conor circa 1893 | birth_date = c. 1856 | birth_place = | death_date = April 1931 | death_place = [Roxbury, Massachusetts](/source/Roxbury%2C_Massachusetts) | occupation = Actor, comedian | spouse = | parents = | children = }} '''Harry Conor''' (c. 1856 – April 1931) was an American comic actor, best known for playing the role of Welland Strong in ''[A Trip to Chinatown](/source/A_Trip_to_Chinatown)''. ==Biography== Conor grew up in [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts), and began acting at an early age, appearing as a child with [William J. Florence](/source/William_J._Florence) in ''[No Thoroughfare](/source/No_Thoroughfare)''.[https://books.google.com/books?id=hD0_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA114 Our Gallery of Players], ''The Illustrated American'', p. 114 (July 29, 1893) He came to sing comic songs and performed small pieces around [Boston](/source/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](/source/Charles_Hale_Hoyt), with whom Conor worked 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). [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1908-12-13/ed-1/seq-44/ Farces Old and New. Harry Conor Recalls Days of Hoyt -- "Revival Here," He Says], ''[New York Tribune](/source/New_York_Tribune)'', p. 2(19 December 1899). [http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=TH18991219.2.24&l=mi&e=-------10--1----0-all 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](/source/A_Trip_to_Chinatown)'' (1891), wherein he performed the song "[The Bowery](/source/The_Bowery_(song))". He performed that role for many years and many hundreds of performances both in New York and abroad.(29 December 1899). [http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=WH18991229.2.19 Mr. Harry Conor. The American Comedian], ''[Wanganui Herald](/source/Wanganui_Herald)'' He also reprised the role of Welland Strong in 1912's ''[A Winsome Widow](/source/A_Winsome_Widow)''.Hischak, Thomas S. [https://books.google.com/books?id=DiI1wIyatvUC&pg=PA144 The Oxford Companion to American Theatre], p. 144 (3d ed. 2004)(12 April 1912). [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1912/04/12/100530144.pdf Now New York Has Its Moulin Rouge], ''[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)''(21 December 1895). [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=18951221&id=eg4bAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gEgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7270,2687691 A Comedian's Hard Luck Story], ''The Pittsburgh Press'' [[File:Mabel Barrison-Harry Conor.jpg|right|thumb|Conor with actress [Mabel Barrison](/source/Mabel_Barrison) in ''Blue Mouse'' (1908)]] thumb|''A Stranger in New York'' advertisement Other performances included ''The Blue Mouse'' (1908) and ''Lulu's Husbands'' (1910) with [Mabel Barrison](/source/Mabel_Barrison).(30 August 1910). [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92053934/1910-08-30/ed-1/seq-6/ Lulu's Husbands], ''Rock Island Argus'', p. 6, col. 5 Conor also composed songs including ''Miss Helen Hunt'' from ''A Stranger in New York''.[http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?strucID=609864&imageID=1255811 Miss Helen Hunt(shee music)], NYPL Digital Gallery, Retrieved 31 March 2014 Conor died in [Roxbury, Massachusetts](/source/Roxbury%2C_Massachusetts), in April 1931[http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/macauley/id/835 Harry Conor, circa 1904] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407065247/http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/macauley/id/835 |date=2014-04-07 }}, University of Louisville Photographic Archives, Retrieved 31 March 2014 and is little remembered today, though he has a short entry in ''The Oxford Companion to American Theatre''. ==Selected performances== * ''A Rag Baby'' as the Dude Tramp (1883, Broadway 1884) * ''A Tin Soldier'' as Willie Steele (1885) * ''[A Trip to Chinatown](/source/A_Trip_to_Chinatown)'' as Welland Strong (1891)(18 January 1891). [https://newspaperarchive.com/us/massachusetts/boston/boston-daily-globe/1891/01-18/page-10 Pithy Play Pararaphs], ''Boston Daily Globe'', p. 10, col. 3 ("That Harry Conor is not a "one-party actor" is evidenced by his success in so many widely different roles. His Clorinda in "Cinderella" the dude tramp in "A Rag Baby," Willie Steele in "A Tin Soldier," Jinks Hoodoo in "Little Puck," and Welland Strong in "A Trip to Chinatown," are examples of his versatility as a character comedian.") * ''A Stranger in New York'' (1897) * ''The Chaperons'' as Adam Hogg (1902) * ''The Blue Mouse'' (1908) * ''Lulu's Husbands'' (1910) * ''[Marriage a la Carte](/source/Marriage_a_la_Carte)'' (1911) * ''[A Winsome Widow](/source/A_Winsome_Widow)'' (1912) * ''Alone at Last'' (1915) * ''Fancy Free'' (1918) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{IBDB name}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Conor, Harry}} Category:American male stage actors Category:1850s births Category:1931 deaths Category:20th-century American male actors Category:19th-century American male actors Category:Male actors from Massachusetts --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Harry Conor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Conor) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Conor?action=history)). 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