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William Gillette (William Hooker Gillette) was born on 24 July, 1853 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA, is a writer,actor. Discover William Gillette's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 84 years old?

Popular As William Hooker Gillette
Occupation writer,actor
Age 84 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 24 July, 1853
Birthday 24 July
Birthplace Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Date of death 29 April, 1937
Died Place Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Nationality United States

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Who Is William Gillette's Wife?

His wife is Helen Nichols Gillette (1 June 1882 - 1 September 1888) ( her death)

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William Gillette Net Worth

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1853

Handsome American actor, playwright and stage director/producer William Gillette was born in Hartford, CT, in 1853. His father Francis was a former United States Senator and Crusader for women's suffrage and the abolition of slavery; his mother Elisabeth Daggett Hooker is a descendant of Rev. Thomas Hooker, who either wrote or inspired the first written constitution in history to form a government.

1873

In 1873 William left Hartford to begin his apprenticeship as an actor, briefly working for a stock theatre company in New Orleans and then returning to New England.

1875

He made his debut at the Globe Theatre in Boston with Mark Twain's play "The Guilded Age" in 1875. His first major Civil War drama, "Hold by the Enemy", was a major step forward to modern theatre in that it abandoned many crude devices of Victorian melodrama and introduced realism into the sets, props, costumes, sound effects and performances; it was a critical and commercial success in America and Britain.

1882

In 1882 he married Helen Nichols, who died in 1888 from peritonitis; he never remarried.

1899

Gillette is probably best remembered, however, as the first actor to be universally acclaimed for portraying Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famed detective Sherlock Holmes, playing the role first on stage in 1899 and continuing for more than 35 years.

1913

McGowan's The Battle at Fort Laramie (1913) and the following year he played support as Jack Lane in The Delayed Special (1914), both of which starred Helen Holmes and were made for the Kalem Film Co.

1916

He also wrote many stage versions from Doyle's Sherlock Holmes novels and even starred in the film version, Sherlock Holmes (1916), directed by Arthur Berthelet for the Essanay Film Co. He had previously appeared in two other films, his debut being in J. P.

1930

Gillette also became popular on radio, performing the first radio serial version of Sherlock Holmes in 1930 and in 1935.

1936

His last stage appearance was in Austin Strong's "Three Wise Fools" in 1936. He wrote 13 original plays, seven adaptations and some collaborations, encompassing farce, melodrama and novel adaptation. He also wrote two pieces based on the US Civil War, "Held by the Ememy" and "Secret Service", which were highly acclaimed.