Herbert Campbell was born Herbert
Edward Story on December 22, 1844 in Lambeth, London, England. Campbell started his performing career
appearing in the amateur nigger band and quickly toured London's music hall's
during the early 1860s. He decided to leave after a few years and adopted the
stage name Herbert Campbell. He joined the minstrel performers Harman and
Elston and the trio became known as Harmon, Campbell and Elston. In 1868,
Campbell decided to pursue a solo career as a comic vocalist and quickly
established himself as a popular music hall comedian.
In 1871, he made his first pantomime
appearance in “King Winter” at the Theatre Royal, Liverpool and became a
leading pantomime dame over the next decade. In 1882, he formed a successful
association with the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, where he appeared alongside Dan
Leno in the annual Christmas pantomime, every year until his death in 1904 at
age 59.
Campbell appeared in only one
Euro-western: “Burlesque Attack on a Settler’s Cabin” (1900) in the role of an
Indian.
Today we remember Herbert Campbell on
what would have been his 170th birthday
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