James T. Powers (actor)
For the baseball player James T. Powers, see Jim Powers (baseball).
| James T. Powers | |
|---|---|
| Born |
James T. McGovern April 26, 1862[1] New York |
| Died | February 10, 1943 |
| Occupation |
actor singer |
| Years active | 1880-1935 |
| Spouse(s) | Rachel Booth[2] |
James T. Powers (1862 - 1943); born James McGovern[3] was an American stage actor, vocalist and lyricist. He began on the stage in Boston in 1880 and also spent time in circuses and later Vaudeville. In the 1890s he acted in many American versions of English Gaiety musicals then coming into vogue.[4]
His entire career was spent in live theatre. He, however, has one IMDb credit for a short film from 1905 Digesting a Joke(James T. Powers).[5]
His autobiography, Twinkle Little Star was published in New York in 1939.
References
- ↑ Who Was Who on the American Stage 1912-1976 p.1947 volume 3 I-P c.1976; compiled from annual editions by John Parker; 1976 edition by Gale Research
- ↑ Who Was Who...Gale Research
- ↑ The Oxford Companion To The American Theatre page 556, 2nd edition c.1992 by Gerald Bordman
- ↑ The Oxford Companion...Boardman, Gerald
- ↑ "James T. Powers". IMDb. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
External links
- James T. Powers at IBDb.com
- portrait gallery(NY Public Library)
- James T. Powers portraits(Univ. of Washington Sayre)
- James T. and Rachel Booth Powers portraits University of Louisville(Macauley Theatre collection)
- North American Theatre Online: James T. Powers
- recordings associated with James T. Powers(list of Victor Records recordings)
- The James T. and Rachel Booth Powers Collection at the New York Historical Society
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