{{short description|American composer and actor (1856-1898)}} {{for|persons of a similar name|William Scanlan (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox person | name = William J. Scanlan | image = William J Scanlan, c 1892.jpg | alt = | caption = W. J. Scanlan in 1892 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1856|02|14}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|1898|02|18|1856|02|14}} | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Composer, actor | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }}
'''William J. Scanlan''' (February 14, 1856 – February 18, 1898) was a composer and male actor of musical theater.<ref name="Brown"> {{cite book |last=Brown |first=Thomas Allston |date=1903 |title=A History of the New York Stage: From the First Performance in 1732 to 1901 |url=https://archive.org/stream/ahistorynewyork04browgoog#page/n520/mode/1up |location=New York |publisher=Dodd, Mead and Company |pages=504–505 |volume=2}}</ref>
==Biography== William J. Scanlan was born to parents of Irish ancestry in Springfield, Massachusetts. After completing the 100th performance of his musical show ''Mavourneen'' on December 24, 1891, he became violently ill. He was taken to Bloomingdale Insane Asylum in White Plains, New York on January 7, 1892. He died there on February 18, 1898.<ref name="Brown"/>
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